Itโs a staple for a reason, we all know โฆ. but can I cook like a **** load and just add to stuff all week or longer? breakfast with eggs, lunch on a sandwich, dinner stirred into a sauce .. how does everyone make and use their own sofrito?
Full-text: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC6514867
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Found from this paragraph
>Because many vegetables are cooked for edibility or to enhance palatability, the effects of cooking processes that may alter the bioavailability of nutrients, such as phytochemicals, vitamins, minerals, and fiber, deserve to be mentioned. For instance, evidence exists that slowly simmering vegetables with olive oil in โsofritoโ fashion enhances the bioavailability of carotenoids (lycopene) and polyphenols (naringenin, quercetin, and ferulic acid), indicating how the traditional Mediterranean cuisine can contribute to the salutary effects of this dietary pattern (10).
Eat Even More Vegetables and Fruits to Protect Your Heart (2020) editorial from the Annals of Internal Medicine
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1. Introduction
>Cooking can negatively affect the phytochemical content of food through oxidation, degradation, or the formation of pro-oxidant compounds. In contrast, it may improve the bioavailability of phytochemicals by altering chemical structures and releasing bioactive compounds from the food matrix [1,4,5].
>The sofrito is a typical technique of lightly frying onion and garlic in EVOO.
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Conclusions
>The use of olive oil in Mediterranean cuisine may improve the extractability of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols and carotenoids from food matrix. The migration of polyphenols, such as naringenin, ferulic acid, and quercetin, which are compounds not detected in olive oil, to the oil fraction during the sofrito preparation may enhance their bioacessibility and bioavail
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I have half the prep at home from other projects so I figured Iโd give his ramen a go. Looking through the book and the sofrito calls for 6 hours of cooking. Seems excessive to me. Also the fact that I have a home sized oven and donโt wanna run it six hours for a small batch sofrito.
Any experienced people here, can you say itโs a worthy process? I get commercial for matters of uniformity and theyโre cooking big hotel pans but all the sofritos Iโve seen are just stovetop cooked. I understand slow cooking for gentle caramelization but it seems excessive.
So my question, would you say slow oven cooking is a must? Has anyone tried just an hour or 2 stovetop? Also general thoughts? Canโt seem to find much info online but the few things I found were negative. From too much oil to not worth the final product etc. Also as I formulate this post Iโm just realizing I can half the recipe and use my small crockpot just have to check if the temps are similar.
When making bolognese, I take the time to chop the onion, celery and carrot with my knife. What would keep me from chucking everything into a food processor, blast it to a chunky paste and cook it? My thoughts were that it shouldn't be that harmful to the dish because it cooks for 4+ hours anyway. Plus it would get rid of the celery strings. And I could freeze an enormous portion of it to chuck it in any dish that calls for it. It's just a question, I don't want anyone to feel offended because I disrespect any tradition. Thanks for the answers!
Or if anyone knows where I can buy culantro (NOT CILANTRO) and aji dulce (Sweet chili peppers)?
So many recipes start with mirepoix, sofrito, cajun trinity, or some other combination of onion + celery + other as the basis of stews and sauces. What is it about these different combinations that make it a good base for recipes? Is it like the sugars + maillard reaction components from the onions that give most of the body? If so what are we getting from the celery and carrots/peppers?
I would really be interested in as detailed an answer as anyone has got.
