mercredi 12 février 2014

The Spices In A Bourbon BBQ Sauce Create Bolder Flavors

By Jerri Perry


Culinary artists enjoy using a bourbon BBQ sauce to coat a variety of meats because the mixture is full of flavorings that are derived from a wonderful assortment of spices. The coating application that most cooks prefer is to apply the substance with a brush which allows the coating to be spread evenly across the meat. This method will also ensure that all portions of the meat are covered with the coating.

For an authentic coating to emerge, cooks must embrace the tastes and textures of each ingredient that goes in to making the liquor. The distillation process will affect the flavor by adding a caramel taste, and the fermentation methods will give the liquor its amber coloring. Through the generous use of cane sugar and brown sugar, the distillation process will produce a liquid that will cling to foods.

The primary grain used to create this libation is Indian corn, which is milled to a fine texture and combined with water to create a mash. This mixture is cooked and rye and barley malt are added for additional flavoring. Craftsmen study outdoor temperatures because the weather temperatures will directly affect the finished flavor of the libation.

The mash mixture will be cooked in stages at varying heats during the distillation and fermentation process. Some of those flavors will come from the casks that the mixture rests in during the fermentation process. The character of the sauces will be derived from the method in which the liquor is made, and how long it is aged.

Southerners prefer to use cypress wood to ferment the mash because the wood burns clean and evenly throughout the process. The aging process will give the mixture additional flavors that come from the charred white oak that is used for the barrels as the liquid ages. A detailed cooking process will be undertaken by culinary artists when creating the mixture that will ultimately turn into a delectable coating.

Some sauce recipes will pursue a bolder edge because the ingredients added will be peppers. Some hard core cooks will place a smoke flavoring in the mixture by placing hickory woods that have been used in the smoking process for cooked meats on a previous occasion. Less devoted cooks will take a short cut and pour liquid smoke flavorings into the BBQ sauce mixture.

Tomatoes are peeled and cooked under heat until a puree forms, and cooks can choose to flavor the mixture with paprika and Worcestershire. The mixture will go through a reduction process to remove excess waters, and the cook may choose to add black pepper, vinegar, garlic, and onion add that time to get flavors mingling together. The sauces can be thickened further by the addition of corn starch and sugars.

The amount of time that a bourbon BBQ sauce cooks can affect the final taste. Some cooks allow spices to mingle together in a cold state, by placing the containers in a refrigerator for a few days. The end result will be a coating that allows meat to get crispy around the edges, but remains moist during the entire cooking process.




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