roux

«roux» in Mova's school dictionary: a mixture of melted butter (or fat) and flour cooked… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a roux, roux or rouxs)

meaning for a pupil

1) (cooking) A roux is a mixture of melted butter (or fat) and flour cooked together, used to thicken sauces, soups and gravy. tree →

2) Roux is also a French word meaning reddish-brown; it is a French surname too. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons, a roux is the first step of white sauce for macaroni cheese or lasagne: melt butter, stir in flour, then slowly add milk. In Cajun and Creole cooking from Louisiana, a dark roux gives flavour to gumbo. The word is French.

examples

• Melt the butter, add the flour, and stir to make a roux. tree →
• Slowly whisk milk into the roux for a smooth white sauce. tree →
• A roux thickens the gravy. tree →
• Cook the roux for a minute so it doesn't taste of flour. tree →
• Gumbo in Louisiana starts with a dark brown roux. tree →
• Our cheese sauce was lumpy because the roux was too hot. tree →
• Use the same amount of butter and flour for a roux. tree →

note

Say "roo"; the x is silent (French). Plural is the same (roux) or sometimes rouxs. Safety: hot fat burns, so an adult should help at the cooker.

In the corpora

• Hair has its own words: a girl with dark hair is brune, and ginger hair is roux or rousse, never rouge.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «roux» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.