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    This document provides a guide to basic flavor profiles and how they balance and enhance each other in cooking. It outlines the six main flavor profiles - salty/umami, bitter, sweet, sour, and spicy. Each flavor is described in terms of how it balances or enhances the other flavors. Food ingredients that exemplify each flavor profile are listed to help add or balance flavors in cooking.

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    This document provides a guide to basic flavor profiles and how they balance and enhance each other in cooking. It outlines the six main flavor profiles - salty/umami, bitter, sweet, sour, and spicy. Each flavor is described in terms of how it balances or enhances the other flavors. Food ingredients that exemplify each flavor profile are listed to help add or balance flavors in cooking.

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    GUIDE TO

    FLAVOR PROFILES
    Here’s your guide to basic flavor profiles and how to balance and
    enhance these flavors in your cooking. With this info you’ll create
    perfectly balanced and flavorful culinary masterpieces!

    SALTY & SAVORY/UMAMI BITTERNESS


    Balances bitterness. Enhances sweetness. THE FLAVOR STAR SALTY/
    Balances sweet, salt.
    UMAMI
    IF YOU NEED TO ADD SALT/UMAMI ENHANCES IF YOU NEED TO ADD BITTER
    Brings out the
    other flavor SPICE SWEET

    BALANCES
    KOSHER SEA ANCHOVIES/ HARD CHEESES, Counteracts the other
    SALT SALT ANCHOVY PASTE LIKE PARMESAN flavor. If your dish is COFFEE COCOA/CACAO GRAPEFRUIT JUICE BEER
    experiencing too much of BITTER SOUR
    one flavor, use a balancing FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT ARE BITTER
    flavor to level it out.

    SOY FISH SEAWEED MISO PICKLED


    SAUCE SAUCE VEGETABLES

    SWEET
    Balances sourness, bitterness,
    DANDELION GREENS ENDIVES BROCCOLI SPINACH
    FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT ARE SALTY/UMAMI spice. Enhances saltiness.

    IF YOU NEED TO ADD SWEET

    MUSHROOMS TOMATOES BACON AND OTHER


    CURED MEATS KALE OKRA BITTER MELON RADICCHIO

    SOUR SUGAR STEVIA MAPLE


    SYRUP HONEY JAM SPICY
    Balances spice, sweetness. Enhances saltiness. Balances sour, sweet.

    IF YOU NEED TO ADD SOUR IF YOU NEED TO ADD SPICE

    BALSAMIC APPLE CIDER BBQ


    MOLASSES VINEGAR VINEGAR KETCHUP SAUCE
    LEMON LIME ORANGE VINEGARS LIKE SHERRY, RED, RICE,
    JUICE JUICE JUICE BALSAMIC, APPLE CIDER FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT ARE SWEET HOT SAUCES WASABI HORSERADISH DIJON MUSTARD

    PICKLED BUTTERNUT,
    TOMATO PASTE YOGURT SOUR CREAM CARROTS SWEET CORN BEETS KABOCHA HARISSA JALPEÑOS HABAÑEROS
    VEGETABLES POTATOES SQUASH

    FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT ARE SOUR FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT ARE SPICY

    TOMATOES ARUGULA RADISHES WATERCRESS


    SUGAR FENNEL PARSNIPS PEAS MOST (WHEN RAW)
    SNAP PEAS FRUIT

    helping home cooks live To learn more about adding flavor to your meals visit
    happier, simpler, smarter in the kitchen cooksmarts.com/flavor

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