Gordon Ramsay’s one technique that makes all your food taste restaurant quality

Gordon Ramsay
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is known to be on the generous side when it comes to seasoning food, but there is one technique he picked up whilst learning to cook in restaurants that makes all your food taste top tier.

Ramsay will add butter and salt to most dishes he cooks dish, and they is adding both ingredients towards the end of the cooking process to maximise the flavours of both.

He is also particular about the type of salt he likes to use, preferring high quality flaked salt. He is often seen using Maldon salt- which you can grab for just £2.70 from Asda. The coarse sea salt ensures the dish is well-balanced and flavourful, bringing out the taste of each ingredient.

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However, Ramsay likes his salt intake to end here. He almost always uses unsalted butter, allowing him to control the exact level of salt in the dish. He also emphasises the need to constantly taste your cooking to check all the flavours - urging any wannabe chefs not to wait until the end to give their food a try.

This coarse salt can also help you speed through one of the more fiddly parts of cooking. To avoid the smell of garlic sticking on you for days you can use your high-quality flaky salt to prepare the base of your dish.

Mincing garlic can be notoriously tricky, but Ramsay suggests that the addition of coarse salt helps break down the walls and fibres of the garlic, making it easier to chop and saving you time when mincing.

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Many TikTok videos have shown Ramsay cringing as he watches people overload their meat with salt. He offers a salt free alternative to getting your steak to taste perfect.

The chef suggests a simple step to master the cooking of any meat: take it out of the fridge early and bring it up to room temperature. This may require some pre-planning, but allowing your protein to reach room temperature reduces the risk of overcooking the outside while waiting for the centre to heat up.

Gordon Ramsay is one of the most decorated chefs in culinary history amassing 17 Michelin stars across his fine-dining establishments while opening 90 more casual restaurants as part of his worldwide empire.