Steal Wool@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWho's fucking carmelizing onions?file.gardenimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up11.26K
arrow-up11.26KimageWho's fucking carmelizing onions?file.gardenSteal Wool@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 hours agoYeah, that’s interesting. It’s right in the name, too. You are caramelizing the sugars, not the proteins. So the baking soda does speed up what little maillard is going on, so it browns faster, but it doesn’t caramelize faster. TIL! I usually do overnight large batch caramelizing so it hasn’t mattered. Big bag of onion cubes in the freezer so I never do it in a pan.
Yeah, that’s interesting. It’s right in the name, too. You are caramelizing the sugars, not the proteins.
So the baking soda does speed up what little maillard is going on, so it browns faster, but it doesn’t caramelize faster.
TIL!
I usually do overnight large batch caramelizing so it hasn’t mattered. Big bag of onion cubes in the freezer so I never do it in a pan.