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What (who) is roux - definition
A SIMPLE AND BASIC COOKING SAUCE MADE WITH BUTTER (OR OTHER FAT) AND FLOUR
Brown roux; Zaprška; Zaprshka
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roux
[ru:]
¦ noun (plural same) Cookery a mixture of fat (especially butter) and flour used in making sauces.
Origin
from Fr. (beurre) roux 'browned (butter)'.
Roux
·noun A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.
Roux
Roux () is flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces. Roux is typically made from equal parts of flour and fat by weight.
Wikipedia
Roux
Roux () is a mixture of flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces. Roux is typically made from equal parts of flour and fat by weight. The flour is added to the melted fat or oil on the stove top, blended until smooth, and cooked to the desired level of brownness. A roux can be white, blond (darker) or brown. Butter, bacon drippings or lard are commonly used fats. Roux is used as a thickening agent for gravy, sauces, soups and stews. It provides the base for a dish, and other ingredients are added after the roux is complete.
Examples of use of roux
1. And spare a thought for relations within the Roux family.
2. Roger Allam follows Anthony Hopkins in playing the monstrous Lambert le Roux.
3. She almost never appeared on stage without Knight. –– Michel Roux PARIS (AP) – Michel Roux, an actor considered a pillar of Paris‘ so–called boulevard theater for the masses and the dubbed voice for many English–speaking movie stars, died Friday.
4. She almost never appeared on stage without Knight. ___ Michel Roux PARIS (AP) _ Michel Roux, an actor considered a pillar of Paris‘ so–called boulevard theater for the masses and the dubbed voice for many English–speaking movie stars, died Friday.
5. Roux also defended four cases of genocide at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.