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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessalsa a base di roux
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sal-sa a ba-ze di roux
"La besciamella è una salsa a base di roux fondamentale."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A culinary sauce that derives its primary body and thickening from a cooked combination of fat and flour.
"Béchamel and velouté are classic examples of a roux-based sauce used in French cuisine." - 2
Any savory liquid thickened by frying flour in oil, butter, or drippings, common in various regional cooking traditions such as Cajun gumbos.
"The chef whisked the warm milk slowly into the golden roux-based sauce to prevent lumps."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'roux', borrowed from French in the 19th century meaning a cooked mixture of flour and fat used to thicken sauces, with the native English 'based' and 'sauce' (derived from Old French 'sause' and Latin 'salsa'). It reflects the classical French culinary techniques integrated into standard English culinary terminology during the development of professional gastronomy.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Roux-based sauce" is said worldwide
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sauce à base de roux
Transliteration: sos a baz de ru
"La béchamel est une sauce à base de roux très populaire."
Mehlsoße
Transliteration: mehl-sos-eh
"Eine klassische Mehlsoße bildet die Basis für viele Gerichte."
salsa a base di roux
Transliteration: sal-sa a ba-ze di roux
"La besciamella è una salsa a base di roux fondamentale."
salsa a base de roux
Transliteration: sal-sa a ba-se de roux
"La salsa velouté es una salsa a base de roux muy fina."
molho à base de roux
Transliteration: mol-yu a ba-ze de roux
"O molho branco é um exemplo de molho à base de roux."
रॉक्स-आधारित सॉस
Transliteration: roks-adharit sos
"बेचमेल सॉस एक प्रसिद्ध रॉक्स-आधारित सॉस है।"
面糊底酱
Transliteration: miàn hú dǐ jiàng
"白酱是一种经典的面糊底酱。"
루 소스
Transliteration: ru so-seu
"베샤멜 소스는 대표적인 루 소스입니다."
ルーベースのソース
Transliteration: ru be-su no so-su
"ホワイトソースは代表的なルーベースのソースです。"
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