blanched
adjective
[ blɑːn(t)ʃt ]
• (of an item of food) having been briefly immersed in boiling water, especially in order to remove the skin or to prepare it for further cooking.
• "add the garlic, spices, and blanched cauliflower to the fried onion and continue to cook until soft"
blanch
verb
• make white or pale by extracting colour.
• "the cold light blanched her face"
Similar:
make/turn pale,
whiten,
make/turn pallid,
lighten,
grey,
wash out,
fade,
blench,
etiolate,
decolorize,
bleach,
peroxide,
pale,
go/grow/turn/become pale,
go/grow/turn/become white,
go/grow/turn/become pallid,
lose its colour,
• flinch or grow pale from shock, fear, or a similar emotion.
• "he visibly blanched at this reminder of mortality"
• briefly immerse (an item of food) in boiling water, especially as a technique for removing the skin from nuts or fruit or for preparing vegetables for further cooking.
• "blanch the almonds and grind them to a paste, adding a little water"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French blanchir, from blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
