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submitted 8 months ago by waz@lemmy.world to c/cooking@lemmy.world

I find most foods are best as soon as they are made, but some things seem to get better when the flavors have more time to meld. The only two I can think of right now are chili and hummus. What other dishes am I forgetting, or haven't tried that you think get better with a little time?

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[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I think I first saw it from Alton Brown, but he braises the beef the day before, then cools it down and uses any drippings from that the next day to cook the veggies/potatoes. Then when it's ready to eat, you just toss in the beef and let it warm up.

It works because you need high temp (simmering/boiling) for the collagen to break down into gelatin. That's when the beef gets really "shreddy" for lack of a better term. If you cool it down, though, the gelatin solidifies and holds the beef together in good bite sized pieces. When you warm it back up, you don't warm back up to a boil (or at least not for long), so all that gelatin doesn't completely dissolve, and you still get those good chunks.

[-] FlatFootFox@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

That sounds amazing! I need to look up that recipe.

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