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caramelize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
caramelize
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Cook until onion begins to caramelize.
▪ Roast turkey in preheated oven, basting every 20 minutes and adding water to the pan if the glaze starts to caramelize.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
caramelize

caramelize \caramelize\ v. t. 1 to to convert [usu. sugar] into caramel, by the action of heat.

Syn: caramelise.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
caramelize

1837, from caramel + -ize. Earlier was past participle adjective carameled (1727). Related: Caramelized; caramelizing.\n

Wiktionary
caramelize

vb. 1 (Cooking) To convert sugar into caramel. 2 (Cooking) To brown sugar by means of heat.

WordNet
caramelize
  1. v. be converted into caramel; "The sugar caramelized" [syn: caramelise]

  2. convert to caramel [syn: caramelise]

Usage examples of "caramelize".

One lousy beer and six or seven platesful of the caramelized eggplant dumplings.

On each she had arranged caramelized onions, chopped olives, pine nuts, grated Parmesan cheese.

But as Chip's previous experience with flamethrowers had been caramelizing sugar with a blowtorch, he was more than a bit nervous of the gadget.

He lifts his glass, removes a glacé cherry on a cocktail stick, throws it toward the spiral staircase that leads down to the toilets, and chugs back half of the drink in one go – freezing pink slush with an afterbite of caramelized hexose sugars and ethanol.

Another had been Skith, after the delicate crumble of the almond tart with its caramelized sugar lacework and lathering of yellow cream, leaping to his feetand it was amazing he could still leap with all that food in himand shaking Wolfgangs hand furiously.

Another had been S'kith, after the delicate crumble of the almond tart with its caramelized sugar lacework and lathering of yellow cream, leaping to his feet—.

Myself, I've always liked to snick out the pieces of core, reassemble the apple, then set it upon a bed of mint leaves, a twist of caramelized sugar to replace the stem, but I am sure that you have a better idea.

Another had been S'kith, after the delicate crumble of the almond tart with its caramelized sugar lacework and lathering of yellow cream, leaping to his feet—.

Homey, peasant dishes like Tuscan bread soup, white bean salad, grilled calamari, baby octopus, tender baby artichokes in olive oil and garlic, a simple sautéed calves' liver with caramelized onions, immediately became inspiring and new.