white sauce

noun

1. a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel.

white sauce

noun

1. a thick sauce made from flour, butter, seasonings, and milk or stock

Word History and Origins

Origin of white sauce¹

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

I make a really good one with red or white sauce, but my red sauce is the No. 1 thing on the menu.

From Los Angeles Times

The luxurious white sauce that defines the recipe compliments the sweetness of the scallops to perfection, but, honestly, I think it would make a piece of cardboard delicious.

From Salon

His favorite method, which he "holds dear," is his father's recipe that he calls Ronnie Herman's mussels in white sauce à la crème.

From Salon

The béchamel — the glorious, other-worldly white sauce in this recipe — is seasoned with a whisper of white pepper, nutmeg and a few other ingredients, all rounding out to complement this dish impeccably.

From Salon

The wings, brined and fried and served with an Alabama white sauce, will make you surrender allegiance to all others.

From Washington Post