Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blanch
plural blanchings
- The act by which something is blanched.
Multiple blanchings soften the flesh of the chiles and subdue their heat a bit.
1999, Marilyn Tausend, Cocina De La Familia
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