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Esoteric Culinary Alchemy Techniques
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  • 1. Chemical exposure often avoided to preserve food integrity.
  • 2. French technique of steaming food in parchment packets.
  • 3. Embedding fat strips into lean meat to enhance juiciness.
  • 5. Slow sweating to release moisture without browning or caramelizing.
  • 8. Incorporating aeration to create a delicate rise in recipe.
  • 11. Structure for flavoring meats by prolonged exposure to wood smoke.
  • 13. Using chilled nitrogen to rapidly freeze or texturize food.
  • 16. Science-driven culinary art manipulating physical food states.
  • 17. Utilizing biological catalysts in food breakdown processes.
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  • 4. Charring technique to invoke bittersweet aroma and texture.
  • 6. Abrasive cleansing often applied to prepare cooking vessels.
  • 7. Liquid extraction through porous material, key in coffee brewing.
  • 9. Traditional method of cooking by boiling in large metal pot.
  • 10. Seasoning by steeping herbs or spices in oil or fat.
  • 12. Microbial transformation to develop complex flavors and preserve.
  • 14. Preserving through slow cooking in its own fat or syrup.
  • 15. Cooking with radiant heat inside a cylindrical clay oven.
  • 18. Liberating trapped flavors by dissolving fond with liquid.
  • 19. Brief boiling followed by shocking to halt enzymatic activity.

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