The word "skewer" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a verb to mean to pierce with or as if with a skewer. For example, "She skewered the vegetables onto the grill."
Try the skewer of seared tuna with meltingly fresh foie gras and a sweet, umami-heavy reduction of Pedro Ximénez sherry.
The cake is ready when a skewer pressed into the centre comes out clean.
She is acutely aware of how desperate Labour is to skewer her.
In fact, sketches which initially seem out to skewer patriarchal society – like one where a man is deemed humourless after complaining about having to visit a gender-reversed Hooters-style restaurant called O'Nutters – end with a wry reinforcement of its ideals (the male customer is dragged into a "wet nut contest", enjoys himself immensely, is cured of misanthropy, etc).
Pour in the batter and cook at 175C for 60-70 minuntil until risen, dark golden and a skewer comes out clean.
The Labour figures come as the Tories hope to skewer Ed Balls by insisting that if he votes in the Commons today for the coalition's charter of fiscal stability, as the shadow chancellor plans, he must be committing Labour to an extra £30bn in borrowing or taxes.
Bake for 30 minutes until golden: slide a skewer into the centre of the cake: it should come out clean if it is cooked.
This may or may not explain why one of my testers describes one particularly well-larded skewer as tasting "like KFC.
Spoon the batter into the tin, cover the top with a lid of foil and then bake for about an hour (remove the foil after 40 minutes) until a skewer poked in comes out clean.
Use a skewer to test the centre to check that it is baked through.
Bake for around 30 minutes, until the top bounces back when you poke it, and a skewer comes out clean.
