In the “Add a pinch of sugar” thread, many of you mentioned other things you like to add to boost the flavor in your dishes - MSG, tomato powder, soy sauce, etc. What’s an ingredient you find that you love to add to dishes to improve the flavor (or aroma, texture, or maybe even the way it looks)?

I am a big fan of mushroom powder. It adds a nice boost of umami with some additional flavor that comes along for the ride. Just throw some dried mushrooms into a spice grinder and grind until powder.

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    1 year ago

    Anchovy paste. When I make tomato sauce I like to fry all my aromatics together with some minced calabrese salami and then I push everything to the side and sautee about a teaspoon of anchovy paste in the reserve oil until it gets fragrant and then incorporate it in with everything else and finish the sauce and oh hell it is amazing. It’s not for every dish but when you want to drop a killer umami bomb into something like a broth or a stew it is unreal.