What You Need to Know
Upcycled cuisine involves creatively repurposing food scraps and leftovers to create new dishes, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and lowering the environmental impact of food production. This technique requires additional preparation and cooking time, but can be a cost-effective way to cook.
Steps
- 1.
Korean Jangajji (Korea): Preserving vegetable scraps in soy-based marinades
- 2.
Italian Ribollita (Tuscany): Using stale bread and vegetable trimmings in soup
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Filipino Paksiw (Philippines): Repurposing leftover fish in vinegar stew
The Science
Primary Reaction
Maillard reaction