Tag: masterclass

Black Caviar Showdown

What to do when you’re gifted 50g of premium high quality Black caviar? Well this is exactly what happened last week, so to have a little fun in pandemic world, we had a fun iron chef inspired show down to create a dish featuring black caviar. Here are the final results. Who do think should…

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Sesame Crusted Tuna Part 1

Brunch for dinner! Sesame crusted Ahi Tuna with perfectly poached eggs and a hollandaise sauce. Plate from SpiritWares (www.spiritwares.com) Microgreens from Modern Microgreens (www.modernmicrogreens.com)

Szechuan Pepper Roasted Whole Chicken

Gordon Ramsey’s Szechuan Pepper Roasted Whole Chicken Stuffed With Lemon, Fennel, Onion, and Thai Basil. If only you could smell the aromatics in my kitchen right this instant. All I can say is, I’m really looking forward to lunch tomorrow! 

Perfect Potato Gnocchi

An Italian-style gnocchi made with potato, egg and flour from Masterclass by Chef Thomas Keller (French Laundry, Per Se). This recipe originates from the Lombardy region in Northern Italy and is the most common. Pictured here, dressed with freshly torn basil leaves and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

Green Pea Marscapone Agnolotti

Green pea marscapone agnolotti with bacon and peas topped with a Parmesan crisp. Not bad for a midday snack, am I right? Another Masterclass recipe; this time by Thomas Keller.

Red Wine Braised Short Rib

Made using several different French cooking techniques, this recipe takes a few days to make given the ingredients require making your own chicken stock, veal stock and red wine sauce (I secretly took my wife’s favorite red wine…hoping she’ll forgive me once she tasted this) which I did. Tender and falling off the bone, this…

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Lobster Ravioli

Lobster ravioli inspired by Gordon Ramsey served atop a tomato and basil sauce made with fresh organic tomatoes. Stuffing made of lobster shrimp mousse, lemon and basil. Lobster stock made the evening before (5 hour cooking time) used to create the lobster sauce (added cream and reduced until thick) and to boil the ravioli in….

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