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Cream of tartar

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, cream of tartar means: Potassium bitartrate, an acidic powder used in baking and confectionery.

In Turkish: krem tartar

How it is used

Often used with egg-white foams; despite its name it is not dairy cream.

Example sentences

  1. The meringue recipe includes a little cream of tartar.

    The powder contributes acidity to the whipped mixture.

  2. Cream of tartar was listed with the dry baking ingredients.

    The name denotes a powder rather than a liquid cream.

Common collocations

  • cream of tartar powder
  • add cream of tartar
  • whiskA tool made of loops of wire on a handle, used to beat air into eggs and cream or to mix sauces smoothly. As a verb, to whisk means to beat with this tool.
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.

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