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A breading epiphany?

 
 
Reply Mon 9 Nov, 2009 09:40 pm
I still have a gazillion tomatoes on my vine -- but they're all green.

My neighbor told me about having a green tomato pie that tasted like apple pie so I started searching for the recipe. No luck. I did, however, come across a million recipies for fried green tomatoes. Okay, I'll try that.

One of the recipes was a video recipe. In it the guy floured the tomato slices and insisted that they sit for 10 minutes on a wire rack before proceeding with an egg wash and a cornmeal/breadcrumb coating that had to sit for another 10 minutes on the rack before frying.

I'd never heard about these resting periods before but I can't belive the difference it made! It was insane!

It was immediately obvious that things were happening differently when I started the egg wash. They slices repeled the wash for a bit before soaking it in. The bread crumbs stuck magnificently. The slices fried up to this amazing golden, non greasy, crisp, perfect texture.

I'm wondering if this "resting time" works with other fried foods.

Do you let your foods rest when breading?

Do tell....

Thanks!
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msolga
 
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Reply Tue 10 Nov, 2009 06:07 am
@boomerang,
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I'm wondering if this "resting time" works with other fried foods.


I was wondering the same thing about half-way your post, boomerang.

Like for crumbed fish fillets, for example? Or eggplant slices ...
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dadpad
 
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Reply Tue 10 Nov, 2009 06:11 am
Mumpad has a recipie for green tomatoe pickle somewhere. I'll see i she can rustle it up tomorrow.
The resting period is to do with drying a little of the moisture off the product.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2009 01:01 pm
Mmmmm, green tomatoes. Great when sliced thin over good mozzarella on pizza..
but I've never fried them, not being much of a frier. (fryer?)
chai2
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2009 01:08 pm
@ossobuco,
ossobuco wrote:

Mmmmm, green tomatoes. Great when sliced thin over good mozzarella on pizza..
but I've never fried them, not being much of a frier. (fryer?)


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ossobuco
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2009 01:15 pm
@chai2,
Thanks! I was being lazy again.
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