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rösten

to roast, to toast (in a dry pan or oven)

verb ROES-ten Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Usage Note

rösten means to dry-roast ingredients — nuts, spices, or bread — in a pan or oven without oil (or with very little), to develop colour and aroma. Geröstete Mandeln (toasted almonds) and geröstete Brotwürfel (croutons) are typical; the related noun is Rösti (Swiss potato cake).

Examples

"Die Kürbiskerne kurz ohne Fett in der Pfanne rösten, bis sie duften und leicht bräunen."

Natural Translation

Briefly toast the pumpkin seeds in the pan without fat until they smell nutty and turn lightly brown.

Literal Translation

The pumpkin-seeds briefly without fat in the pan roast, until they smell and lightly brown.

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