Bearnaise Sauce Definition

bâr-nāz, bāär-, -ər-
noun
A sauce of butter and egg yolks that is flavored with vinegar, wine, shallots, tarragon, and chervil.
American Heritage
A creamy sauce, esp. for meat or fish, made of butter and egg yolks and flavored with wine, vinegar, shallots, and herbs.
Webster's New World

(cooking) A sauce resembling hollandaise, but sassier, using white wine.

Wiktionary
Alternative spelling of béarnaise sauce.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bearnaise Sauce

Noun

Singular:
bearnaise sauce
Plural:
barnaise-sauces

Origin of Bearnaise Sauce

  • from French, the feminine of béarnais (the adjective from the Béarn region, using -ais (“-ese”)) + sauce

    From Wiktionary

  • French béarnaise feminine of béarnais , of Béarn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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