Just today, February 25, 2015, Yahoo! Food posts the secret weapon ingredients used by Star Chefs to achieve the most palatable dishes at home or in a restaurant. The said website revealed the top 10 magical ingredients that can turn home-cooked meals into top class restaurant tastes.
The number one in the list is the passion fruit which is called the "pork fat of pastry" by pastry chef Tiffany MacIsaac of Buttercream Bakeshop. It is followed by the fish sauce which has been defined by chef Andy Ricker of the mini Pok Pok empire as a sodium, a little sweet and a lot of umami. The smoked elephant garlic is the third in the list of secret weapon ingredients. According to Chefs Russ Johnson and Jonathon Stranger of Ludivine in Oklahoma City, this giant type of garlic has smoky, sweet, earthy, super-umami flavor in it. While the oranges, the fourth in the list, enhance many dishes - be it the flesh, the juice or the rind as affirmed by Chef Jasper White of Boston's Summer Shack. Next is the Shiro Dashi which was defined as life changing by Chef Kevin Nashan of Sidney Street Café in St. Louis.
To continue, the 6th awesome ingredient is the apple cider vinegar which has lower acidity compared to most vinegar according to Kevin Gillespie, Atlanta chef and Top chef alum. Then, there is Sriracha which is the secret of Chef Aaron Barnett of St. Jack in Portland. On the other hand, Michael Hudman of Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen in Memphis said that he loves lardo and he uses it in vinaigrette. The second to the last ingredient is the fresh bay leaves which are used by the legendary chef Emeril Lagasse. And to complete the list, chile peppers which are the key ingredient of Chef Kelly Liken from Vail, Colorado.
According to Food Hack WonderHowTo, there are several secrets or techniques to emulate at home to make cooking better. It indicated the most essential things that professional chefs do to achieve the best food taste.