How To Use Savoury In A Sentence

Some savoury recipes also use rhubarb, as its tanginess makes it an ideal accompaniment for fatty meats or oily fish.
If anything he is a decent copper and he'll usually only collar unsavoury characters. The Sun
Instantly a dozen knowing eyes were fixed on it, and a buzz of voices was heard; and soon Gerard saw the prior point more than once, and the monk came back, looking as proud as Punch, with a savoury crustade ryal, or game pie gravied and spiced, for Gerard, and a silver grace cup full of rich pimentum. The Cloister and the Hearth
Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury.
Move on to complex appetizers like pheasant ballottine, a cylinder of braised meat surrounded by a savoury sauce and tiny little apples.

Handvo" is a cherished gujarati recipe which can be called a savoury steamed vegetable cornmeal cake, and is filled with several nutritious ingredients. Handvo - Healthy Vegetable Cornmeal Cake
A deserved multi-award-winner that's almost savoury but never boorish. Times, Sunday Times
Once again we appeal to these unsavoury people to please stop this silly nonsense.
My wife, Jayne, enjoyed the mini savoury selection which consisted of crunchy onion bhajis, aloo tikkas, spinach pakoras and vegetable samosas all deep fried and served with two dips.
My poached cod with lobster sauce and brandade was bright with a savoury-citrus flavour. Times, Sunday Times
Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury.
The other aspect of her conservatism which seems most unsavoury today is her hostility to feminism.
The risotto was something of a success with a delicious combination of savoury Arborio rice and caramelised onions.
It was a pretty unsavoury incident. The Sun
My wife, Jayne, enjoyed the mini savoury selection which consisted of crunchy onion bhajis, aloo tikkas, spinach pakoras and vegetable samosas all deep fried and served with two dips.
The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.
Every day is different, but a typical spread might include soup served with chunks of wholemeal, a savoury Danish (a whorl of dough stuffed with pesto, tapenade, spinach and goats cheese), Dorset rarebit (with cider) or rustic open sandwiches (doorsteps of sourdough piled with hummus and salad) – all at £5.75. West Dorset's top 10 budget eats
So, without preconceptions, this is a brisk, well-balanced, fruit forward, but still avowedly savoury wine, that would be a piquant pairing with the crisp, dry snap of well grilled salmon cutlets - a texture lost in pan frying.
There's hardly a bit of a pig you can't eat, from the head boiled up in a stewy soup to the trotters with their savoury jelly and morsels of meat.
The chicken livers were compelling, with a moreish, umami savoury flavour. Times, Sunday Times
It was an unsavoury situation for us and I am very disappointed in it.
Toast with toppings became very popular as ‘savoury toast’, beloved of the Victorians and Edwardians.
Do you prefer sweet or savoury food?
Do you prefer sweet or savoury food?
This path dependency has created a foreign policy where the U.S. props up unsavoury governments which they destruct only years later.
Research suggests that for men savoury foods are more likely to trigger an almost uncontrollable urge to indulge. Times, Sunday Times
Another dish is scrapple, a sort of savoury ‘loaf’ made with pork, cornmeal, and other ingredients, to be chilled and sliced, the slices then to be fried and served very hot.
As a big fan of fruit as part of the main savoury dish of the meal I thoroughly enjoyed this.
These are savoury reds to be enjoyed with rich food. Times, Sunday Times
The savoury pancake is also pretty special. Times, Sunday Times
Coriander features in just about everything, save a dish of satay with a nicely savoury sauce.
Similarly, the chicken wings come in Thai jelly, a sticky slick of savoury honey coating some very ruddy wings.
The curdy but creamy, savoury flavour is a fusion of all three layers: rind, paste and centre. Both a Blessing and a Curse
But there is something unsettling about the menacing threats which have accompanied the protests, a taste of which was unveiled in the unsavoury scenes outside Parliament.
