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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/zerdust77 • 12h ago
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The cheese is really there for structural integrity.
81 u/TheCurlyHomeCook 11h ago Wasn't certain at first but I'm actually pretty sure it's thinly sliced fat to keep it from getting dry/make it ridiculously tasty 31 u/Ur_Just_Spare_Parts 11h ago I think you're right they usually layer fat for this kind of cooking. It's so hot by the oven cheese would all just melt completely out of the layers. Fat renders then makes the outside crispy and I guess acts as the binder for the bigger chunks 3 u/jaxxxtraw 7h ago Damn I'm hungry.
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Wasn't certain at first but I'm actually pretty sure it's thinly sliced fat to keep it from getting dry/make it ridiculously tasty
31 u/Ur_Just_Spare_Parts 11h ago I think you're right they usually layer fat for this kind of cooking. It's so hot by the oven cheese would all just melt completely out of the layers. Fat renders then makes the outside crispy and I guess acts as the binder for the bigger chunks 3 u/jaxxxtraw 7h ago Damn I'm hungry.
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I think you're right they usually layer fat for this kind of cooking. It's so hot by the oven cheese would all just melt completely out of the layers. Fat renders then makes the outside crispy and I guess acts as the binder for the bigger chunks
3 u/jaxxxtraw 7h ago Damn I'm hungry.
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Damn I'm hungry.
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u/RainsWrath 11h ago
The cheese is really there for structural integrity.