caramelise
Heat until golden
To caramelise is to heat sugar until it melts, darkens, and develops a rich, nutty flavour.
The term extends to cooking foods until their natural sugars brown: caramelised onions, caramelised bananas.
British spelling of caramelize.
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- brownDark earth tone
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- panShallow cooking vessel
heat · melt · glaze · sauce · toffee · dessert · custard · creme brulee
Cook gradually with heat
translucent · sauté · butter · low heat · French onion soup · condiment · relish · savory
sugar
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
pan · heat · melt · glaze · sauce · toffee · dessert · custard · creme brulee · flan
slow-cook
Cook gradually with heat
jammy · translucent · sauté · butter · low heat · French onion soup · condiment · relish · savory · umami
Maillard
Surname behind browning
- pyrolysisHeat-driven molecular breakdown
- sucroseGlucose-fructose disaccharide
- glucosePrimary cellular fuel
fructose · decomposition · oxidation · temperature · browning · molecules · reaction · carbon · volatile · crystallization
charm
Attractive personal quality
- seduceLure into intimacy
- flatterPraise to please
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
butter up · ingratiate · schmooze · win over · beguile · enchant · coax · persuade · smooth · honeyed
- caramelized fruitFruit cooked until sugar-browned
- caramelized onionsAlliums cooked until golden-brown
- caramelized sugarHeat-darkened crystalline sweetener
- caramelized bananasFruit cooked in melting sugar
- caramelized milkHeat-transformed sweetened dairy
- caramelized syrupSugar heated past melting
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