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

Examples of velouté in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Diners ease into dinner with a little glass cup of steaming artichoke veloute, speckled with black truffles. —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

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, literally, "velvetiness, softness," noun derivative of velouté "velvety, smooth," going back to Middle French, from velour, velours "velvet, velour" + -té, adjective suffix, extended form of -é, going back to Latin -ātus -ate entry 3

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above