What You Need to Know
Petit salé is salted pork, usually produced according to a French method of immersing cuts of pork for up to two days in brine.
Steps
- 1.
Petit Salé aux Lentilles (France): Provides foundational salted pork flavor for classic lentil stew
- 2.
Feijoada (Brazil): Portuguese-derived salted pork forms base of national black bean stew
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Cassoulet (Southwest France): Essential preserved meat component in the slow-cooked bean casserole
The Science
Primary Reaction
Proteolysis