culinary base
Soup's starting point
A culinary base is a foundational ingredient or preparation that serves as the starting point for sauces, soups, and other dishes.
Stock, broth, and roux are classic bases.
Commercial bases come as concentrated pastes or powders: Add a teaspoon of chicken base to the water.
The term also covers flavor foundations like mirepoix or sofrito that underpin a cuisine's characteristic dishes.
- stockGoods kept for sale
- bone brothSimmered skeletal liquid
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- fondHaving tender affection
- rouxCooked fat-flour paste
mirepoix · holy trinity · sofrito · bouillon · reduction · demi-glace · foundation · mother sauce · umami · simmering · low and slow · aromatics · bones · vegetables · flavor · building blocks · essence · consommé
culinary basegarnish
Decorative food topping
finishing touch · topping · decoration · accent · embellishment
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