cuire \"rosé à cœur\"

English translation: rosé (pink) in the centre

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French term or phrase:	cuire \\\"rosé à cœur\\\"
English translation:	rosé (pink) in the centre
Entered by:	Santillane van-elslande

15:20 Jul 11, 2017

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French term or phrase: cuire \"rosé à cœur\"

Bonjour à tous,
je traduis actuellement une recette de foie gras et je rencontre le problème suivant : comment traduire l'expression cuire "rosé à cœur" ?
Merci d'avance pour votre aide !
Bonne fin de journée,

Santillane

Santillane van-elslande KudoZ activity Questions: 21 (5 open) Answers: 0 France
Local time: 21:29

rosé (pink) in the centre

Explanation:
It simply means to sear it, so it is cooked on the outside and still rosé (pink) on the inside.

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French Foodie
Local time: 21:29

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rosé (pink) in the centre

French Foodie

"just pink" right through

Tony M

2 +1

cook until lightly done throughout

Wendy Streitparth

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

rosé (pink) in the centre

Explanation:
It simply means to sear it, so it is cooked on the outside and still rosé (pink) on the inside.

French Foodie
Local time: 21:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 131

Grading comment

Thanks for your support and constructive suggestion ! ;-)

8 mins confidence:

cuire "rosé à cœur" "just pink" right through

Explanation:
It's a little hard to express exactly the same notion in EN, simply because we don't usually express things in the same way.

Basically, « à cœur » means 'right through'; and depending on exactly HOW the foie gras is being cooked, it might mean 'until it has become pink' or 'while it is still pink' — i.e. two different ways of defining the cooking!

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Note added at 13 minutes (2017-07-11 15:34:34 GMT)
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The trouble is that, unlike many other meats, foie gras isn't really 'pink' to start with; it's more a sort of yellowish-cream colour, which will turn slightly pinker before it then darkens altogther (by which time it's too late!)

So to use this as a means of judging the cooking, you really need to have experimented in advance to find out!

But of course what they mean is 'just cooked enough right the way through'.

Tony M
France
Local time: 21:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 410

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Asker: thanks for your explanation ! ;-)

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

cook until lightly done throughout

Explanation:
My bash.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 21:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks for your contribution ! ;-)

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