Blooming
Brief contact between ground spice and hot fat to extract fat-soluble aroma and colour compounds that water cannot reach. Carotenoids and capsaicinoids move into the fat within seconds, and the window before the same solids scorch is short enough to be counted rather than judged.
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oneFat infusion
three recipesHolding an aromatic in warm fat to move its fat-soluble compounds into the oil, then straining the solids out. Distinct from blooming, which is brief and hot and is followed by cooking. An infusion is long, low and lidded, and the fat is the product. It gives a measurable extract: once a known quantity of material is in a known volume of oil, the result can be dosed by the millilitre instead of by the piece.
Recipes using this tag
five- First revision
Roasted San Marzano tomato soup
Tomato soup for 2 from one can of San Marzano tomatoes. Brown the tomato solids and keep the juice raw.
American · Emulsifying - First revision
Çılbır with Quark and Herbs
Çılbır is a Turkish breakfast dish. Poached eggs sit on thick garlic yoghurt. Hot chilli butter goes over the top.
Turkish · Poaching - First revision
Gan Bian Si Ji Dou (干煸四季豆)
Green beans are dry-fried in oil until the skins wrinkle and blister. Pork mince, fresh shiitake and suimiyacai are fried together until the crumbs are crisp.
Sichuan · Chinese - Second revision
Dan Dan Udon
Hard-fried pork with bloomed dried chilli, garlic, ginger and Yibin suimiyacai, on udon. A cold sauce of blended silken tofu and peanut satay binds the bowl.
Sichuan · Chinese - First revision
Charred Pointed Cabbage in Harissa Tomato with Tahini and Sumac Onions
Pointed cabbage is cut into wedges and seared hard on both cut faces, then basted in brown butter.
Levantine · North African