baste
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In this recipe at Food & Wine, David Chang "pulverizes the kombu to a powder and blends it with softened butter to baste striped bass fillets."
From Salon ● May 14, 2024
Street vendors across East Asia scrunch small pieces of meat onto skewers and baste them over hot coals with a sweet and savory sauce.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Be sure to baste the fish with this liquid during cooking and just before serving.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
To add to the flavour, Taylor’s preferred liquid to baste the turkey with is coffee, butter and maple syrup.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
Place in hot oven; when browned baste with 2 cups cold water; turn breast side down and roast 2 hours, basting three or four times with cold water.
From New Royal Cook Book by Anonymous
The signature dish, made with sharp, slow-melting Kolot cheese, comes in a crust that’s been liberally basted with butter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
His wife had already basted the family turkey the night before and now she was cracking 180 eggs with a smile and wearing plastic gloves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
When it comes to flavoring and seasoning a steak, I like keeping it minimalist: heavily seasoned with salt and then simply basted with rosemary, garlic and butter.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
The programme title is a play on Lord Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera, basted on the novel by Gaston Leroux.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
Levitte the perfumer is flabby and plump, basted in his own self-importance.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
In August 2023, the state blamed another botched satellite launch on an error in the emergency basting system, but said it was "not a big issue".
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
How often should I be basting my bird?
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
We layer on the flavors - first as a quick marinade for the chicken, then as a basting sauce, and finally as a finishing sauce.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
The prince presumably took a break from basting to drop to a knee.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
I guess she did, because she finally pushed the basting pan aside and went to the sink to wash her hands.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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