During baking, baste the apples often with the juices at the bottom of the dish.
From the boston.com
Baste the ham with about half the maple syrup, preferably using a basting brush.
From the post-gazette.com
Use a pastry brush to baste all surfaces with melted fat from the roasting pan.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Baste with not only pan juices, but butter or a mixture of butter and duck fat.
From the newsobserver.com
Tilt the pan and baste the top of the yolks with the hot oil to help them cook.
From the sfgate.com
Baste with the sauce several times during roasting so the meat doesn't dry out.
From the post-gazette.com
In Washington last week some 300 diners had come not to honor but to baste him.
From the time.com
Then as the meat braises, the bacon drippings will baste it and help keep it most.
From the abcnews.go.com
To finish, baste the chicken in its juices, then add a squeeze of lemon juice.
From the guardian.co.uk
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A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
Cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
Clobber: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
Sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
(basting) moistening a roast as it is cooking
(Basting (cooking)) Basting is a cooking technique that usually involves cooking meat with either its own juices or some type of preparation such as a sauce or marinade. The meat is left to cook, then periodically coated with the juice.
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting; To coat over something; To sew with wide stitches; To beat
(basting) A (physical) beating
(Basting) The sewing of a large, temporary stitch, by hand or machine.