This little-known ingredient works real miracles
Mashed potatoes are a classic. This dish goes perfectly with seemingly everything. With sausages, stew, fish and so on. A simple mixture of potatoes, milk and butter is liked by almost everyone. However, professionals have one unexpected trick that will take the taste of mashed potatoes to a new level, writes Mirror.
Chefs advise adding parmesan crust to mashed potatoes to give the dish a depth of flavour – with “notes of salt and earthiness”. This hard part of the cheese, which is usually discarded in the kitchen without knowing it is edible, is actually a real “gastronomic treasure”.
Formed during the aging process of cheese, the crust is loved by professional chefs for its ability to enhance the flavour of soups, stews and many other dishes – especially in Italian cuisine.
A revolutionary recipe suggests simmering milk, butter and a piece of parmesan crust on a low heat for 20 minutes, then adding it to the potatoes and seasoning to taste.
The good news is that this trick comes in handy even when there’s hardly anything in the fridge – because parmesan crust has a very long shelf life. According to experts, it’s easy to store: just put the crust in a ziplock bag and put it in the freezer. It will keep there for up to a year.
