Why does my hot cocoa recipe call for a dash of salt? What does that dash of salt do?

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Salt enhances flavor Getting back to using salt simply to affect the taste of food, in 1997 Breslin and Beauchamp reported salt enhanced flavor by suppressing the natural bitterness of the underlying ingredients.4 This may seem a bit odd as you sprinkle a bit of salt on your morning cantaloupe, but if you taste the plain fruit carefully, you may notice some bitter taste along with the sweet. Try it also with an avocado. The effect for you here may be a bit more noticeable.

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Salt brings out other flavors A pinch of salt just brings out or enhances other flavors without making food taste salty.

Flavor when you add that dash of salt to the hot cocoa, it will round out the flavors and make it taste smooth. A dash of salt will do that for a lot of dishes. :) I hope you try it and will enjoy it!.

The addition of salt simply serves to enhance the flavor of the cocoa. It gives your taste buds something to play off of, making the other flavor(s) stand out.

Salt provides a contrasting flavor, making the complex flavors of the cocoa more pronounced. As a general rule, all sweet recipes should include a little salt. Salt is traditionally referred to as "seasoning" for the simple reason that it is so widely applicable.

All senses, including taste, function based on contrast. If you eat pure sugar, it tastes extremely sweet. If you eat sugar with just a little bit of salt to it (not enough to be identifiable as salt), you'll actually find that the "sugar" suddenly seems richer in flavor.In chocolate-based recipes in particular, the saltiness brings out the complex flavors of the cocoa solids (chocolate is composed of cocoa solids and cocoa butter, but hot cocoa is just cocoa solids, without the fat flavors).

Salt enhances your ability to detect subtle flavors.

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