flour-thickened sauce
nounUK /ˈflaʊə ˌθɪkənd sɔːs/
US /ˈflaʊər ˌθɪkənd sɔːs/
A sauce made thick by stirring in flour.
She poured a flour-thickened sauce over the chicken.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A sauce whose body comes from a flour-and-fat roux cooked before liquid is added.
The chef built a flour-thickened sauce by cooking butter and flour first.
3. A pan sauce made by sprinkling flour into drippings and whisking in stock.
After roasting, he made a quick flour-thickened sauce right in the pan.
4. Any sauce where flour replaces cornstarch as the thickening agent.
For a gluten-free version, swap the flour-thickened sauce for a cornstarch one.