The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

The Key to Great Flavor: A Concentrated Flavor Base With the meat mix and the texture of the loaf squared awa ...

We’ve got the vegetables in there, now for a few ingredients to up the meaty backbone of th ...

kind of like the old-fashioned, low-brow sweet vinegariness of a ketchup-and-brown-sugar glaze. Draping ...

ALL-AMERICAN MEAT LOAF NOTES: For best results, grind your own meat (see here). If grinding meat, use ...

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SERVES 4 TO 6 ½ cup homemade or low-sodium canned chicken stock ¼ cup buttermilk ½ ounce (2 packets; about ...

2 tablespoons unsalted butter 12 ounces freshly ground pork (see Note above) 1¼ pounds freshly ground beef ...

vegetable mixture and cook, stirring and tossing frequently, until it is softened and most of the ...

removing the foil cover, carefully invert it onto the rimmed baking sheet. Loosen the foil and spread ...

LEFTOVER MEAT LOAF SANDWICH There’s nothing better than a meat loaf sandwich. Heck, sometimes I’ll make ...

ketchup, and pickles Preheat the broiler to high. Place the meat loaf on a foil- lined broiler p ...

simply pull off a small amount and throw it into a hot skillet, cooking it like a miniature hamburge ...

ITALIAN MEATBALLS WITH TOMATO SAUCE Here’s the great thing about cooking: once you learn the basic whys and ...

Take classic Italian-American meatballs, for instance. We learned the ins and outs of meat loaf here ...

as I would a sausage mix with the paddle attachment on my stand mixer, but the result was too much springine ...

Because of their small size, they end up hopelessly overcooked by the time any browning occurs. That’s ...

the mashed-up meat gives it plenty of flavor. Then, after browning the rest of the balls in hot oil, ...

TENDER ITALIAN MEATBALLS WITH RICH TOMATO SAUCE SERVES 6 TO 8 For the Meatballs 1 pound freshly ground chuck ...

1 pound freshly ground pork shoulder Kosher salt 1 cup buttermilk ¼ ounce (1 packet) unflavored gelatin 4 sli ...

1½ cups vegetable or canola oil ¼ cup chopped fresh basil Freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano for serving To mak ...