It was velvety, intensely savoury, beautifully rich and beefy. Times, Sunday Times
There is a less savoury aspect to all this, too. Times, Sunday Times
The man adores me for goodness sake… how can I taint the way he feels about me by making such unsavoury noises and smells in his company?
Some of his commissions have some pretty unsavoury characters with shady pasts.
It was used in sweet dishes more than as a savoury vegetable, but it soon palled and lost favour.
To my shame a reputation bent or maimed defamed the image staid, and disrepute disgraced my case, plagued with infamy and ill repute, a name ablaze by imputation as a most unsavoury reputation won or lost or never claimed. Reputation Never Claimed
The most savoury of the paintings (if I can use that word without coming across as prudish) are a series of nudes done from life in South Africa.
They can be bought either whole or ground and are used in both savoury and sweet dishes. The Sun
From this pungently unpromising substance we have made a variety of savoury stews and fritters, and saltfish is one of the Caribbean's unexpectedly characteristic flavours.
The whole thing is a little bit unsavoury but is the least-worst outcome.
BRIGHTON must have almost forgotten the unsavoury taste of defeat. Times, Sunday Times
There are also two rather unsavoury technical details that must be considered. Times, Sunday Times
Next came reports of unsavoury incidents involving flight attendants and other staff. Times, Sunday Times
Hot hors d’œuvres could be miniature savoury pastries or tiny fritters or other similar titbits; but these do not belong to the mainstream hors d’œuvres tradition.
Within was a frumenty of beans rich with shreds of dried pig, and made savoury with turnips, cabbages, and onion.
It adds a characteristic flavour to a range of savoury dishes, from pizza to pork chops.
‘Some of the people visiting the house are very unsavoury characters,’ she said, speaking in 2003 when the Evening Press first exposed the brothel.
They also have the most topping I have ever seen, by a long shot - the poppy and sesame seeds are in a thick layer, the multigrain always sheds oats, and the cheese and onion (available fresh on Saturdays) is savoury and rich.
Dinner or supper consists of three courses; soup, a savoury snack with wholemeal bread and a choice of flavoured desserts.
Since she was a child, Elliott has loved the outdoors, so she's used to braving unsavoury weather conditions.
Over a low to moderate heat this will take a good 25 minutes, during which time a savoury golden sediment will attach itself to the pan.
As it plays out in the context of the film, this metaphorical scenario leads Alex into troublesome emotional territory with friends, colleagues and more unsavoury characters.
Manufacturers regularly added chalk to bread and more unsavoury unnatural ingredients to other foodstuffs.
- a big pastry flan, a big open pie in the shape of a heart, with a delectable savoury filling. UNTO THE GRAVE
Lunch may be expanded to include a savoury dish with the salad or a baked jacket potato. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
I'll wager these sort of items will not be bought by the kind of man who expects a savoury after his treacle pudding. Times, Sunday Times
The assortment was rounded out by a savoury lamb meatball loaded with parsley, and small chunks of grilled lamb brochette.
It was tasty enough, but I suspect the chef's talent lies with the savoury dishes.
Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury.
The Prince sent away the cheese savoury and almost did the same with the beef. King Edward VIII - The Official Biography
These are used as required, mixed with liquids and flavourings, to ‘set’ savoury aspic, desserts such as jelly and mousse, and stabilize commercially made ice cream and other foods.
That hotel doesn't have a very savoury reputation.
The servings are generous and the food is tasty, although it could be more savoury.
Medium bodied, elegant, savoury with concentrated dark fruit flavors, subtle oak complexity and great length.
What is more it not only lifts your spirits but also can be used to add flavour to meals - to moisten breads and puddings, marinate meats and make savoury sauces.
The light deprivation leads to a sweeter rhubarb than the summer variety and it has become the connoisseurs' choice for sweet and savoury dishes.
This is why it is added to foods such as bacon, smoked fish, canned vegetables, margarine, bread and savoury snacks.
