To shake a powdered food - such as sugar or flour - through a fine sieve to reduce clumps and create a uniform powder.
To put dry ingredients through a fine sieve.
Pass dry ingredients through the very small mesh of a sifter.
To pass a dry ingredient through a sifter, or fine mesh screen, to loosen the particles, incorporate air, and lighten the resulting product. Also, used to combine several ingredients that are passed through at the same time. The same result may be accomplished by using a wire whisk to stir the ingredients in a bowl. If a recipe calls for presifted ingredients, sift first and then measure. If it calls for a certain amount of the ingredient, sifted, measure first.
To pass dry ingredients through a mesh to remove lumps and/or foreign matter, or to mix evenly.
use a fine mesh strainer to remove large particles from dry ingredients.
move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
To pass dry ingredients through a mesh sifter. Sifting breaks coarser particles down or keeps them out of the food. It also incorporates air, which makes ingredients lighter.
To separate the fine parts of a material from the coarse parts by use of a sieve.
To put one or more dry ingredients through a sieve or sifter to incorporate air and break up lumps.
To separate materials using a screen or sieve.
To pass dry ingredients, such as flour and baking powder, through a sieve or sifter to remove lumps and blend and aerate the ingredients.
Put through a sieve. The object is to remove lumps and also to incorporate air and allow a proper combination of various ingredients.
To shake dry ingredients (usually flour) through a sieve to aerate and remove lumps.
this is required for baking. Take a sifter/strainer and sift your flour and other powders before mixing with liquid. Otherwise, youâ€(tm)ll get lumps in your final product.
To put dry ingredients through a sieve or sifter, to lighten and/or incorporate them, or to remove large pieces.
to put dry ingredients through a sifter or sieve.
To pass dry ingredients through a fine mesh sifter so large pieces can be removed. The process also incorporates air to make ingredients like flour, lighter. Synonymous with AERATE.
To pass dry ingredients, usually flour, through a fine-meshed strainer or sifter to remove large pieces and lighten the texture.
Putting dry ingredient through a fine screen to break-up any clumps. (ie. flour)
Putting dry ingredients such as flour or sugar through a sifter or mesh screen to loosen particles and incorporate air.
To sift flour and dry ingredients through a sieve. Flour will pack from its own weight, sifting incorporates air into the flour and insures accurate measuring.
To pass dry ingredients through a fine mesh strainer to remove lumps and lighten the texture.
To remove large lumps from a dry ingredient such as flour or confectioners' sugar by passing it through a fine mesh. This process also incorporates air into the ingredients, making them lighter.