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Toast
dry pan, medium
cracked black pepper alone in the wide pan until it smells resinous — pepper's aromatics are fat-soluble and volatile, so toasting them before any fat arrives is the difference between heat and perfume
Step 1 / 7
dry pan, medium
cracked black pepper alone in the wide pan until it smells resinous — pepper's aromatics are fat-soluble and volatile, so toasting them before any fat arrives is the difference between heat and perfume