The eye-catching poster, memorable title and unsavoury reputation of this nasty little flick have kept it alive in the minds of movie goers for decades.
What most cheese - be it blue, hard, soft, or crawling off the cheeseboard - really likes is a mature soft, savoury, spicy, gently oaked red with few tannins and restrained fruit.
The sport has long been associated with illegal wagers and unsavoury characters.
Go all out with the chef's couscous special, presented in a peaked ceramic dish containing five simmered meats, including a tender lamb chop, succulent chicken, merguez sausage, a savoury meatball and a grilled lamb brochette.
Serve it in place of rice, or in light, savoury pancakes. Times, Sunday Times
It has an attractive nose of raspberry, with a long savoury finish.
In the morning when I arose, I found my hoofes shriveled together with cold, and unable to passe upon the sharpe ice, and frosty mire, neither could I fill my belly with meate, as I accustomed to doe, for my master and I supped together, and had both one fare: howbeit it was very slender since as wee had nothing else saving old and unsavoury sallets which were suffered to grow for seed, like long broomes, and that had lost all their sweet sappe and juice. The Golden Asse
Like pieces of art in a little glass gallery, an array of spices is prominently displayed in a showcase that flanks the foyer, providing a savoury glimpse into the tastes that will find their way into your meal.
Being a Scot, biscuits (what I would call a savoury scone) are a bit of a novelty for me, so I am looking forward to making some. Biscuit Bliss | Baking Bites
Keep a light snack such as a savoury biscuit or cracker by your bed and eat before getting up in the morning or if you wake in the night, to help prevent sickness in the morning.
The taste — that savoury, vital, muscular mouthfeel — is only half of it. Times, Sunday Times
They are also a welcome addition to carrot cakes, fruit loaves, flapjacks and savoury grains like couscous.
Aubanus and Sabellicus commend Portugal beef to be the most savoury, best and easiest of digestion; we commend ours: but all is rejected, and unfit for such as lead a resty life, any ways inclined to melancholy, or dry of complexion: Tales (Galen thinks) de facile melancholicis aegritudinibus capiuntur. Anatomy of Melancholy
The whole thing is a little bit unsavoury but is the least-worst outcome.
The pizza itself was pretty good: a substantial but not doughy malted wheat base, plenty of tomato sauce, enough cheese to be savoury and toothsome but not to make the whole thing sag.
Research suggests that for men savoury foods are more likely to trigger an almost uncontrollable urge to indulge. Times, Sunday Times
There were some interjections in the second person that were not very savoury.
Yet, that unsavoury incident enlivened the game. Times, Sunday Times
It was braised, succulent, savoury, fat-free, and served in its cooking liquid - which had been only slightly reduced.
This American thing of mixing sweet foods with savoury is entirely bizarre. The Spirit of the Thing « Tales from the Reading Room
THESE can be savoury or sweet and you can use thin plastic straws for little ones. The Sun
There were lardons in every savoury dish, unwelcome both on grounds of repetition and salt, which he arguably overdoes.
I love the savoury smells of fresh herbs mingling with the earliest crop of stone fruits. Times, Sunday Times
The club sandwiches and, in particular, the gorgeous savoury wraps are the staple diet of their many regulars.
Bright fluorescent lighting, self service, general uncleanliness and unsavoury smells are all part of the attraction and charm.
The savoury pancake option, rolled with ham, gherkin, and mayonnaise, was also sampled without complaint.
A mature Pinot will take on complex savoury aromas and flavours of cherries and red stone fruit, with a silky texture.
‘Some of the people visiting the house are very unsavoury characters,’ she said, speaking in 2003 when the Evening Press first exposed the brothel.
A winner with strawberries, trifle and poached fruit, but also good in a surprising number of savoury recipes. Times, Sunday Times
So to the traditional medical approaches of bleeding sick patients nearly to death to rid them of undesirable ‘humours’ Willis added unsavoury concoctions of semi-toxic metal salts.
