mousseline

¹ American  

[moos-leen] / musˈlin /

noun

1. Also called Chantilly sauce.  Also called Chantilly.  hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

2. any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.

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adjective

1. prepared or served with whipped cream.

mousseline ² American  

[moos-leen] / musˈlin /

noun

French.

1. muslin.

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mousseline British  

/ muslin /

noun

1. a fine fabric made of rayon or silk

2. a type of fine glass

3. short for mousseline sauce

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Etymology

Origin of mousseline

< French: literally, muslin

Example Sentences

The dinner menu offers options ranging from salmon tartare to Braised Artichoke "Noir," served with a poached egg, potato mousseline and brioche croutons.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

Kreuther serves the sauerkraut in a smoked sturgeon; his sauerkraut tartlet topped with caviar mousseline is in a filo pastry shell and served under a wine glass filled with smoke.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2019

On the dinner menu, you’ll find frites, Parisian gnocchi, asparagus with sauce mousseline, roast chicken and a chubby pork chop.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2019

Here is the palm-size tart of smoked sturgeon and sauerkraut under a dandelion-colored mousseline with a gleaming black eye of caviar.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2015

Some months afterwards, Mrs. Cheesham and her daughter Emily entered one of the extensive drapery warehouses of Edinburgh, to invest a portion of their capital in the purchase of a mousseline de laine.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various