velouté
noun
ve·lou·té
və-ˌlü-ˈtā 
: a soup or sauce made of chicken, veal, or fish stock and cream and thickened with butter and flour
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Diners ease into dinner with a little glass cup of steaming artichoke veloute, speckled with black truffles.
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Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
To assemble the lasagna, spread half the flour-milk mixture (called a veloute) in an even layer on the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
—Joe Yonan, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2019
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Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
To assemble the lasagna, spread half the flour-milk mixture (called a veloute) in an even layer on the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
—Joe Yonan, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2019
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“Velouté.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/velout%C3%A9. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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