caramelize
Other forms: caramelized; caramelizing; caramelizes
To caramelize is to slowly cook a food until it turns sweet, nutty, and brown. You can also caramelize pure sugar, or cook it until it melts, becoming golden-brown, sweet, and thick.
When a cook caramelizes chopped onion, she gently cooks it in butter or oil, usually for a long time at a low temperature, until the sugars in the onion begin to brown and become very sweet. She caramelizes sugar by cooking it until it melts and reaches a certain temperature. The verb caramelize comes from caramel, or "burnt sugar" in French.
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convert to caramelsynonyms: caramelisetype of:convertchange the nature, purpose, or function of something
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be converted into caramel“The sugar caramelized”synonyms: caramelisetype of:convertchange in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
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