sauce louis
Noun: A cold, creamy salad dressing or sauce made by combining mayonnaise and heavy cream, then adding chopped green pepper and green onion, and seasoning it with chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice.
This term refers specifically to a named, compound sauce. It is typically used as a singular, uncountable noun to describe the sauce itself. * Sauce Louis is a classic accompaniment for seafood salads, especially crab. * The recipe for a proper sauce Louis calls for fresh lemon juice.
- As a proper noun, "Sauce Louis" (often capitalized) refers to this specific culinary preparation. It is not typically used in a figurative sense.
- Louis Dressing: An alternative name for the same sauce.
- Louis Sauce: A less common variant of the name.
This term has only one specific culinary meaning as defined above. It is not to be confused with general uses of the word "sauce."
- Creamy Seafood Dressing: A descriptive synonym.
- Louis Salad Dressing: A more explicit synonym.
There are no common idioms using the phrase "sauce louis."
There are no phrasal verbs using the word "sauce" that are specific to "sauce louis."
- mayonnaise and heavy cream combined with chopped green pepper and green onion seasoned with chili sauce and Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice