cream sauce

Thân thiện

The chef pours cream sauce over the grilled chicken.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A white sauce made with cream: A culinary sauce that is white in color and has cream as its primary liquid base, often used in cooking to add richness and flavor to dishes.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The chef prepared a delicious cream sauce for the pasta.
  • Chicken in a creamy mushroom cream sauce is a classic dish.

Advanced Usage

• "to reduce a cream sauce": To simmer a cream sauce to thicken it and concentrate its flavor.
  • After adding the wine, let the cream sauce reduce for a few minutes.

Variants and Related Words

• Béchamel sauce (n): A classic white sauce made from a roux and milk, which can be enriched with cream. While similar, a traditional béchamel uses milk, not cream, as its base.
• Alfredo sauce (n): A rich pasta sauce from Italian cuisine, classically made from butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, to which cream is often added in modern versions.

Synonyms

• White sauce: A general term for sauces that are pale in color, which can include cream-based sauces.
• Cream-based sauce: A descriptive term emphasizing the cream component.

Related Phrases

• Cream sauce reduction: The process or result of simmering a cream sauce to thicken it.
  • The cream sauce reduction coated the back of a spoon perfectly.

Related Idioms

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Noun

1. white sauce made with cream