from the french meaning millers wife a cookery method
Meunière sauce Meunière (UK: /mɜːrniˈɛər/ or US: /mʌnˈjɛər/; French [mønjɛːʁ])[1] refers to both a sauce and a method of preparation, primarily for fish. The word itself means "miller's wife". Thus to cook something à la meunière was to cook it by first dredging it in flour. A meunière sauce is a simple preparation—brown butter, chopped parsley, and lemon—and the name refers to its unelaborate rustic nature.