Maltese sauce

noun

Hollandaise sauce with blanched orange zest and the juice of blood orange.

OriginFrench sauce maltaise →
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Meanings

nounMaltese sauce (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecookingHollandaise sauce with blanched orange zest and the juice of blood orange.

Origin

  1. Frenchsauce maltaise
  2. EnglishMaltese sauce

From French sauce maltaise.

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APA

Maltese sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maltese%20sauce

MLA

“Maltese sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maltese%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maltese sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maltese%20sauce.

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