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Enigmatic Techniques of Culinary Alchemy
A challenging crossword exploring mysterious and cryptic cooking methods that transform ingredients through unconventional culinary alchemy.
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Across
  • 1. Transforming food with microbes over time
  • 2. Partially burning to add smoky flavor
  • 3. Beating ingredients to incorporate air
  • 4. Preserving meat using salt or sugar
  • 7. Blending liquids that normally don’t mix
  • 8. Biological catalysts used in fermentation
  • 10. Using a spice derived from nutmeg’s outer layer
  • 12. Boiling briefly then shocking in cold water
  • 14. Cooking with wood smoke for flavor
  • 15. Carefully pouring liquid to separate solids
  • 19. Passing dry ingredients through a mesh
Down
  • 5. Quickly browning the surface with high heat
  • 6. To steep flavors gently into a liquid
  • 9. Soaking food in seasoned liquid before cooking
  • 11. Slow cooking in liquid after searing
  • 13. Adding liquid to loosen browned bits in pan
  • 16. Cooking gently in simmering liquid
  • 17. Concentrating flavors by boiling down
  • 18. Removing flavorful outer peel of citrus
  • 20. Coating food with a shiny, sugary layer

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