sauce espagnole

[ saws es-puhn-yohl, -pan-; French soh ses-pa-nyawl ]

noun

1. brown sauce.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sauce espagnole¹

< French: Spanish sauce

Example Sentences

Then, in the 1960s, Julia Child introduced the mother sauces to home cooks, who suddenly found themselves scurrying around town in search of gelatinous beef bones for making the stock required for sauce espagnole.

From Seattle Times

Then, in the 1960s, Julia Child introduced the mother sauces to home cooks, who suddenly found themselves scurrying around town in search of gelatinous beef bones for making the stock required for sauce espagnole.

From New York Times

Brown the birds well, and serve with sauce espagnole or sauce piquante.

From Project Gutenberg

Put a layer of the macaroni in a baking dish, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and sliced truffles mixed with a little good sauce espagnole.

From Project Gutenberg