AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition · 8585
Specification 3.3.2.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Starch-Based SaucesViscosity means resistance to flowing. A thin sauce flows readily and has a lower viscosity; a thick sauce flows less readily and has a higher viscosity.
- Revise: Reduction Sauces
A liquid’s resistance to flowing. A sauce with higher viscosity is thicker and flows less easily.
- Revise: Carbohydrate Properties
A liquid's resistance to flowing: a high-viscosity sauce flows less readily than a low-viscosity sauce.