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Temper

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

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In culinary arts & cooking, temper means: To control temperature to prepare an ingredient, especially chocolate or an egg mixture, for use.

In Turkish: temperlemek, sıcaklığı kontrollü ayarlamak

How it is used

For chocolate it concerns crystal structure; for eggs it means gradual warming with hot liquid.

Example sentences

  1. The chocolatier tempered the chocolate before moulding it.

    Controlled heating and cooling prepare the chocolate's fat structure.

  2. Temper the yolks with some warm milk before combining the custard.

    Here temper means warming an egg mixture gradually.

Common collocations

  • temper chocolate
  • temper egg yolks
  • 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.
  • 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.

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