单词 | roux |
释义 | rouxn. Cookery. A mixture of fat (esp. butter) and flour heated together and used in making sauces and soups, generally as a thickening agent or to impart flavour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > thickening agent lear?c1390 liaison1759 arrowroot?1790 roux1793 Tahiti arrow-root1861 filé1885 gumbo filé1978 Oatrim1990 1793 tr. Menon French Family Cook 232 To make eggs à la tripe with a roux: take a little butter and a spoonfull of flour. 1813 L. E. Ude French Cook vi. 140 Cut your chops.., then fry them in a little butter, of a nice brown colour, drain this butter, and make a roux very blond. 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery iv. 115 Sauce tournee..is..rich pale gravy..thickened with delicate white roux. 1882 Mrs. H. Reeve Cookery & Housek. xxiii. 271 Sauces require to be bound together, and for this purpose either roux, arrowroot, potato flour, or eggs are used. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 61/2 Prepare a brown roux, flavoring the tablespoon of butter with a slice of onion, a slice of carrot and a few bits of minced cooked ham. 1965 House & Garden Dec. 84/4 Cook for a further few minutes to dispel the raw flour taste, then stop, if you want the roux white, carry on a little longer for the blonde, and longer still for a brown. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 6 Nov. The roux should be brown but not burned. Do not burn or you will ruin the gravy. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People v. 116 And while Ametri is a pretty good cook, she ain't Cajun, her. Can't trust her to make a good roux. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793 |
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