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/ˈɹu/
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[ UK /ɹˈuː/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈuː/ ]
NOUN
- a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
How To Use roux In A Sentence
- With such sanctified meekness does the Incorruptible lift his seagreen cheek to the smiter; lift his thin voice, and with jesuitic dexterity plead, and prosper: asking at last, in a prosperous manner: "But what witnesses has the Citoyen Barbaroux to support his testimony? The French Revolution
- The common basis of all gumbos is the roux, a roughly equal combination of flour and fat cooked until very nearly burnt; it is the dark smoky roux that gives the gumbo its colour and flavour.
- Theroux had a deep gash on his face, neckache, altitude sickness and a damaged wrist.
- South Africa was still "bedeviled" by racism and Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale's family's experiences in a Rouxville, Free ANC Daily News Briefing
- As you would expect from a Roux protégé, his sauces are intensely delicious but discreet and not over-rich.
- Theroux may be revisiting well-trodden terrain, but he hasn't lost any of his insight or power to enthral. The Elephanta Suite: Summary and book reviews of The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux.
- Sometimes the songs have a folksy sway, cool melodic lines unfolding with squeezebox sounds, soft basslines and understated percussion around them; sometimes, they coolly shuffle like the bouncier songs of Madeleine Peyroux. Half Seas Over: Half Seas Over
- Vigroux and Evett are both accomplished players, and have enough experience to recognize that good instrumental music is an exercise in restraint.
- I've been lazily chucking in ordinary butter up until now, but I give the clarified stuff a try, and even strain it in, in obedience to Michel Roux Jr's particularly pernickety method. How to make perfect hollandaise sauce
- Keep mixing the roux over the flame until the mixture comes off the sides of the pot.