brûlée
noun[CorU]
food & drinkspecialized(alsobrulee)uk/bruːˈleɪ/us/bruːˈleɪ/adish, usually asweet,creamyone, with alayerof hard,burntsugarontop:
Serve alightdessertsuch as a brûlée, a pannacotta, or amousse.
I alwaysorderchocolatetartand she alwaysordersbrulee.
Thisbananabrûlée makes astunningdessert.
See also
crème brûlée
- Thestarterwas a foie gras brûlée withtoastedbrioche.
- The brulees are set if they do notwobblewhen youshakethem.
- Here is herrecipeforappleandberrybrulee.
- TofollowI hadvanilla,cardamomandsaffronbrûlée.
Puddings, desserts & ices
- baked Alaska
- baklava
- banana split
- bananas Foster
- banoffee pie
- dessert
- dulce de leche
- dumpling
- entremets
- Eton mess
- knafeh
- knickerbocker glory
- kugel
- lolly
- mochi
- spotted dick
- summer pudding
- sundae
- syllabub
- tapioca
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Cookery terms
brûlée
verb[IorT]
food & drinkspecialized(alsobrulee)uk/ˈbruː.leɪ//bruːˈleɪ/us/bruːˈleɪ/toburnthetopof adish, usually one that has beencoveredinsugar:
I like toservethis inindividualdishesand brûlée thetops.
Sprinkle with moresugarand put under thegrillto brulee.
Hefinishesthe yellowfintunatartarewith a brûléedtop.
- Dessert was athickricepuddingthat was brûléed, thentoppedwithpoachedpineapple.
- Thewaffleistoppedwithcinnamonicecreamandwhippedcream, with bruleedbananason theside.
Preparing food using heat
- air fryer
- bain-marie
- baking
- baking parchment
- barbecue
- blanch
- boil
- deep-fried
- deep-fry
- done
- doneness
- etouffee
- overdone
- pan-fry
- parboil
- poach
- poaching
- roast
- sear
- warm(someone/something)up
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