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Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce noun: a French sauce consisting of a béchamel sauce base with cream, crayfish butter, and crayfish tails.

Noun

Nantua sauce (uncountable)

  1. A French sauce consisting of a béchamel sauce base with cream, crayfish butter, and crayfish tails.

Questions about Nantua sauce

What does Nantua sauce mean?
Nantua sauce means a French sauce consisting of a béchamel sauce base with cream, crayfish butter, and crayfish tails.
What part of speech is Nantua sauce?
Nantua sauce is a noun.

Words near Nantua sauce in the dictionary

  1. Nantou
  2. nantradol
  3. Nants
  4. Nantsios
  5. Nantua
  6. Nantua sauce
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