What most soothes the taste buds is always the fragrant food. The nose will greedily search for the aroma of the food, and the lips and tongue have already been aroused by the fragrance floating around. Although the food has not yet appeared, it has already captured the restless taste buds of many diners.
Every bite of food should be savored slowly, so that the taste buds can be satisfied and enjoyed, and the physical and mental fatigue can be healed and relieved. Fragrant food is the energy of happiness in our ordinary lives.
If the food does not have an attractive aroma, diners will naturally find it tasteless and difficult to swallow, and will only eat their fill. How to make food more fragrant and attractive? How to make pizza smell delicious? How to make steak fragrant? The aroma of food is not single, it is diversified and even changeable. The selection of ingredients, the combination of herbs, the application of cooking methods, etc., can give every gourmet dish a fresh soul. 1
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There are many sources of the compound aroma of food.
Fresh vegetables and fruits
Fresh vegetables and fruits such as apples, oranges, lemons, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc., have their own unique fragrance. The smell is light and refreshing. They are not suitable for long-term storage or heating. After cooking, the aroma of fruits and vegetables is reduced a lot after the aroma substances evaporate. Therefore, fresh fruits and vegetables only need simple seasoning and simple cooking.
Animal meat ingredients
Livestock and poultry meat such as chicken, duck, pig, cow, sheep, etc., when not cooked and processed, have a very light or even no fragrance. They can only be processed by stewing, boiling, frying, roasting, frying and other cooking methods. Afterwards, a rich fragrance will be produced, and the fragrance will be overflowing.
Herbs and spices
They come in many varieties and can be used alone or in combination. Different herbs/spice have different aromas. Their integration will give the food a more unique and rich aroma, and at the same time, it can remove fishy smell, remove mutton, and improve food taste. It is fresh and even greatly improves the texture and taste of meat.
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The original flavor of food should not be masked by seasonings
Whether it is herbs or spices, their aroma serves the original flavor of food. The existence of herbs/spice is to cover up the lack of original flavor of food and enhance the original flavor of food. The advantage is that the flavor of herbs/spices cannot completely mask the original taste of the food.
A. The distinction between food
Regardless of whether it is meat or vegetarian, if the ingredients are fresh enough and of good enough quality, the seasoning will naturally highlight the original flavor of the ingredients. If the seasoning is too heavy, it will be a waste of resources. On the contrary, if the quality of the ingredients is average, or the ingredients are not fresh enough, you need to use seasoning methods and cooking techniques to cover it up, and strive to improve the flavor and taste of the food.
In addition, the type of ingredients is also an important factor affecting spice seasoning. Some ingredients only need light seasoning, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, seafood, etc., but ingredients with a strong smell require a variety of cooking methods to remove the fishy smell and enhance the freshness. Add flavor.
B. The proportion of spices
Any spices added and used have a certain proportion and should not exceed a reasonable range. The amount of spices should only increase or decrease with the volume of the ingredients. If too much of certain spices are added , the taste buds will be unable to bear it and the food will feel unpalatable.
Furthermore, we must also choose familiar spices to use together, and we cannot make strange combinations just for the sake of being new and different.
C. The skill of cooking
Food cooking is a skill, but also a knowledge. From the selection of ingredients, cutting and processing to processing and cooking, they are all technical tasks. Each step is directly related to the final texture and taste of the food.
No matter how good the ingredients are, no matter how rich the seasonings are, if the cooking skills are not up to par, it is impossible to make delicious food. Only by constantly improving your cooking skills, constantly learning, and constantly trying can you make food more fragrant and more attractive.
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Common ways for herbs to add flavor to food
Integrate into food as seasonings
For example, when marinating fried chicken ingredients/steak ingredients, or making sauces, a variety of herbs are usually added, and the aromatic substances are It absorbs and penetrates into food, adding a rich aroma to the food after cooking.
For another example, when frying steak, you can marinate it with herbs in advance, and during the frying process, you can also add herbs to add more aroma. For volatile aroma components, they can be added before production.
The aroma evaporates faster after heating and cooking
Food has temperature, and the aroma is mostly accompanied by temperature, such as the aroma of grilled pizza, fried steak, stir-fried pasta, and boiled pasta. The aroma of meat sauce, etc.
However, as the temperature of the food decreases, the aroma that tantalizes the taste buds will gradually fade away. Especially seafood, meat products and other dishes are generally left to cool and no longer make people salivate.
Use wrapping method to firmly lock in the aroma
Compared with the aroma that drifts away during the cooking process, wrapping cooking method can firmly lock the unique aroma of herbs inside the food, making the food taste more tender and juicy.
For example, when making delicious fried chicken, the marinated fried chicken ingredients will be battered/battered to wrap the aromatic substances, giving the fried chicken a crispy outer skin and tender meat.
You can also use fruit wood smoking method to add fragrance
Use fruit wood and other raw materials with special aroma to add unique aroma to food. For example, traditional kiln baking pizza will use fruit wood to bake Napoli pizza, adding a light fruit wood aroma. .
Another example is fruit wood smoked steak. The smoky flavor will adhere to the surface of the food, and the visual presentation is also more shocking.
Cooking is not easy. To open up the world of gourmet food, you need to constantly understand the ingredients and learn to cook in time. It is a very deep knowledge. It not only requires the integration of Chinese and Western cuisines, allowing world cuisine to interact and collide with Chinese food culture; it also integrates ancient and modern times, inherits ancient cooking techniques, and innovates new technological methods. Surprises are always there, and the delicious food is worth waiting for!
