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Liaison

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, liaison means: A mixture, commonly of egg yolks and cream, used to enrich and thicken a sauce or soup.

In Turkish: yumurta sarısı ve kremalı bağlayıcı

How it is used

A classical sauce term; it names the finishing mixture rather than a flour-based roux.

Example sentences

  1. The liaison gave the soup a richer, smoother body.

    The added mixture changes richness and consistency.

  2. The chef mixed the liaison separately before finishing the sauce.

    The binder is prepared as a distinct component.

Common collocations

  • egg liaison
  • cream liaison
  • 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.
  • saucepanA deep, round metal pan with one long handle and often a lid, used for boiling, simmering and making sauces.

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