aurore sauce
Pronunciation: [oh-ROHR]
béchamel sauce with just enough tomato purée added to tint it pink.
From The Food Lover's Companion, Fourth edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst. Copyright © 2007, 2001, 1995, 1990 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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