mother sauces

Meaning

Noun

• Plural of mother sauce
• The set of 5 sauces that are the basis of traditional French cuisine.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• béchamel / sauce béchamel / béchamel sauce / bechamel / sauce bechamel / bechamel sauce / white sauce
• espagnole / sauce espagnole / espagnole sauce
• hollandaise / sauce hollandaise / hollandaise sauce
• tomat / sauce tomat / tomat sauce
• velouté / velouté sauce / veloute / veloute sauce

Origin

• From French sauces mères, coined by Marie-Antoine Carême, popularized by Auguste Escoffier