roux

roux  (r)

n. pl. roux

A mixture of flour and fat cooked together and used as a thickening.

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[French (beurre) roux, browned (butter), from Old French rous, reddish brown, from Latin russus, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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roux [ruː]

n pl roux

(Cookery) a mixture of equal amounts of fat and flour, heated, blended, and used as a basis for sauces

[from French: brownish, from Latin russus russet]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

roux - a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces concoction, intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

Translations

roux

n → Mehlschwitze f, → Einbrenne f