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spun sugar

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spun sugar
n.

spun sugar
n
(Cookery) US another term for candyfloss
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Noun1.spun sugar - a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperaturespun sugar - a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts


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Candy floss, fairy floss or cotton candy is a type of spun sugar.
I'm with him at L'Etranger, the Sofia restaurant that he created more than eight years ago, and he is using some sort of wire whisk with sugar-coated tentacles to create nests of spun sugar from a saucepan of dark caramelisation: cheveux d'ange (angel's hair).
Cascades of dressed salad, dainty trails of sauce and spirals of spun sugar come to mind.
 
 
 
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