Do you like to add herbs to the pot at an early stage when preparing a dish? Try a new strategy for more flavor now.
- When cooking , we use herbs to add flavor to a dish.
- Should this project not succeed, there is probably a small mistake behind it.
- We reveal how the taste of spices is best accentuated.
Do you have a full spice rule in your kitchen that is bursting at the seams? That should be a sign that hobby cooks like to spice up their dishes with basil , dill , oregano & Co. And a diverse selection of herbs is actually worthwhile, because countless dishes taste much better with only very small amounts of spices. A banal but very appropriate example: scrambled eggs *. Depending on how you season it, it can taste completely different every time.
Cooking herbs: that's why it's not always a good idea
The correct handling of spices has to be learned. For example, if you get too much salt or pepper , you can very quickly ruin the entire dinner for the family. Accordingly, many people forego herbs completely - because the food would rather taste bland than too spicy.
Incidentally, a dish can also taste boring if herbs end up in the saucepan too early . Some candidates on the spice shelf lose their taste if they are exposed to high heat for too long. In this case, adding a large portion of herbs to the pot to compensate for any loss of taste does not help either. The only solution to the problem: wait until the food is ready before seasoning . Herbs should be used towards the end of the cooking time at the earliest.
Also read : Garlic, salt and knives: Celebrity chef reveals his delicious tip.
You shouldn't add these herbs to the saucepan too early
To give the all-clear right away: No, you can use the two classics salt and pepper right from the start. On the other hand, it is a little more critical with regard to basil, dill, coriander, rosemary and chives , reports the magazine Freund , among others. If you put these herbs in the pot while the stove is warming up, you may not even notice that they are part of the dish at all - or they give the end result a bitter note, as in the case of rosemary . So wait a little longer from now on until you add spices to your breakfast, lunch and dinner.
If you are still missing the right spices (promotional link) for cooking, you can order a whole set on Amazon. (soa) * merkur.de is part of the Ippen central network.
Also interesting : frying a fried egg - many people make this mistake with salt.