shirr
Pronunciation Verb
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
Pronunciation Verb
shirr (shirrs, present participle shirring; past and past participle shirred)
- (US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
- (US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
- 2006, Kim Severson, THE CHEF: ANNE QUATRANO; Letting the Land Make a Statement on the Plate, NYTimes, July 6
- But her favorite way to express their simplicity is to shirr them. It's an old-fashioned technique that essentially means baking an egg. In her version, the eggs in ramekins are simmered in seasoned cream that reduces slightly into a soft sauce.
- 2006, Kim Severson, THE CHEF: ANNE QUATRANO; Letting the Land Make a Statement on the Plate, NYTimes, July 6
- French: froncer
shirr (plural shirrs)
- (sewing) A shirring.
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003