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Silverskin

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, silverskin means: A thin, tough, silvery layer of connective tissue on some cuts of meat.

In Turkish: etin üzerindeki gümüş renkli zar

How it is used

Butchery instructions often say remove or trim away the silverskin.

Example sentences

  1. The tenderloin still had a strip of silverskin attached.

    The term identifies a distinct membrane on the meat.

  2. Trim away the silverskin before portioning this joint.

    The membrane is removed during preparation rather than counted as fat.

Common collocations

  • remove silverskin
  • trim away silverskin
  • filletA boneless piece of fish or meat, such as a fish fillet or beef fillet. As a verb, to fillet means to remove the bones and cut out these pieces.
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

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