ladle

Options: Add cream to soup and heat gently before serving, or ladle into individual bowls then lightly stir in a couple of tablespoons of cream into each bowl.

Before serving, cover and turn off the heat and allow to rest a bit before reheating to desired temperature before ladling into bowls.

Sentimentality is often ladled out, along with clichés.

Serra had created it by splashing and ladling a pot of molten lead against the base of the wall.

"A different nanny was punishing them by ladling laxatives down them, and my parents couldn't work out why they were constantly ill."