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The Case for Pre-Grated Parmesan Cheese 🧀

The Amateur Gourmet Newsletter • 452 implied HN points • 08 Jan 24

🍲 Food & Drink Cooking Ingredients Shopping Flavor

It's okay to buy store-grated aged Parmesan cheese, not commercially packaged pre-grated Parmesan.
Taste the cheese and buy from a store that moves a lot of product to ensure freshness.
Having pre-grated aged Parmesan cheese on hand can lead to more flavorful dishes and be convenient for cooking.

Kitchen Project #117: How to Pair a Pear

Kitchen Projects • 687 implied HN points • 08 Oct 23

🍲 Food & Drink Cooking Ingredients Recipes Flavor

Understanding flavor involves more than just taste; aroma, chemical reactions, and texture play a big role.
Flavor combinations are complex and personal, not solely based on shared aroma compounds.
Poaching pears in a flavorful liquid can enhance their taste and texture, with beer being a surprising but delicious option.

The Spell of Sourdough Baking

Wordloaf • 727 implied HN points • 27 Sep 23

🍲 Food & Drink Baking Sourdough Flavor Bread

There are different reasons to choose between yeasted and sourdough breads, each with unique advantages.
Sourdough breads have a more complex flavor, stay fresh longer, and have a different texture compared to yeasted breads.
Sourdough baking connects you deeply to the process of bread-making and teaches you valuable lessons about fermentation and attention to detail.

Negroni Week Goes Out With a Bang, By Which I Mean a Kingston Negroni

Cocktails With Suderman • 412 implied HN points • 22 Sep 23

🍲 Food & Drink Cocktails Recipes Flavor Ingredients

The Kingston Negroni is a popular variation known for its funky and wild flavor profile.
It is made by swapping gin with rum in the classic Negroni recipe, resulting in a unique taste with notes of banana, ripe berries, and more.
The Kingston Negroni is simple to make but requires specific ingredients to achieve its delicious taste.

The Dough Before the Dough

Wordloaf • 491 implied HN points • 15 Feb 23

🍲 Food & Drink Flavor Structure

Preferments can enhance flavor, leavening power, structure, extensibility, convenience, and economy in bread baking.
There are different kinds of preferments like poolish, biga, and pâte fermentée, each with unique characteristics and uses.
Consider factors like preferment percentage, yeast amount, readiness, and storage duration when using preferments in bread recipes.

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