rouille
/ˈruːi
/noun [mass noun]
A Provençal sauce made from pounded red chillies, garlic, breadcrumbs, and other ingredients blended with stock, typically added to bouillabaisse: [mass noun]: croutons and rouille on the side [count noun]: it’s a lusty affair served with a properly pungent rouille...
- The stew-like soup was served in the traditional style, accompanied by toasted bread and a rust-coloured sauce called rouille that's made with mayonnaise, saffron and other spices.
- Heath likes to serve chunky fillet steaks of white fish under a herby, lemony crust, often with tapenade or rouille.
- He concluded by saying: ‘Expect excellent seafood, including proper fish soup with rouille and the lobster is spoken of in several counties.’
Origin
French, literally 'rust', with reference to the colour.