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Do I need to brown the meat before braising?.Browning is a fundamental part of the ideal braising technique for meat, helping create flavor through the Maillard reaction.

The delicious fond (the brown bits leftover in the pan) will be dislodged while cooking the pancetta and vegetables, with the flavor ultimately permeating throughout the braising liquid when you add the wine.Here, the browning step also begins the process of rendering the fat under the skin of the chicken legs and gives them an attractive golden color that translates beautifully in the final dish.Skip it and the chicken will be noticeably paler, and you'll run the risk of flabby skin.. Notes from the Food & Wine Test Kitchen.

Carmellini calls for Peppadew peppers, a brand of pickled sweet piquanté peppers.Also known as "Juanita" peppers, they are a small, round, bright-red chile cultivar from South Africa's Limpopo province (though fairly widely available in the U.S.).

Jarred cherry peppers, which are slightly less sweet but very similar, are a great substitute..

Firm, cherry-rich Nebbiolo d'Alba.. Cook Mode.It’s working closely with our farmers and them growing something just for the restaurant, and us getting it at peak season.

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“Someone on the other side of the world would be like, that’s really cool.”.Rubba tried his first American truffle in early 2020, which was also, you guessed it, a pecan truffle.