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Le Creuset Giveaway: The Way to Braise
We're back with another cooking lesson and Le Creuset giveaway! This time with my favorite cooking method: braising. Why is it my favorite? Because it so definitively expresses what real cooking is: transformation.
Great cooking is about transforming something that would be unpleasant to eat into something exquisite. In my view, grilling a steak is not cooking, it's heating. That's not to diminish grilling steaks—one of my favorite activities and foods to eat. It can be done well or poorly, but it doesn't transform food, which is what truly inspires me in the kitchen. To transform pork shoulder into a sausage is cooking. Whether caramelizing onions to develop their sweetness or toasting seasonings in a pan to grind and create a curry, that's cooking.
And braising, transforming tough cuts of meat into meltingly tender mouthfuls of pleasure—that is cooking.
In the above video, I talk about the ...
Posted in Beef, Braise, Kitchen Tools, Main Courses, Recipes Also tagged beef, braise, Le Creuset, short ribs Comments closed