Made from the furmint grape, this bottle has an exotic flavour of fennel and a savoury, mineral edge. Times, Sunday Times
Annie is living in an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan, a mean-spirited unsavoury character.
They can also be shredded into scones or bread to add a gorgeous yellow colour, or added to savoury tarts, sweet buns or sponge puddings.
Nutmeg is as popular a spice for savoury dishes as sweet, lending a mellow flavour to rice puddings, sausages and mash, baked custards and fruit cake.
Generations ago Dysarts had been shot very conventionally at ten paces owing to this same debonair resistlessness; Dysarts had slipped into and out of all sorts of unsavoury messes on account of this fatal family failing; some had been neatly winged, some thrust through; some, in a more sordid age, permitted counsel of ability to explain to a jury how guiltless a careless gentleman could be under the most unfortunate and extenuating appearances. The Danger Mark
The umami (the savoury flavour element of the cheese) will complement the tamari. Times, Sunday Times
I began exploring the idea of savoury frangipane as a base on which to lay a vegetable such as fennel. Foodly discussions
To make granita, freeze your chosen fruit or alcoholic cocktail, savoury or sweet liquid in a 2-3cm deep tray.
This wine smells fat like a ripe pear, dusted with a gently savoury/spicy oak and an under-lying vinosity that is beguiling.
These books keep a moral background while revealing the more unsavoury side of certain characters.
The unsavoury football history between the two countries at both club and international level makes crowd trouble extremely likely.
This is rich, savoury and structured with firm tannins. Times, Sunday Times
Serve it in place of rice, or in light, savoury pancakes. Times, Sunday Times
A winner with strawberries, trifle and poached fruit, but also good in a surprising number of savoury recipes. Times, Sunday Times
Dogs evidently scare birds away unintentionally by their rowdy and unsavoury behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
The wines were immediately recognisable by their elegant, restrained savoury characters.
The unsavoury reputation of the place as a drug-peddling hub could be one reason.
His has been a career of excesses and extremes - two Majors victories to showcase his rare ability, but too many unsavoury moments.
This is why it is added to foods such as bacon, smoked fish, canned vegetables, margarine, bread and savoury snacks.
His behaviour was legal, if unsavoury, and has, as far as I can tell, absolutely no relevant bearing on his candidacy, unless he's campaigning on a platform of outlawing exhibitionism.
They are political mercenaries, hired because they can keep ministers at arms' length from the media and the less savoury side of politics.
Proper lunch food is also available, including soups, hot savoury tarts, sandwiches, Greek salad and vegetable lasagne.
Although outsiders view the pairing as sordid and unsavoury, the couple cling together, finding solace in this unlikely romance.
But I fancied the savoury pancakes stuffed with mushrooms, tomatoes and onions, and covered in a creamy cheese sauce.
This is why it is added to foods such as bacon, smoked fish, canned vegetables, margarine, bread and savoury snacks.
Never had sleep been more refreshing nor food tasted more savoury, and he began already to harden and his face wore a kinglier look. Prince Caspian
The club has an unsavoury reputation.
Some of his commissions have some pretty unsavoury characters with shady pasts.
Aim for several small meals with suitable snacks such as mini savoury sandwiches, a currant bun, fruit or vegetables or unsweetened breakfast cereal in between meals to meet your child's nutritional needs.
Jan remembers eating bacon fat as a savoury spread instead of butter on bread.
There's hardly a bit of a pig you can't eat, from the head boiled up in a stewy soup to the trotters with their savoury jelly and morsels of meat.
I haven't really ever used apples in savoury dishes - will have to try it Early October At Its Best: Pork Tenderloin with Apples & Sour Cream
As it plays out in the context of the film, this metaphorical scenario leads Alex into troublesome emotional territory with friends, colleagues and more unsavoury characters.
