Melt the butter, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon of cream over a low heat.
sieveBritish EnglishBrE, siftAmerican EnglishAmE to put flour or other powders through a sieve (=tool like a net made of wire, which you use for removing larger grains or pieces)
Sift the flour and cocoa before adding to the rest of the mixture.
chop to cut something into pieces, especially using a big knife
fold something in to gently mix another substance into a mixture
Fold in the beaten egg whites.
knead to pressdough (=a mixture of flour and water) many times with your hands when you are making bread
Knead the dough for ten minutes, until smooth.
drizzle to slowly pour a small amount of a liquid onto something
Drizzle with olive oil.
let something stand to leave something somewhere, before you do something else with it
Let the mixture stand for a couple of hours so that it cools naturally.
serve to put different foods together as part of a meal
Serve with rice and a salad.
Serve the aubergines on a bed of lettuce.
Examples from the Corpus
cooking• Jean-Claude Kausmann doesn't get involved in laundering in his own home - but he does do all the shopping and cooking.• Because they can see nothing in front of them but cooking and scrubbing and mending ... and endlessbabies.• Maybe you should take a Chinesecookingclass.• There's nothing like home cooking.• His hobbies include cooking and wine-making.• Karen lovesItaliancooking.• Stop criticizing my cooking!• Do you do a lot of cooking?• Gail's cooking is always good.• Southerncooking• He would give £5 to my mum for all the cooking and £5 to my father and £5 to my uncle.• Who does the cooking in your house?• Their job is at home, in bed and then doing the cooking.• I can recommend that new Greekrestaurant. Their cooking is excellent.• Even though cooking may destroy the bacterial cells, it is unlikely to inactivate the toxin.• All meals are provided and the centre specialises in vegetariancooking.
DFC[only before noun]suitable for or used in cooking 适合烹饪的;烹饪用的
The rooms all have cooking facilities (=there is cooking equipment in the rooms).
这些房间都有烹饪设备。
cooking pot/utensils/equipment etc 烹调锅/用具/设备等
cooking apples
烹调用的苹果
Examples from the Corpus
cooking• That's cooking chocolate -- you shouldn't really eat it on its own.• We keep all the cookingutensils on the bottomshelf.• Add the tomatoes and some of the cooking water.