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Wire rack

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, wire rack means: An open wire framework that supports baked food while air circulates around it.

In Turkish: tel soğutma ızgarası

How it is used

Often used as a cooling rack; place on a rack describes where food rests.

Example sentences

  1. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack after baking.

    The open structure lets air reach underneath the biscuits.

  2. A wire rack over a tray caught the drips from the glaze.

    The rack supports the food while excess coating falls below.

Common collocations

  • cool on a wire rack
  • wire cooling rack
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

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