Worldly Flavor Makers

Description

Cooking is not based on strict rules. Of course, you always have a base recipe, but you can then put your own spin on it. You decide how salty, sweet, spicy, or fresh you want your dish to be. In Worldly Flavor Makers, Pascal Jalhay takes you into the world of flavor. During the many travels he has made in his life—from India to Indonesia and from Peru to Portugal—he has collected a wide range of spices, sauces, pastes, and condiments. Pascal shows how to make various basic flavor makers, such as Argentine wet and dry rubs, Peruvian leche de tigre, Vietnamese nuoc nam (fermented fish sauce), different Indonesian pastes, traditional Dutch ‘rommelkruid’, piri piri, and za’atar. Additionally, he provides diverse suggestions for condiments that will elevate your dish to the next level, such as salsas, sambals, chaat, mustard, rouille, harissa, compotes, and pickles. The flavor makers are accompanied by a ‘taste compass’ in which you can see exactly which flavor combinations work.