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Cochon de Lait (Pit-roasted Pig)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Cochon de Lait (Pit-roasted Pig) Frank Brigtsen Brigtsen’s New Orleans LA Cochon de lait is a Cajun treat, often cooked in a pit in the ground. The average home oven is not large enough to accommodate an entire 30-pound pig; if you don’t have access to a large commercial oven or are not familiar with [...]

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Cream of Mussel Soup with Marrow Dumplings

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Cream of Mussel Soup with Marrow Dumplings Andre Soltner Lutece New York NY This light cream soup flavored with mussels includes the luxurious extra touch of marrow quenelles, poached in chicken stock. Because you will cook many mussels to flavor the broth, you will have the added bonus of extra mussels to serve at another [...]

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Coffee-Butterfinger Crunch Ice Cream

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Coffee-Butterfinger Crunch Ice Cream Paul Milne 208 Talbot St. Michaels, Maryland from the Great Chefs of the East cookbook The ingenious part of this easy-to-make ice cream is the texture and flavor added by the candy bars. Any crunchy candy may be used in place of Butterfingers, or you may adapt the concept to your [...]

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Cream of Mussel Soup with Marrow Dumplings

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Cream of Mussel Soup with Marrow Dumplings Andre Soltner Lutece New York NY This light cream soup flavored with mussels includes the luxurious extra touch of marrow quenelles, poached in chicken stock. Because you will cook many mussels to flavor the broth, you will have the added bonus of extra mussels to serve at another [...]

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Pasta with Mushrooms and Foie Gras

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Pasta with Mushrooms and Foie Gras Debra Ponzek Montrachet New York NY Two extraordinary culinary pleasures — forest mushrooms and foie gras — are combined in this elegant pasta dish. Serves 4 Sauce 12 ounces shiitake mushrooms or a combination of wild and domestic mushrooms 4 each shiitake and black trumpet mushrooms 2 tablespoons olive [...]

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Pork Loin with Hawaiian Sauce

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Pork Loin with Hawaiian Sauce Eddie Prudhomme Perdido Beach Hilton Orange Beach AL Since the barbecue sauce for this pork loin is based on reduced pork stock, start a day ahead of time by deboning and trimming the loin and use the bones and trimmings to make the stock (the method is outlined below). This [...]

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Yucatan Seafood Stew

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Yucatan Seafood Stew Mark Miller Fourth Street Grill Berkeley CA This dish is a wonderful combination of spiced broth and various sorts of fish and shellfish. The broth includes onion and garlic, of course, plus cloves, bay leaves, allspice, and coriander. Pasilla chilies, tomatoes, and lime juice add their own flavor notes. As for the [...]

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Bananas Foster Bread Pudding

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Chaya Conrad Dickie Brennan´s Steakhouse New Orleans LA – Bread pudding is a New Orleans tradition. It is soaked with rum or whiskey and served with a sauce. Raisins are either mixed into the pudding or into the sauce. At Dickie Brennan´s Steakhouse, the dish incorporates bananas. This recipe makes a [...]

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Dragon Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Dragon Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce Lawrence Chu Chef Chu´s San Francisco (Los Altos) CA Serves 8 to 10 1 whole red snapper or rock cod (4 to 5 pounds), cleaned and scaled 1/4 teaspoon salt Dash of freshly ground white pepper 1/4 cup rice wine or dry sherry Cornstarch for dusting Batter 1 [...]

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Jamaican Rum Pineapple

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Jamaican Rum Pineapple – Keegan Gerhard The Windsor Court Hotel New Orleans LA – – Coconut Sorbet 3 cans Coco Lopez 2 quarts whole milk – Caramel Sauce 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 vanilla bean 1/4 cup pineapple juice 3/4 cup mascarpone cheese Zest of 1 lime – To make the sorbet: Open the cans [...]

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