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The Ideal Ingredient To Add Some Zing To Your Pot Roast
By Stacie Adams
If you're looking to impart some serious zing to your next pot roast, ginger snaps can make your dish more flavorful.
These zesty baked goods infuse pot roast with subtly sweet flavors while simultaneously adding a bit of texture to the dish and thickening the braising liquid.
You generally want to use about eight cookies for every three pounds of pot roast. Mix the crushed cookies with the water, vinegar, and broth.
Adding the crushed cookies to a liquid mixture will make them much easier to incorporate into your braise, avoiding any clumps.
Crushing up ginger snaps can be a bit challenging due to the rigid texture of the cookie. In this case, using a blender or food processor is your best bet for breaking them down.
You could also crush your cookies with a rolling pin. In this case, seal your cookies into a freezer bag and smash them until they are broken.