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Bake

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/beɪk/verbCore term

In culinary arts & cooking, bake means: To cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.

In Turkish: fırında pişirmek, fırınlamak

How it is used

Used for the whole pastry and bakery section and for dishes like baked fish or baked potatoes. Recipes give a temperature and time (bake at 180°C for 25 minutes). Baking needs exact weights, so pastry chefs weigh everything.

Example sentences

  1. Bake the tart shells blind for fifteen minutes before you fill them.

  2. We bake our own bread every morning.

Common collocations

  • bake at 180°C
  • bake blind
  • freshly baked
  • baking tray
  • bake until golden
  • roastTo cook meat, poultry or vegetables with dry heat in an oven, usually at a fairly high temperature so the outside browns. As a noun, a roast is a joint of meat cooked this way.
  • ovenAn enclosed, heated box used for baking, roasting and keeping food warm. Professional kitchens use deck, convection and combi ovens.
  • preheatTo heat an oven, grill or pan to the required temperature before you put the food in.
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.

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