Can you imagine food without salt?
Salt gives your food its delicious taste. It reveals the truest flavor of the different ingredients that produce a good blend of taste.
When salt is added in the various stages of the cooking process, it intensifies the natural flavors and aromas of food making it quicker to combine with other ingredients. But be careful, while a pinch of salt is enough to enhance flavors, double it and you're making a mistake.
Salt can either make or break a dish. If you know how to salt food the right way can make it work magic from how your dishes smell to the way they taste.
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How Do You Salt Food the Right Way?
Vegetables
Salt helps preserve the green color in cooked vegetables.
When boiling and blanching, salt the water first before cooking. To poach vegetables, add salt to the water and simmer for a few minutes. Steamed veggies should be salted right after cooking, while roasted and grilled greens should only be salted prior to cooking. Raw veggies and fruits taste great when salted just before serving.
When sauteing, add the salt to dry ingredients during the sauteing process before adding liquids. This works the same on food that requires sauteing like soup or chowder. Once your dish is done, taste and adjusts the salt if necessary.
Meat, Poultry, and Fish
To get the highest flavor in your meat, poultry, and fish, add salt to food before cooking.
Salt will force the juices out of the meat and prevents it from browning. But when grilling, where you like your food juicer, apply salt to meat earlier so it will not pull juices out of your food.
Freshen up fish and seafood by soaking them in salted cold water for 10 to 15 minutes before preparing as desired. This will allow the salt to penetrate the food prior to cooking.
Marinades
Salt is your powerful ingredient in making sauces and marinades. The flavor of acidic substances like vinegar and citrus juices, when blended with salt, provides the food with a more concentrated flavor.
Always add the salt to dry ingredients during the sauteing process before adding your liquids. This works the same for foods that require sauteing like soups or chowder. Once your dish is done; taste and adjust the salt if necessary.
So that you can enjoy the freshness of your salad, start with a great-tasting vinaigrette. Dissolve salt well in the vinegar before adding the oil then sprinkle a pinch of salt to your greens prior to dressing.
Pasta
In cooking pasta, add a liberal amount of salt to the cooking water. But let the water come to a boil before adding salt. Salting the water prior to boiling will take it longer to boil. This process will bring out the natural taste of the pasta and boost the flavor of your finished dish.
Salt on Desserts?
Yes.
Salt makes the same thing to sweet foods that it does to savory foods. It has the power to bring out bright flavors from within. Since desserts are sweet, a small pinch of salt is only needed to add vitality. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on a few slices of watermelon - it enhances the taste of the fruit.
Salt makes the same thing to sweet foods that it does to savory foods. It has the power to bring out bright flavors from within. Since desserts are sweet, a small pinch of salt is only needed to add vitality. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on a few slices of watermelon - it enhances the taste of the fruit.
The taste in your food depends on the way you salt it or even spice it. To put salt on anything, a small amount is all you need to reveal the desired flavor of the food, it's the rule of thumb. Don't forget that it's the way you work with salt during cooking that makes the difference.
Watch this video about using salt.
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