point de gel

English translation: a dot of lemon gel

09:45 Jun 21, 2019

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Baking

French term or phrase: point de gel

This is a step in a recipe for lemon tarts. The tart crusts have just been baked and cooled, and the next step is filling them with the lemon cream. The ingredients list includes fresh basil and mint leaves, as well as candied lemon peel and zest. I don't think that "point de gel" means "freezing point" in this context...

"Laisser refroidir et déposer un point de gel de citron, basilic et menthe fraîche"

Emma Page KudoZ activity Questions: 7 (none open) Answers: 11 United Kingdom
Local time: 21:06

English translation:a dot of lemon gel

Explanation:
Hello!
could this "gel" be like the filling used for "macarons"?
please take a look here:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/705868941574833256/?lp=true
and here is a recipe for "basic lemon gel"
https://recipecurio.com/basic-lemon-gel-recipe/
Hope this helps! sounds yummy!

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There's even "vegan lemon gel" and it's sold in shops:

"Filling:
2 cups Water
1 package vegan lemon gel dessert (find this at your local health-food store) "

https://www.seventhgeneration.com/blog/recipes-we-love-vegan...

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Here, you can see a picture of dots (or blobs!) of lime on this "decorated" plate

http://revesculinaires.canalblog.com/archives/2013/11/27/285...

Selected response from:

Louisa Tchaicha
Tunisia
Local time: 21:06

Grading comment

Thank you! Unfortunately in context it's impossible to know what exactly they mean due to insufficient details, but I agree this is the only probable conclusion.
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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

a dot of lemon gel

Louisa Tchaicha

until it gels

Louise TAYLOR

layer of gel/jelly

Rebecca Breekveldt

Discussion entries: 12

Stephanie Benoist

France

14:50 Jun 21, 2019

"A touch" would be the nicest, as. a "point" seems to imply a delicate gesture/finishing touch. you probably would really require more than a "dab" of the lemon mixture.

Clément PRUVOT

France

13:39 Jun 21, 2019

Hello everyone. I might be wrong but I feel like the French sentence should be interpreted as "déposer une pointe de gelée au citron". So, it would probably be "a touch of lemon jelly/a small knob of lemon curd"...?

https://www.meilleurduchef.com/en/recipe/lemon-macaron.html
Step 38 for source. Is there any piping bag in your recipe by chance?

Louise TAYLOR

France

10:27 Jun 21, 2019

How very confusing that the recipie doesn't actaully say what to do. It sounds like a nice bunch of ingredients. Some sort of gel or jelly - well it is not freezing point as you said :)

Emma Page

United Kingdom

ASKER

10:21 Jun 21, 2019

Very helpful! Yes it would be delicious although I'm not sure how anyone would make it by following this recipe...but I'm just the translator ;)

Rebecca Breekveldt

Austria

10:13 Jun 21, 2019

Maybe it is so advanced that they just assume the baker should know how to make a gel without instructions! ;)
But, I think that is the direction to go. (It sounds delicious btw!)

Hilary Dyer

France

10:12 Jun 21, 2019

I agree that it is asking you to add in some sort of jelly layer with lemon, basil and mint in it, despite not describing how to make this. Your conclusion seems logical. A recipe for advanced bakers...!

Emma Page

United Kingdom

ASKER

10:07 Jun 21, 2019

Thank you! It's very helpful to know that at least I'm right in thinking it's a confusing instruction. Elsewhere they do say to "add a thin layer of gelatin" without previously mentioning the gelatin, so I will assume this is something similar

Rebecca Breekveldt

Austria

10:04 Jun 21, 2019

My interpretation would be that you add a sort of lemon, basil, mint jelly/gel layer - but the fact that the recipe doesn't tell you to make it seems strange to me!

Emma Page

United Kingdom

ASKER

09:57 Jun 21, 2019

This phrase is the only step in which the basil, lemon and mint are mentioned! It's generally not a well-written recipe, but for most steps I can at least figure out what they're describing. This has me mystified.

Rebecca Breekveldt

Austria

09:56 Jun 21, 2019

Strange... but does it say what to do with the basil, lemon and mint from the list of ingredients?

Emma Page

United Kingdom

ASKER

09:54 Jun 21, 2019

Confusingly, neither. The empty tart bases come out of the oven, then you allow them to cool and "déposer un point de gel de citron, basilic et menthe fraîche", then you add in the lemon cream (made separately). No other mention of "gel" in the recipe.

Rebecca Breekveldt

Austria

09:52 Jun 21, 2019

Do you mean that it is filled with a lemon cream and then, separately, you add a lemon, basil and mint 'gel', or that in the lemon cream there is basil and mint and then you let it 'gel'?

Answers

15 mins confidence:

until it gels

Explanation:
Having made lemon tarts I think this is just saying leave it until it gels.

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Or sets.

Reference: http://jelly.e-monsite.com/pages/en-francais/partie-scientif...

Louise TAYLOR
France
Local time: 22:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

31 mins confidence:

layer of gel/jelly

Explanation:
As discussed, I think this is what they mean.
I leave it up to you to choose between gel and jelly, although it seems to be a popular term among more advanced pastry makers!

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Oh, and maybe see if the context helps decide between it beeing a 'layer' of gel or just a 'dot' ;)

Example sentence(s):

Sablé breton, crémeux citron et gel de fraises
Diced Salmon, Avocado Cream, Coconut Gel, Lemon Gel, Fried Wakame

Rebecca Breekveldt
Austria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

a dot of lemon gel

Louisa Tchaicha
Tunisia
Local time: 21:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Grading comment

Thank you! Unfortunately in context it's impossible to know what exactly they mean due to insufficient details, but I agree this is the only probable conclusion.

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