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Soft peaks

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, soft peaks means: A whipped mixture's peaks that bend over when the whisk is lifted.

In Turkish: yumuşak tepecikler

How it is used

Used for whipped cream and egg whites to describe an observable stage.

Example sentences

  1. Whip the cream to soft peaks for the fruit dessert.

    Bent tips indicate a softer stage of whipping.

  2. The whites formed soft peaks that folded over gently.

    The shape shows that the foam does not yet stand rigidly.

Common collocations

  • whip to soft peaks
  • soft-peak 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.
  • 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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