Cooking Dictionary Results

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Dundee Cake - a rich fruitcake covered with blanched almonds.

Durum Wheat - a variety of hard wheat used for making pasta.

Dust - to lightly sprinkle with a dry ingredient, such as flour.

Dutch Oven - a cast iron pot with a tightly fitting lid used to braise and sometimes to bake.

Duxelles - a hash of minced mushroom, shallots and herbs simmered in butter, used to flavor soups, sauces, and stuffings or to garnish.

Dredge - to coat with something, usually flour or sugar.

Drippings - fat and liquid resulting from cooking meat.

Drizzle - to sprinkle drops of liquid lightly or pour a very fine stream of liquid over food.

Duck - one of the principal USDA-recognized kinds of poultry; any of several varieties of domesticated web-footed swimming birds used for food; has a high percentage of bone and fat to meat, fatty skin, no light meat and a rich flavor; significant varieties include the Long Island duck and muscovy duck.