How Starches Thicken Sauces and Fillings | Kitchn
May 21, 2015· Not cooking the sauce enough: Undercooking a starch-thickened sauce or filling is a common problem with home cooks.The cooking process is not only essential for achieving the right thickness and set, but it's also important for improving the mouthfeel of thickened sauces, essentially cooking away that raw, "starchy" taste by allowing as much of the starch strands as possible to absorb ...
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