reserve the liquid

Frequency: 4.81.5 per million words

To keep the liquid to use it later, especially in cooking.

liquidVERB + liquid

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Examples (10)

  • Drain the octopus and reserve the cooking liquid.
  • Remember to reserve some of the pasta liquid to loosen the sauce.
  • Always reserve the liquid from canned chickpeas for hummus.
  • The chef advised us to reserve half of the braising liquid for later.
  • After boiling the vegetables, she carefully reserved the liquid for a soup base.
  • Please reserve any excess liquid in a separate container.
  • He often reserves the liquid from fermented foods to use as a starter.
  • Don't discard the fruit liquid; reserve it for a delicious dressing.
  • She will reserve the liquid to make a rich gravy.
  • The recipe instructed them to reserve a cup of the poaching liquid.