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mornay

Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːneɪ/
Definition of mornay

adjective

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

Origin:

perhaps named after Mornay, the eldest son of the 19th-century French chef Joseph Voiron, who apparently invented the sauce

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