Sensory characteristics of grilled beef marinated using seasonings containing Etlingera elatior flower with different length of marination Tuti Suryati, Alfin Ahadin, Muhammad Ibaadurahman, and Muhammad Arifin
Department of Animal Production and Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
Abstract
The objectives of this study was to evaluate sensory characteristics of grilled beef marinated using seasonings with or without Etlingera elatior flower (EEF) addition with different length of marination. This study used beef shortplate from the same breed and age. The spices used include garlic, onion, ginger, chili, pepper, honey, vinegar, salt and sesame oil. EEF are added as much as 10% of the total spices for seasoning treatment with the addition of EEF. The meat was sliced with a thickness of 3.5 mm, and then treated without marination (control), marination with spices without EEF addition (standard seasoning), or marination with standard spices plus EEF. The marination was done for 30 mins, 60 mins, 12 hrs or 24 hrs. The study was designed using a completely randomized design with different combinations of marinade treatments and marination times. The panelists involved were 35 semi-trained panelists. The sensory tests carried out included hedonic (preference) tests and hedonic quality tests which were then analyzed nonparametrically using the Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn test. Based on the hedonic test for all attributes (color, aroma, tenderness, general appearance and taste) the result showed that marinating for 30 mins or 24 hrs using seasoning without EEF produced more preferred grilled meat (P<0.05) than other treatments. The grilled beef with seasoning added with EEF for 12 or 24 hrs are more preferred (P<0.05) than others marinade using seasoning with EEF. Marinating treatment without EEF for 30 minutes, 60 mins and 24 hrs resulted in the higher tender (P<0.05) than others, namely tender to very tender (score 4 to 5). As a conclusion, taking into account of time efficiency in terms of flavor, taste and tenderness the best marination duration for marination using seasoning without EEF is 30 mins, and for seasoning with EEF is 12 hrs.
