Albert sauce
noun
a rich, cream-based horseradish sauce usually served with beef, basically a veloute with horseradish and mustard; also called [sauce albert]
examples
the restaurant served trout with an albert sauce, accompanied by white wine.
word origin
attributed variously to prince albert of sax-coborg-gotha, the husband of queen victoria; alternatively with albert (albrecht) pfalzgraf (1554) and a french actress, madame albert.
usage note
cooking
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