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Praline

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, praline means: A confection or pastry ingredient made with nuts and caramelized sugar.

In Turkish: karamelize şekerli kuruyemiş karışımı, pralin

How it is used

Forms vary: brittle pieces, ground paste and regional sweets may all use the name.

Example sentences

  1. Crushed praline added crunch to the cream dessert.

    The sugar-and-nut preparation supplies a crisp texture.

  2. Hazelnut praline paste flavoured the chocolate filling.

    Paste specifies a finely ground form of the ingredient.

Common collocations

  • hazelnut praline
  • praline paste
  • caramelizeTo heat sugar, or food that contains sugar such as onions, until it turns brown and develops a rich, sweet, slightly bitter flavour.
  • 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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