verb
- third-person singular present tense of 'parbake': to bake (bread or pastry) partially or incompletely, typically for later completion of baking
Usage: culinary/baking term; often used in commercial or industrial baking
Examples
- The bakery parbakes its croissants in the early morning so they can be finished fresh throughout the day.
- She parbakes the pie crust before adding the filling to ensure it stays crispy.
- The factory parbakes frozen bread products that customers can finish baking at home.
- He parbakes the baguettes overnight and completes the baking process at dawn.
- The recipe parbakes the cookies for five minutes before the final baking stage.