Definition

Noun: - A dish consisting of seafood, typically lobster, crab, or shrimp, prepared in a rich, creamy sauce made with butter, cream, egg yolks, and sherry or cognac, and served on toast or rice.

Usage

• Seafood newburg is a classic, luxurious dish often found on the menus of fine dining restaurants.
• The key to a perfect seafood newburg is a velvety sauce that generously coats the seafood.

Examples

• For our anniversary dinner, we started with oysters and then shared a decadent seafood newburg.
• The chef's special tonight is seafood newburg made with fresh Maine lobster.
• I prefer my seafood newburg served over a bed of fluffy white rice rather than toast.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) to describe other elements of the dish.
  • He ordered the seafood newburg appetizer.
• The style of the sauce itself can be referred to as "Newburg" or "à la Newburg."
  • The shrimp were prepared Newburg style.

Variants and Related Words

• Lobster Newburg: A specific and common variant of the dish featuring lobster.
• Crab Newburg: A variant of the dish featuring crab meat.
• Newburg sauce: The rich, creamy sauce that defines the dish, traditionally made with sherry.

Synonyms

• Seafood in Newburg sauce: A more descriptive synonym.
• Creamed seafood on toast/rice: A simpler, descriptive term, though it lacks the specific connotation of the classic Newburg sauce.

Notes on Meaning

This term refers specifically to the prepared dish. It is a compound noun formed from "seafood" and "Newburg," the latter being a proper name (likely from the name of a chef or a place, such as Newburgh, New York) that denotes the signature sauce. The dish is associated with indulgence and traditional American haute cuisine.

Noun

1. seafood in Newburg sauce served on toast or rice