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Pressure infusion is a high‑pressure cooking technique that forces flavor molecules into protein matrices by raising the boiling point of water to ~120–130 °C at 15 psi.
Origin: Chinese, Japanese, French (Traditional & Modernist) — East Asia, East Asia, Western Europe
See full technique reference →Under elevated pressure, water’s boiling point rises, reducing viscosity and increasing the solubility of hydrophobic flavor compounds. This allows rapid diffusion into partially denatured proteins, while the higher temperature accelerates Maillard reactions at the surface, creating complex flavor compounds.
Primary Reaction
Pressure‑induced solubility increase and diffusion of flavor molecules into proteins, coupled with accelerated Maillard reactions
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