Ch 8 Flashcards
What are the 2 ways that we can enhance the flavour of food?
- Cooking techniques
2. Combing ingredients
What 4 attributes make up the essence of an ingredient?
- Appearance
- Aroma
- Texture
- Flavour
What is the most important reason to properly pair and balance flavors?
Most importantly proper balance to flavor pairings satisfy our palates and our bodies.
Create new spins on dishes and menus/increase revenue with unique pairings.
What is flavor?
Flavor experience is complex and involves all 5 senses.
Sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell
What are the 3 main senses we use to experience flavor?
- Taste
- Touch
- Smell
What are the 5 basic taste sensations?
- Sweet
- Salty
- Sour
- Bitter
- Umami
Of the 3 senses we use to experience flavour, which is the most important?
Sense of smell
What is the most important flavor in a given recipe?
Those of its main ingredient
If a recipe you are preparing is too acidic/sour, how could you balance it?
– Add liquid to dilute the acidity of possible
– Counterbalance with sweetness or savory
– Add something bland or fatty
If a recipe you are preparing is too rich/fatty, how could you balance it?
Add some acidity to cut through the fat
If the recipe you are preparing is too sweet, how could you balance it?
– Add liquid to dilute the sweetness if possible
– Add acidity such as lemon or lime juice or tangy (yogurt)
– Add a hint of better to detract from the sweetness
It’s a recipe you are preparing is too salty, how could you balance it?
– Add liquid to dilute the salt content if possible
– Add bland ingredients like potatoes, grains or bread
– Add fat to absorb taste of salt
– Add something tangy/sour.
– Add more of all ingredients in the dish to dilute
If a recipe you were preparing is too bitter, how could you balance it?
– Add acidity to counter the bitter
– Sometimes a little sweetness as well
What 2 actions do chefs need to do to create perfect food pairings?
- Tasting
2. Adjusting
What are 3 perfect pairings for beef?
- Potatoes
- Red wine
- Mushrooms
