Bearnaise
(sometimes lowercase) a sauce of egg yolks, shallots, tarragon, b-tter, vinegar, and sometimes white wine and chopped chervil.
noun
a rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, b-tter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
n.
“egg-and-b-tter sauce,” 1877, from french sauce béarnaise, from fem. of béarnais “of béarn,” region in southwest france (named for the benarni, a gaulish tribe).
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