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Stiff peaks

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, stiff peaks means: Peaks in a whipped mixture that hold their shape upright when the whisk is lifted.

In Turkish: sert tepecikler

How it is used

Recipes use stiff peaks to specify a firm stage of whipping.

Example sentences

  1. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks for this mixture.

    Upright peaks indicate the foam's ability to hold its shape.

  2. The meringue had stiff peaks before it was piped.

    The firm structure supports the shapes made during piping.

Common collocations

  • beat to stiff peaks
  • hold stiff peaks
  • 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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