ladleful
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Take a ladleful of the boiling water and add it to the ricotta and spinach mixture, stirring it in to create a loose, creamy sauce.
From Salon ● May 27, 2023
Watch the merrymakers gather, the conversation flow and the awkward moments be thwarted through the offering of another ladleful.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
But at $4 for a small cup and $6 for a large one, the consomé is a worthwhile expense, particularly because it always seems to include a ladleful or two of meat.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2019
She kept her finger up as she spilled a ladleful of mayflies into a coffee can.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2019
The man led me to the back porch and offered me a ladleful of grass tea from a cast-iron pot.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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A tangy scent and a choir of electric fans greet the faithful, many armed with containers to take home a few ladlefuls of the beloved soup.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
Two days later, the rapper surprised fans at the grand opening in downtown Detroit, where he served heaping ladlefuls of pasta to a queue of customers that snaked around the block.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
The plumped, chopped porcinis go in next along with parsley stems, bay leaves and a few ladlefuls each of pomodoro sauce and mushroom stock, which the restaurant cyclically fortifies with mushroom stems and trimmings.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021
Add 6 ladlefuls of cold water and bring to a fast boil.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2015
He surreptitiously observed everyone else as they scooped large ladlefuls into their bowls.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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