2007-07-04 22:53:37 · 8 answers · asked by grammarhammer 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Thanks to the kKNOWLEDGEABLE people who took the time to answer this. I did read this in a recipe. I am a French teacher, and am doing a cooking activity with my class tomorrow. I know that sucre means sugar, and that roux means a reddish colour, usually referring to hair, but I had not heard the term 'sucre roux' before. I knew it had to be a specific type of sugar, possibly a type of brown sugar, as I have never seen red sugar. I agree: people should not answer questions if they don't know what they're talking about. BTW, 7 Answers won't let me choose a best answer yet. Thanks!
2007-07-05 00:39:17 · update #1
why do people who don't understand answer this AND give thumbs down to the only correct answer...?
Where did you read sucre roux, in a recipe?
- sucre roux may be brown (or raw, not refined) sugar-cane or sugar-beet sugar, which would be correctly called 'cassonade' in French. Of the same grain as white sugar, it has a golden brown colour due to little impurities that can be further removed to produce white sugar. Some claim brown sugar is healthier than white sugar, which is actually a myth and a lot of brown sugar nowadays is re-coloured white sugar!
- sucre roux can also be true, non-refined cane sugar, in which case it imparts a richer flavour to drinks and dishes or pastry.
- sucre roux at home/informally is any brown sugar, in a hurry I'd even call gula melaka 'sucre roux'...
2007-07-05 00:07:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A roux is the basic thickener for most sauces and gravies. It consists of melted butter (or other fat) into which flour is mixed and cooked until the "floury" taste has gone - it is then mixed into the other sauce ingredients until the required thickness is obtained. Sucre roux is a sweet variety used to thicken sweet sauces.
2007-07-05 01:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by U.K.Export 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is Demerera sugar if made from cane.
In a certain context, it may be "soft brown sugar" but the usual French term for "soft brown sugar" is "cassonade" or "vergeoise", which is made from a mixture of beet and cane sugar and dyed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demerara_(sugar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sugar
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassonade
http://www.beghin-say.fr/fr/espace_conso/produits/fichesaveurvergeoise.html
2007-07-05 00:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roux means 'reddish'. I think it's a type of brown sugar that gets its red colour from molasses (apprantly) or colour dyes. It seems to be an entirely French thing...
2007-07-04 23:00:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What Is Sucre
2017-01-12 15:03:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sugar mix of some sort, probably used in cooking.
2007-07-04 22:55:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
not sure, but sucre means sugar.. not sure on the second word (sorry, i'm not french, but just thought i'd answer anyway!!)
2007-07-04 22:57:38 · answer #7 · answered by idgaf 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
brown sugar (can be from beets or from cane)
2007-07-04 23:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by kwistenbiebel 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