The Prince sent away the cheese savoury and almost did the same with the beef. King Edward VIII - The Official Biography
There was a blast of sweet plummy fruit that settled down into a dry and savoury French style laced with prunes and liquorice - gorgeous. Times, Sunday Times
Taramasalata may also be used, and any of the cream cheese fillings suggested above for Savoury Petits Choux.
Thai cuisine is known for its distinctive mix of sweet, sour, spicy hot, and savoury flavours.
It would be a fine accompaniment for that sophisticated Russian nibble, the blinis - a three inch savoury pancake topped with soured cream with chives and shredded smoked salmon.
In addition to some soup and salad alternatives, the restaurant is also a crêperie with both savoury and sweet crepe dishes.
Google "miniskirt" today and unsavoury material will crop up on the first page. Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
I gather his past life was not altogether savoury.
The carrot's flavour was discernible, but quite distinct from that in a savoury dish.
They are really versatile and can be used in savoury and sweet recipes. The Sun
You get a soup or salad with the combo, and I particularly enjoyed the savoury carrot soup, though with a smoothie on the side it was a bit too much liquid for my lunch and I couldn't finish either.
Nutmeg is as popular a spice for savoury dishes as sweet, lending a mellow flavour to rice puddings, sausages and mash, baked custards and fruit cake.
If whoever bought it had an unsavoury reputation it wouldn't do much harm to the seagulls or Brent geese.
So to the traditional medical approaches of bleeding sick patients nearly to death to rid them of undesirable ‘humours’ Willis added unsavoury concoctions of semi-toxic metal salts.
Italian cooking is best known for savoury dishes.
Served in a small wooden bowl painted black on the exterior and red within, the soup was light and savoury.
Do you prefer sweet or savoury food?
Waffles can be made sweet or savoury and with healthy ingredients such as nuts, fruit or wheatgerm added are a healthy snack.
Small savoury biscuits provide a simple appetizer.
Then I can set myself up as a Paella man selling bowls of ricey savoury goodness to the day labourers employed / press ganged by the local authorities to clear the roads, railways harbours etc. Cheeseburger Gothic » Barnes and Noble Challenge.
It was on a very savoury bed of lentils which had been cooked with bacon and winter vegetables.
The eye-catching poster, memorable title and unsavoury reputation of this nasty little flick have kept it alive in the minds of movie goers for decades.
It encapsulates Jamaica's colonial past perfectly, as the fish (salted cod) would have been transported south in ships coming to collect sugar, while ackee, a savoury fruit, was introduced from West Africa.
Sometimes the mother also sends down a bundle of savoury channa and beaten rice.
Apart from the slightness of the story, however, the real disappointment is that the movie teaches a vaguely unsavoury lesson: you can't give up a fine catch just for love - it needs to be for money and love.
Do you prefer sweet or savoury food?
It could also include activities that harm the environment, involvement with unsavoury regimes and testing of products on animals. Times, Sunday Times
But together they present a sordid picture of a man who used his status as a minor celebrity to seduce a bevy of women, often in unsavoury circumstances.
I used to think that the distinct flavour of salami was due to spices, but when I had my first piece of bundnerfleisch, it so reminded me of salami in its savouriness, at that moment I realized cured, dried meat has a flavour all its own, completely unlike fresh meat, best described by the Japanese word umami, which means savoury or meaty, so it should come as no surprise that dried meat has umami in spades. Archive 2007-07-01
Steak, like the venison, is Scottish and very savoury.
A starkly savoury wine, this Vacqueyras has a cool, sweet bouquet and a wash with dark bitter chocolate tones, raspberry and spice.
But there is something unsettling about the menacing threats which have accompanied the protests, a taste of which was unveiled in the unsavoury scenes outside Parliament.
Nuala and Antoinette, together with their friendly staff, also serve teas and coffees along with their baking, and light lunches of savoury quiches, salads and home-made soups, in a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere.
Some of the customers in the pub looked none too savoury.
This wine shows the classic Cabernet Sauvignon varietal charateristics of blackcurrant and choc-mint supported by subtly integrated oak and savoury tannins.
