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mornay

Syllabification: (mor·nay)
Pronunciation: /môrˈnā/
(also Mornay)
Definition of mornay

adjective

  • denoting or served in a cheese-flavored white sauce:mornay sauce [postpositive]:cauliflower mornay

Origin:

named after Mornay, the French cook and eldest son of Joseph Voiron, chef of the restaurant Durand at the end of the 19th century and inventor of the sauce

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