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Ribbon stage

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, ribbon stage means: The stage when a beaten mixture falls in a thick ribbon that briefly remains visible.

In Turkish: şerit kıvamı

How it is used

Often used for eggs beaten with sugar in sponge cake preparation.

Example sentences

  1. The eggs and sugar reached ribbon stage before the flour went in.

    A visible trail marks the intended degree of beating.

  2. Lift the whisk to check for ribbon stage in the batter.

    The check observes how the mixture falls and settles.

Common collocations

  • reach ribbon stage
  • beat to ribbon stage
  • 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.
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.

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