Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sauce of butter and egg yolks that is flavored with vinegar, wine, shallots, tarragon, and chervil.
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- noun cooking A
sauce resemblinghollandaise , but sassier, usingwhite wine .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French béarnaise, feminine of béarnais, of Béarn.]
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from French, the feminine of béarnais (the adjective from the Béarn region, using -ais ("-ese")) + sauce
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