Delicious meat dishes for your customers
The importance of meat in the kitchen has diminished somewhat in recent years. This is a result of the food fashion, and also the fact that many people do not agree to the way animals are bred and killed. Despite this, meat is still a very important element of human nutrition, hence it is present in almost every restaurant in a different form.
Preparing a meat meal is much more difficult and takes longer than any other vegetarian or vegan meal. This is due not only to the need for long-term thermal processing, but also to the necessity to prepare the meat so that it is tasty and nutritious. Below we will describe a handful of tips and inspiration for preparing a delicious meat meal, including preparation and thermal processing.
Start – preparation of meat
Let's start with the fact that meat to be served in any way needs to be properly prepared. Regardless of whether we process it mechanically with meat grinder , or just prepare it as a steak or a whole piece, it is necessary to prepare it. It is called in varied wayób, the most common name is & ldquo; marinating & rdquo; meat, which is also a household name.
When it comes to mechanical processing, the meat can be minced, chopped, plucked, or even steak or chops. In the case of grinding, for example in order to prepare meat stuffing or tartare, a specialized meat grinder , complete with a grinder. It allows to obtain the perfect texture of the meat and not to disturb its taste structure. Professional chefs rarely allow themselves to buy ready-made meat directly from the store. Most often, meat is prepared on its own, by mechanical processing.
Heat rotation – more important to the taste
Meat must be properly heat treated in order to taste good. The exceptions are, of course, tartars and numerous dishes made of raw meat, which, however, in Poland are rather marginal.
Thermal processing of meat is carried out in several ways:
- by cooking with water or with steam,
- by baking,
- by frying.
Professional chefs know that it is best for meat to subject it to a slow and gradual heat treatment. During this process, the taste of the meat slowly releases, and the meat itself does not lose its nutrients. Hence, an excellent choice for the thermal processing of meat is combi steamer . It is a device that is ideal not only for roasting or steaming red meat, but also ideal for fish. The convection oven is an oven that allows a slow thermal process
at a specific temperature.
The advantage of slow cooking, roasting, frying or steaming the meat is that the flavor is gradually released and also retains all nutritional values, including vitamins and proteins that are found in meat.
However, heat treatment is not enough. Proper storage of meat is very important, both that which has been subjected to heat treatment and that which is still before any treatment. The meat should preferably be kept in a suitable vessel or in special trays. In this case, a special tray sealer comes in handy. Such an tray sealer allows you to significantly reduce the costs of packaging and storage, not only for meat.
Preparing meat dishes requires experience and knowledge. Knowledge that allows you to get the maximum taste and nutritional value from the meat. At the same time, it is important to take care of 100% of each process of meat preparation, mechanical processing, thermal processing and storage. GastroProdukt devices and products will help you with all this.
