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MELTED BUTTER [11 records]

Record 1 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
  • Recipes
DEF

To remove impurities from a liquid, for instance, butter and stock.

CONT

Butter is clarified by removing the milk solids that settle to the bottom of melted butter; stock is clarified by adding egg whites which coagulate as they rise to the surface, trapping impurities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
  • Recettes de cuisine
DEF

Rendre limpide et claire une substance trouble.

CONT

La clarification concerne principalement des liquides (bouillons et boissons), mais on emploie aussi le terme pour le sucre, le beurre et les œufs (on clarifie un œuf en séparant le jaune du blanc de manière que celui-ci ne comporte aucune trace de jaune).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
  • Recetas de cocina
DEF

Dar transparencia a una salsa, una gelatina o un caldo espumándolo o quitándole las impurezas que pueda contener.

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Record 2 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
OBS

à la polonaise : French for "in the manner of Poland, "generally referring to cooked vegetables(most often cauliflower or asparagus) that are sprinkled with chopped hard-cooked egg, breadcrumbs, parsley and melted butter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
OBS

à la polonaise : Se dit de légumes cuits au naturel, parsemés de jaune d'œuf dur haché et de persil ou de fines herbes, puis arrosés de mie de pain frite au beurre (apprêt classique, notamment pour le chou-fleur et les asperges).

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Menus
OBS

(...) it is impossible to translate the culinary term poêler literally. To poêler, meat or poultry is placed in a good fitting pan or fireproof casserole on sliced pot herbs, seasoned, melted butter poured on top and roasted in oven with the cover on. Shortly before meat is done, cover is taken off to allow the top side to get brown. Moderate temperature is essential for pan roasting. As soon as the meat is browned, it is taken out of the pan, the fat is poured off and the residue deglaced with wine, stock, gravy or sauce and used for making the sauce.

OBS

pan-roasting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menus (Restauration)
DEF

Cuire dans une casserole fermée, avec un corps gras.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
  • Restaurant Menus
DEF

A confectionery made of chocolate, melted with butter or cream, sugar and sometimes eggs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
  • Menus (Restauration)
DEF

Friandise à base de chocolat fondu avec du beurre ou de la crème, du sucre et parfois des œufs [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
  • Menú (Restaurantes)
OBS

Pasta hecha con chocolate, yema de huevo, cacao en polvo y mantequilla.

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Record 5 2014-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
  • Restaurant Menus
OBS

chocolate truffle : Confectionery made of chocolate, melted with butter or cream, sugar and sometimes eggs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
  • Menus (Restauration)
OBS

truffe au chocolat : Friandise à base de chocolat fondu avec du beurre ou de la crème, du sucre et parfois des œufs [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
  • Menú (Restaurantes)
OBS

Pasta hecha con chocolate negro, yema de huevo, cacao en polvo y mantequilla.

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Record 6 2010-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
DEF

Melted butter often with chopped herbs or other seasoning.

OBS

According to sources TERFO and OXENG and to a cooking specialist, "drawn butter" and "melted butter" are synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
CONT

[...] il [le beurre] s'emploie à différents degrés de fusion qui déterminent sa couleur : beurre fondu, noir ou noisette.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
  • Recipes
DEF

To make ingredients thicken by adding another ingredient. For instance, the addition of eggs causes lemon juice and melted butter to thicken to form hollandaise sauce. Other thickeners include gelatin, flour, cornstarch and potato.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
  • Recettes de cuisine
DEF

Épaissir une préparation liquide à l'aide d'un agent de liaison.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
  • Recetas de cocina
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Record 8 2008-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
DEF

A type of dough made with water and flour pressed into paper-thin sheets that become light and flaky when baked.

OBS

Each sheet... can be brushed with olive oil, cooking oil or melted butter...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
CONT

La pâte phyllo est composée de très minces couches de pâte faite de farine et d'eau. Pour préparer la pâte, il faut assembler beaucoup de couches avec du beurre fondu.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
OBS

Prepare same as for boiled potatoes, using small potatoes, and trim egg-shaped; parboil ten minutes, drain, and place in baking-pan and bake until soft, basting three times with melted butter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
DEF

green tips, boiled, seasoned with salt and a pinch of sugar, tossed quickly in hot melted butter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries (Cooking)
CONT

Cloverleaf rolls : Cut risen dough in half and shape each half into a roll about twelve inches long. Cut into one inch pieces and divide each piece into thirds. Shape into balls. Grease two-inch muffin cups, place three balls in each, brush the tops with melted butter and let rise until doubled in bulk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)
CONT

Façonner trois boulettes de pâte (1 pouce de diamètre environ), les réunir dans les moules à petits gâteaux ou à muffins bien beurrés ou les déposer sur une tôle à biscuits. (Source : Congrégation de Notre-Dame : La Cuisine raisonnée, 1967, p. 484.

Spanish

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