caramelizes
Browns with heat
Caramelizes is the third-person singular of caramelize, meaning to heat sugar until it melts into a golden-brown syrup, or to cook food until its natural sugars brown and develop a rich, sweet flavor: The recipe calls for butter and onions that she caramelizes slowly over low heat.
The process creates both color and complex, toasty flavors.
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- toffeeCaramelized sugar confection
- butterscotchBrown sugar candy
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
honey · fudge · praline · dulce de leche · maple · crème brûlée · flan · brittle
Bright yellow, or precious
glossy · amber · sticky · lacquered · burnished · crackly · syrupy · glistening
sugar
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- toffeeCaramelized sugar confection
- butterscotchBrown sugar candy
- syrupThick sugar liquid
molasses · honey · fudge · praline · dulce de leche · maple · crème brûlée · flan · brittle · custard
golden
Bright yellow, or precious
tender · glossy · amber · sticky · lacquered · burnished · crackly · syrupy · glistening · richness
sautéing
Quick cooking in fat
deglazing · roasting · searing · browning · torching · flambéing · braising · basting · melting · stirring
onions
Pungent layered cooking bulbs
leeks · carrots · balsamic · miso · teriyaki · char siu · endive · bacon · umami · fond
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
caramelizesburns
Heat-caused tissue damage
chars · scorches · blackens · overcooks · undercooks
caramelizesfreezes
Hardens from cold
solidifies · hardens · crystallizes · cools · chills
- 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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