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Toast

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

verbCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, toast means: To brown the surface of food with dry heat, especially bread, nuts or spices.

In Turkish: kuru ısıyla hafifçe kızartmak

How it is used

Use with the food as the object; lightly toasted describes gentle browning.

Example sentences

  1. Toast the almonds before scattering them over the salad.

    Dry heat develops a browned flavour in the nuts.

  2. The chef toasted the bread for the open sandwiches.

    The same verb describes browning the bread's surface.

Common collocations

  • toasted almonds
  • lightly toast
  • roastTo cook meat, poultry or vegetables with dry heat in an oven, usually at a fairly high temperature so the outside browns. As a noun, a roast is a joint of meat cooked this way.
  • garnishA small item of food, such as herbs, a slice of lemon or a sauce dot, added to a dish to make it look and taste better. As a verb, to garnish means to add this.

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