: a sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish
tomato coulis
raspberry coulis
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Serve as a plated dessert with fruit coulis and chopped nuts for garnish.
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Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Inside, there’s a core of pistachio praline with both raspberry mousse and strawberry coulis.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
Behind the glass case, jewel-like pastries shimmered, including their signature pink croissant, made without food coloring but instead crafted from AOP butter and Valrhona raspberry chocolate, filled with raspberry coulis and pastry cream.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
And for dessert, pastry chef Marie Riddle has highlighted fruits in beignets with spiced berry coulis and crème brulee with pineapple, coconut, and makrut passionfruit anglaise.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Inside, there’s a core of pistachio praline with both raspberry mousse and strawberry coulis.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
Behind the glass case, jewel-like pastries shimmered, including their signature pink croissant, made without food coloring but instead crafted from AOP butter and Valrhona raspberry chocolate, filled with raspberry coulis and pastry cream.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
And for dessert, pastry chef Marie Riddle has highlighted fruits in beignets with spiced berry coulis and crème brulee with pineapple, coconut, and makrut passionfruit anglaise.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Coulis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coulis. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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