noun
- A leafy green vegetable with small, tender leaves, commonly used in salads; also called corn salad or lamb's lettuce.
Usage: Also spelled 'mâche' in French culinary contexts.; Common in European cuisine, particularly French.
Examples
- The chef added fresh mache to the winter salad.
- Mache grows well in cool weather and is harvested in early spring.
- This French bistro serves a delicate mache salad with walnut oil dressing.
- Unlike iceberg lettuce, mache has a mild, slightly nutty flavor.
- The farmer's market had bunches of tender mache available last week.