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Season

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/ˈsiːzən/verbCore term

In culinary arts & cooking, season means: To add salt, pepper or other flavourings to food to improve its taste. Well seasoned means the salt and flavour are at the right level.

In Turkish: tuzunu biberini ayarlamak, baharatlamak, çeşnilendirmek

How it is used

One of the most common words in a kitchen. Chefs taste and say "It needs seasoning" or "Check the seasoning"; recipes say season to taste. Seasoning is the noun. A pan or grill can also be seasoned by heating oil on it.

Example sentences

  1. Season the steak just before it goes on the grill.

  2. Taste the risotto. Is it seasoned enough?

Common collocations

  • season to taste
  • season well
  • check the seasoning
  • well seasoned
  • under-seasoned
  • to tasteIn the amount that gives the flavour you want, decided by tasting rather than by an exact measure. Used mostly with salt, pepper, sugar and acid.
  • marinadeA seasoned liquid or paste, often with oil, acid such as lemon or yoghurt, herbs and spices, in which meat, fish or vegetables are soaked before cooking.
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • searTo brown the surface of meat or fish quickly in a very hot pan or on a grill, creating a dark, tasty crust.

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