Deglazing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of deglazed food from a pan. plural-normally
  2. 2
    The process by which a pan is deglazed.

    "The pan overheated, the heat was too high, the heat was too low, the onions refused to caramelize or burned immediately and stuck; […] and inevitably the meat got tough and stringy, the sauce lost its complexity in the repeated dilutions and deglazings […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of deglaze form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
unglaze

Example

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"The pan overheated, the heat was too high, the heat was too low, the onions refused to caramelize or burned immediately and stuck; […] and inevitably the meat got tough and stringy, the sauce lost its complexity in the repeated dilutions and deglazings […]"

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