béchamel sauce
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béchamel sauce¹
Where it comes from
Partial calque of French sauce béchamel,
named after French gastronome Louis Béchameil de Nointel (1630–1703).
noun béchamel sauces · Béchamel sauce · bechamel sauce
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A simple white sauce made from a roux of butter and flour to which hot milk is added.
Similar: cream sauce, white sauce
Béchamel sauce²
noun Béchamel sauces
- Alternative letter-case form of béchamel sauce
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noun white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
| Español | bechamel, besamel, bechamela, besamela, salsa blanca |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ベシャメルソース beshameru sōsu, ホワイトソース howaito sōsu |
| 中文 | 貝夏梅爾調味醬 /贝夏梅尔调味酱 bèixiàméi'ěr tiáowèijiàng, 白汁 báizhī, 白醬 /白酱 báijiàng, 貝夏媚醬 /贝夏媚酱 bèixiàmèijiàng |
| Português | molho bechamel, bechamel |
| Français | sauce béchamel, béchamel, béchamelle |
| Deutsch | Béchamelsauce, Béchamelsoße, Milchsoße |
| Italiano | besciamella |
| Ελληνικά | σάλτσα μπεσαμέλ sáltsa besamél, μπεσαμέλ besamél |
| Русский | бешаме́ль bešamélʹ |
| العربية | صَلْصَة بَشَامِيل ṣalṣat bašāmīl |
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