The Resting Principle: Why Meat Must Rest
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The instruction to rest meat after cooking is so universal that it risks being followed without understanding — and therefore without knowing when it is essential and when it is less critical. Modernist Cuisine provides the precise explanation: during cooking, muscle fibres contract and expel moisture toward the centre of the meat. During resting, the thermal gradient between the hot exterior and cooler centre slowly equalises; as the interior temperature rises slightly (carryover) and the exterior cools, the pressure gradient that pushed moisture inward reverses and moisture redistributes throughout the muscle.
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