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Semolina

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, semolina means: Coarsely milled wheat particles, often from durum wheat, used in pasta, puddings and other dishes.

In Turkish: irmik

How it is used

The term names the milled ingredient, not a particular finished dessert.

Example sentences

  1. The pasta dough contained durum wheat semolina.

    Semolina provides the wheat component of the dough.

  2. She cooked semolina in milk for a simple pudding.

    The same milled ingredient can thicken a sweet dish.

Common collocations

  • durum semolina
  • semolina pudding
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • dry goodsFood products that do not need refrigeration and are kept on shelves, such as flour, rice, pasta, sugar, pulses, spices and canned goods.

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