I find that I can't say much about this to Gill, beyond agreeing that our increasingly unsavoury reputation is one that our politicians and parts of our culture undoubtedly deserve.
Pears are one of the few fruits that lend themselves equally happily to sweet and savoury dishes.
Besides a rack for kitchen utensils, there is only a stand on which are six large brown dishes with food for sale — salt shell-fish, in a black liquid, dried trout impaled on sticks, sea slugs in soy, a paste made of pounded roots, and green cakes made of the slimy river confervae, pressed and dried — all ill-favoured and unsavoury viands. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
I gather his past life was not altogether savoury.
Vintage Shiraz fruit flavours overwhelm the palate with layers of plum and bitter dark chocolate giving the wine a savoury richness.
There are also two rather unsavoury technical details that must be considered. Times, Sunday Times
His features and florid complexion are all too familiar to readers of The Sunday Times, where he provides the savoury delights in the restaurant pages of Style magazine.
Orange-red beeches rise beyond them on the slope; two hoop-tents, or kibitkas, just large enough to creep into, are near the fires, where the women are cooking the gipsy's bouillon, that savoury stew of all things good.
The salad was unsavoury.
This simple baked fish makes its own savoury sauce as it cooks. Times, Sunday Times
The stout, meanwhile, boiled down until almost syrupy, adds a malty note which works brilliantly with the spicy, treacly gingerbread character of Dan's cake, but would be a little too savoury with a more conventional recipe. How to cook perfect Christmas cake
The strudels of thin pastry enriched with fat are sweet in Central Europe, and sweet or savoury by the time they reach the Balkans.
It was braised, succulent, savoury, fat-free, and served in its cooking liquid - which had been only slightly reduced.
There were many people who disliked Charles and who made unsavoury insinuations about his private life, but Maria knew that behind the raffish exterior existed a tender, sensitive man.
Best of all there is a half cylinder of roasted beef bone, with its rich, savoury cargo of jellied marrow, dressed with snails, crisped pancetta, girolles, meaty jus and a brightly acidic parsley salad. Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh
A more unsavoury set of characters and stories is hard to imagine. That noise you hear is the sound of millions of TV sets being turned off every time it comes on while the kids are in the room.
There are chocolates galore and delicious savoury titbits and the packaging alone looks good enough to eat.
In the early hours of each morning you had to tread with caution, because spillage was common and the air was often filled with a rather unsavoury perfume.
This simple baked fish makes its own savoury sauce as it cooks. Times, Sunday Times
There are two categories - baking and cooking, for both professionals and amateurs, for a sweet or savoury recipe featuring macadamias and the herb of your choice.
My savoury yearnings were sated by now, though the whole Camembert fondu with Chablis and garlic was very tempting.
There are good times to be had, but they require a conscious blocking of the less-than-savoury elements.
While doing so he delivered a warning about unsavoury characters and departed. Times, Sunday Times
Sweetened bitterness, such as sugared espresso, for example, satiates the appetite, while savoury sourness, such as hot-and-sour soup, can stimulate hunger and highlight texture.
Savoury Nut Burgers - Moist and nutty inside, crispy and well browned outside, these tempting burgers will be just as popular with non-vegetarians.
Heads turned as I sped headlong towards the front doors, and I attempted not to make eye contact with any of the unsavoury characters who haunted the shopping centre.
The club has an unsavoury reputation.
The man adores me for goodness sake… how can I taint the way he feels about me by making such unsavoury noises and smells in his company?
Various sweet dishes, of which ice cream is the most obvious example, can be given a subtle tea flavour, but some is also used in some parts of the world for savoury dishes.
If you have the willpower not to eat the gribnes all at once, you can store it in a jar, and use it as a garnish for soups, potatoes, or any other food that might benefit from savoury crispness.
There were no jeers, no boos ; no songs of an unsavoury nature. Times, Sunday Times

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