flouring

Prepping sticky surfaces

Flouring is the act of coating something with flour, typically in cooking: After flouring the chicken pieces, she dropped them into the hot oil.

Bakers flour surfaces to prevent dough from sticking.

The term appears mainly in recipe instructions and cooking contexts.

thickening

roux

Cooked fat-flour paste

  • gravyThickened meat drippings
  • sauceLiquid food accompaniment
  • batterUncooked cake mixture

slurry · bechamel · gumbo · stew · coating · dredging · breading · frying · pan-frying · tempura

dusting

sifter

Fine-mesh separating tool

  • sprinkleLight scattering of particles
  • coatingApplied surface covering
  • dredgeUnderwater excavation apparatus

sieve · scatter · surface · worktop · rolling · pastry · nonstick · light · even · preventing

milling

grinding

Molar action sometimes

fineness · granulation · wholemeal · refinement · starch · protein · extraction · bolting · stone-ground · wheat

baking

dough

Flour-liquid mixture for baking

rising · loaf · oven · sourdough · crust · gluten · proofing · fermentation · baguette · ciabatta

Categories
Opposites
surface preparation method

flouringgreasing

Applying slippery substance

oiling · buttering · wetting · moistening · lubricating

coating action

flouringbrushing off

Disregarding without consideration

stripping · dusting off · cleaning

Family

flour, flours, floury, floured, flourless, wheat flour, cake flour, bread flour, white flour

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G