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Sweat

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

verbCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, sweat means: To cook vegetables gently in a little fat so they soften without browning.

In Turkish: renk aldırmadan yumuşatmak

How it is used

A recipe may say sweat the onions before adding stock or other ingredients.

Example sentences

  1. Sweat the leeks gently before adding the potatoes.

    Gentle cooking softens the leeks without a browned flavour.

  2. The onions were sweated for the pale cream sauce.

    The chosen technique helps preserve the sauce's pale colour.

Common collocations

  • sweat onions
  • sweat gently
  • sautéTo cook small pieces of food quickly in a little hot fat in a pan, moving or tossing them so they brown evenly. From French sauter, "to jump".
  • saucepanA deep, round metal pan with one long handle and often a lid, used for boiling, simmering and making sauces.

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