kastikkeelle

Kastikkeelle is the allative form of the Finnish noun kastike, which means sauce or gravy. In Finnish grammar, the allative case marks direction toward something or the recipient of an action, and its translation often corresponds to “to” or “for” in English. Therefore kastikkeelle denotes “to/for the sauce” and is typically used in cooking, serving, or seasoning contexts.

In practice, kastikkeelle appears in instructions and descriptions where the sauce is the target of an action or the beneficiary of an ingredient. For example, phrases like “lisää maitoa kastikkeelle” mean “add milk to the sauce,” and “mausta kastikkeelle suolalla” means “season the sauce with salt.” The form is common in recipes, menus, and instructional writing, where precise allocation of ingredients or steps to the sauce is needed.

Linguistic notes and related forms: The form arises from kastike plus the -lle suffix. Other common inflected forms of kastike include kastikkeen (genitive, “of the sauce”), kastikkeessa (inessive, “in the sauce”), kastikkeella (adessive, “on the sauce”), and kastikkeelle (allative, “to/for the sauce”). Understanding these forms helps in interpreting recipe texts and Finnish culinary language, where different cases indicate location, possession, or the target of an action.

See also: Kastike, Finnish grammar and cases, Finnish cooking terminology.