The Unavoidable Ingredient

Proof

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Can saliva change the way our food tastes? Does it affect our cooking? In our Season 16 finale, reporter Jacklyn Kim digs into the unexpected ingredient that we end up adding to every meal.

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0:00.0	Hey Proof listeners, Plougra's premium European style butter is a favorite of bakers.
0:07.0	Why? Cook's illustrated recipe developer Erica Turner sums it up.
0:11.0	Hey, Kevin, did you know that the kind of butter you use when you're baking can actually
0:15.7	make a difference in how your dish turns out?
0:17.8	I did not.
0:18.8	Butters that are slow-turned, like Plougrat, are easier to work with because they make those more pliable.
0:25.5	The amount of fat in the butter also makes a difference.
0:28.9	Tell me more.
0:29.9	Okay, so most American butters contain around 80% butterfat, but European-style butters like
0:36.8	Plougras have a higher fat content.
0:39.9	In fact, Ploura premium European style butter
0:42.8	always contains 82% butterfat.
0:46.6	And you're saying 2% is enough to make a noticeable difference?
0:50.1	Oh yeah, definitely.
0:51.8	With Plugra slow-turn turned butter and it's 82% butterfat content,
0:56.3	you'll notice richer, flakier pastries, cakes that rise higher, and cookies that
1:01.7	crisp more easily.
1:03.0	Embrace your inner butter lover.
1:06.0	From professional kitchens to your home.
1:08.0	Visit Plougra.com for more information.
1:19.0	A mild content warning for our misophonia friends. We have some slurping and spitting throughout this episode,
1:22.0	but not a whole lot.
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