| 单词 | caramelize |
| 释义 | caramelize (once / 60612 pages) v To caramelize is to slowly cook a food until it turns sweet, nutty, and brown. You can also caramelize pure sugar, or cook it until it melts, becoming golden-brown, sweet, and thick. When a cook caramelizes chopped onion, she gently cooks it in butter or oil, usually for a long time at a low temperature, until the sugars in the onion begin to brown and become very sweet. She caramelizes sugar by cooking it until it melts and reaches a certain temperature. The verb caramelize comes from caramel, or "burnt sugar" in French. WORD FAMILYcaramelize: caramelized, caramelizes, caramelizing+/caramel: caramelise, caramelize, caramels/caramelise: caramelised USAGE EXAMPLESSome examples on a recent night: White chocolate potato soufflé with caramelized eel. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) However, the traditional technique is to caramelize the sugar by itself, essentially to begin to burn it, before other ingredients are added. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) “Fall is the most interesting,” Esnault says, rearranging a few caramelized chestnuts. Los Angeles Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1v convert to caramel Syn|Hyper caramelise convert change the nature, purpose, or function of something 2v be converted into caramel The sugar caramelized Syn|Hyper caramelise convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change |
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