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Macerate

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

verbCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, macerate means: To soften food, especially fruit, by leaving it in liquid or mixed with sugar.

In Turkish: şeker veya sıvıda bekleterek yumuşatmak

How it is used

Use for fruit preparation; sugar draws out juice that can form a light syrup.

Example sentences

  1. Macerate the strawberries with sugar for the dessert.

    Sugar helps release juice rather than cooking the berries.

  2. The dried cherries were macerated in orange juice.

    The liquid softens dried fruit before it enters the mixture.

Common collocations

  • macerated fruit
  • macerate in juice
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • 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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