golden syrup

noun

chiefly British

Examples of golden syrup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The product’s old logo will continue to be used on Lyle’s classic golden syrup tin, though its bottles and dessert toppings will all now bear the new branding. Oscar Holland, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024 The update packaging will roll out this month and continue throughout the year across its full-sized bottles, breakfast bottles, dessert toppings and golden syrup portions, according to BBC. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024 Substituting golden syrup for some of the sugar adds a flavor somewhere between buttery honey and salted caramel. M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023 If your caramel in Step 1 never turned into a liquid, and instead became a grainy mass of sugar, keep cooking to a golden syrup. Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023 Similar to the taste and texture of caramel flan, this silky, jiggly dessert is served in a glowing golden syrup made of ginger and molasses. Michelle Tchea, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2023 Make the dough: In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, canola oil, golden syrup and alkaline water. Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022 Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pot and maintain the boil, stirring occasionally, until the mixture reaches between 225 and 230 degrees, and turns darker (dark golden brown if using Lyle’s golden syrup, and medium golden brown if using light corn syrup), about 25 minutes. Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022 Rich, shining acidity, a lovely rounded mouthfeel, a mid-palate of mandarins and golden syrup and a finish laced with oranges and mint. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 3 July 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of golden syrup was in 1860

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“Golden syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20syrup. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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