Definitions

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  • adjective postpositive, sometimes capitalized Served with a white sauce containing cheese

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Examples

  • Today, macaroni and cheese generally takes one of two forms - pasta tossed with either a smooth cream and cheese sauce (technically known as mornay sauce) or with a more custard-like blend of egg yolks, milk and cheese.

    South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes 2010

  • Last Sunday lunch he consumed a mountain of beef, roast potatoes, leeks mornay, French beans, sausages, Yorkshire puddings, gravy, cherry pie and ice cream.

    I used to roar: 'Eat your dinner!' 2011

  • | Reply | Permalink or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and

    Hillary Supporter Dianne Feinstein: The Race Is Over, Make Hillary Veep 2009

  • These were served with a mornay sauce which is made of heavy cream, gruyere cheese and parmesan cheese.

    Leaving for Las Vegas e d b m 2009

  • These were served with a mornay sauce which is made of heavy cream, gruyere cheese and parmesan cheese.

    Archive 2009-04-01 e d b m 2009

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    Today's Super-Delegate Action: Senator Landrieu Hints She'll Back Obama 2009

  • Souffles aren't difficult - he main trick is not to obsess about mixing the mornay sauce and whites.

    Kitchen Window:Cracking the Egg Code 2009

  • When you sit down, references to the classic and the new are made right away: puff pastry goujons filled with mornay sauce (classic), and soft checker-counter rounds of salty olive oil sponge bread (new).

    <i>Mais O�� Est</i> Montrachet? 2008

  • It was all about sliced turkey in mornay sauce with cheese melted on top and some bread in there somewhere, plus bacon!

    ABA -- another on-the-road report 2008

  • It was all about sliced turkey in mornay sauce with cheese melted on top and some bread in there somewhere, plus bacon!

    E. Lockhart's Blog: 2008

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