Recipes for Umami Foods

What is umami? Taste it in these delicious recipes featuring umami foods

Like sweet, sour, salty and bitter, umami is the fifth basic taste detected by taste buds right on the tongue. Umami comes from glutamates, a kind of molecule found most often in meats and cheeses, but also asparagus, tomatoes, seaweed (such as dulse or arame), peas, corn, onions and soyfoods like tofu and edamame. The process of fermentation enhances umami, which explains why soy sauce and aged cheeses like Parmesan are so savory. These recipes with umami foods blend and layer flavors the right way to draw the taste of umami out for a satisfying dish.

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