The well-known chef recently used TikTok to demonstrate how much you can accomplish in the kitchen with one small piece that is frequently thrown in the trash.
Trying to reduce food waste at home can be very challenging for a lot of individuals. Fresh produce frequently spoils before you get a chance to consume it, so throwing any leftovers in the trash can seem like a waste of money.
However, you might find that it truly helps you in the kitchen if you are more aware of what you’re throwing away. Although you would think nothing of just tossing ingredients and scraps in the trash or compost, there are actually a number of them that can be incredibly helpful.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has also praised a specific kitchen scrap that is so flavorful and may revitalize certain recipes that it should never be thrown away.
The culinary expert recently used TikTok to outline the precise benefits of using kitchen scraps to enhance the flavor of your food.
He asked everyone to save their parmesan rinds—the harder outer layer that you get when you purchase a block of the cheese at the grocery store—instead of throwing them away.
Because of its robust flavor that goes well with many Italian ingredients, parmesan is the ideal cheese to sprinkle over pasta dishes. Jamie also says you may use the rind for similar purposes.
He says, “That parmesan rind – often that goes in the bin,” as he cuts it off from the cheese wedge in the video. It tastes salty and is firm. How about if I insert it here, though? as he tosses it into a skillet of vegetables that is sizzling.
“You can use that as a flavor bomb for seasoning,” he said. In addition to having that umami flavor, parmesan skins are quite salty. But you shouldn’t need to season it at all when adding it to a soup.”
“Interestingly, after some nice simmering, that hard, inedible parmesan rind, actually softens up,” Jamie said, spooning the soup into a bowl along with the rind.
“And then you can actually slice it up and eat it, fry it and make it crispy – it’s very, very cool.”
People were quick to share ideas in the video’s comments section for what to do with their extra parmesan rinds. A person stated: “In Italy we never throw away the rind of parmesan, pasta and beans, legume soups.”
“When cooking, put it in risotto,” said another. “I put it in minestrone,” suggested a third.
