açúcar

ENTRY: açúcar

CLASS: noun

EQUIVALENT: superfine sugar

DEFINITION: Fine granulated sugar widely used for sweetening.

EXAMPLE: Boil water and sugar until it spins a thread when dropped from the prongs of a fork.

SOURCE: Brazilian Cookery

COMMENT: The common sugar, found in every Brazilian home’s sugar bowl and called for in most cookbook recipes, is finer than the regular sugar used in most English speaking countries. Combined with water, sugar is used to caramelize moulds to form flan toppings.

CLUSTERS: sprinkle with sugar; caramelized sugar; combine the sugar and water; cream butter and sugar

SUBENTRY: açúcar cristal

SUBENTRY CLASS: noun

SUBENTRY EQUIVALENT: granulated sugar, sugar, crystallized sugar

SUBENTRY DEFINITION: Small granulated sugar crystals used as sprinkle for garnishing sweets.

SUBENTRY EXAMPLE: When cold, shape into small balls, roll or dip one side in crystallized sugar and place in small paper bonbon cups.

SUBENTRY SOURCE: Brazilian Cookery

SUBENTRY COMMENT: Used as a sprinkle on top of small sweets such as beijinho and olho de sogra, granulated sugar should not be confused with crystal sugar, coarser type of sugar with larger crystals used in baking and confectionery industries as a sprinkle on top of baked goods to give the product a sparkling appearance.

SUBENTRY CLUSTER: roll in granulated sugar; sprinkle with granulated sugar