verb
baste
BAYST/beɪst/
To moisten food with juices, fat, or sauce while it cooks.
The cook uses pan juices to baste the roasting chicken.
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Old French basser, “moisten,” is a possible source, but the connection is too weak to make a root link.
In context
To baste meat, make sure that you start with a really good marinade or start with the drippings from your meat. You want to make sure that you're constantly coating the outside of your meat
More examples
- Baste the vegetables with the seasoned oil as they cook.
- He basted the turkey with juices from the pan.
- The cook keeps basting the roast to coat its surface.
Forms
baste · bastes · basted · basting
Similar words
- glaze
- Glaze coats food with a finishing layer; baste repeatedly moistens it during cooking.
- moisten
- Moisten simply adds liquid; baste specifically coats cooking food with fat or juices.