Lab Station 01 Modernist Recipe Book
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ingredient

Dark brown sugar

Functional Profile

Dark brown sugar adds sweetness and molasses character to the Cowboy Beans sauce.

Handling

Dissolve the measured 15 g with molasses, mustard, vinegar, and tomato before reducing the pot.

Culinary Use

It helps balance the source’s bitter-sweet molasses profile without replacing the measured molasses.

Referenced by

  • Tamarind Chutney — retrospective whole-Recipe report
  • Cowboy Beans (Molasses, Beef & Smoke)
  • Tamarind Chutney
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