Mornay sauce
Mornay sauce over an orecchiette pasta dish
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| Place of origin | France |
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| Type | Sauce |
| Main ingredient(s) | Béchamel sauce, Gruyère and egg yolk |
A Mornay sauce is a Béchamel sauce with shredded or grated Gruyère cheese and egg yolk added.[1][2] Some variations use different combinations of Gruyère, Emmental cheese, or white Cheddar.[3]
Etymology
The name origin of Mornay sauce is debated. It may be named after Philippe, duc de Mornay (1549–1623), Governor of Saumur, and seigneur du Plessis-Marly, writer and diplomat, but a cheese sauce at his table would have to have been based on what we would term a velouté sauce, for Béchamel had not yet been concocted.[4]
Sauce Mornay does not appear in Le cuisinier Royal, 10th edition, 1820. Perhaps sauce Mornay is not older than the great Parisian restaurant of the 19th century, Le Grand Véfour in the arcades of the Palais-Royal, where sauce Mornay was introduced.[4]
In the Tout-Paris of Charles X, the Mornay name was represented by two stylish men, the marquis de Mornay and his brother, styled comte Charles. They figure in Lady Blessington's memoir of a stay in Paris in 1828–29, The Idler in France.[5] They might also be considered, when an eponym is sought for sauce Mornay.
See also
- Velouté sauce
- Béchamel sauce
- Mother sauces
- Hot Brown sandwich
- Croque-monsieur
- List of sauces
- Macaroni and cheese
References
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External links
Sauce Mornay at Wikibook Cookbooks
