Covered with or having a hard outer layer or crust; formed into a crust.
From crust (Latin crusta meaning 'shell' or 'hard outer layer') plus the past-tense suffix -ed. It's the common adjective describing something with a crust.
Salt-crusted fish is a classic cooking technique where you completely encase a fish in salt paste before baking—the salt crusted layer protects the delicate flesh inside and creates incredibly moist, perfectly seasoned fish.
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