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Nappe

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, nappe means: The consistency of a sauce thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

In Turkish: kaşığı kaplayacak sos kıvamı

How it is used

Often appears as nappe consistency in sauce and custard instructions.

Example sentences

  1. Reduce the sauce until it reaches nappe consistency.

    The term specifies a coating texture rather than a measured volume.

  2. The custard was still too thin to reach nappe.

    Nappe provides a visual reference for the desired thickness.

Common collocations

  • nappe consistency
  • reach nappe
  • reduceTo boil or simmer a liquid so that some of the water evaporates, making it thicker and its flavour stronger. The result is called a reduction.
  • saucepanA deep, round metal pan with one long handle and often a lid, used for boiling, simmering and making sauces.

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