Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

gold(en) brown

French translation:

bien doré

Added to glossary by Tony M
Jun 8, 2013 06:40
10 yrs ago
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English term

gold brown

English to French Other Cooking / Culinary pâtisserie
Phrase dans laquelle est placée l'expression

"The bottom needs to be baked **gold brown**."

The bottom serait la pâte ou le fond de pâte. Mais je cherche une expression la plus proche possible pour gold brown.
Merci
Change log

Jun 18, 2013 21:26: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1268993">Philippe AUGU's</a> old entry - "gold brown"" to ""bien doré""

Discussion

Tony M Jun 8, 2013:
@ J-C 1° I suspect this might not be terribly good EN
2° I think 'bottom' here really means 'base' — i.e. the colour will be that of the top of the base.

However, it is not inconceivable that one might simply lift one up to see what colour its bottom is — presumably this is some kind of pastry, and hence it wouldn't be a disaster to open the oven door towards the end of the cooking time.
Jean-Claude Gouin Jun 8, 2013:
REMARQUES ... 1. I've never heard 'gold brown' before. I've heard 'golden
brown' many times before ...
2. Usually, we check the topping. How do you check the bottom?

Proposed translations

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bien doré

I don't think it would be at all usual to describe the colour literally as any form of brown; we normally just describe degrees of browning, such as 'lightly browned', etc. So I think this would probably be the best and most idiomatic way to describe 'well browned'.

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Now I've seen your other question, I feel more convinced than ever that this is the best solution here.
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agree FX Fraipont (X)
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agree Alain Boulé
51 mins
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agree Christophe Delaunay
3 hrs
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agree emiledgar
12 hrs
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agree Anne R
1 day 6 hrs
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pain doré

autre suggestion pour rester dans le registre "cuisine"
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teinte légèrement brune

Le fond de tarte doit prendre/atteindre une teinte légèrement brune.
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neutral Tony M : The paucity of Google hits rather suggests this isn't the commonest expression in widespread use.
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brun doré

jusqu'à atteindre une couleur brun-doré

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'prenne une couleur brun-doré'

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ou '...doit être brun doré'

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'brun doré' is a common cooking term

"le dessus des gâteaux doit être brun doré"
http://cerisesetgourmandises.com/index.php/2013/04/petits-ga...

"il faut que le gâteau soit brun doré"
http://allrecipes.fr/recette/12303/g-teau-aux-prunes-made-in...

"Le gâteau prend une belle couleur brun doré en cuisant"
http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_gateau-moelleux-cle...

"Enfournez et laissez cuire 40 minutes, jusqu'à ce que le dessus du gâteau soit brun-doré"
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/vf/2010/10/gateau_aux_coings...
Peer comment(s):

agree Françoise Vogel
1 day 1 hr
Merci Françoise
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