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PAELLA A LA MCLEAN Serves 8• 7 cups chicken stock or broth (low salt)• BG satchel (parsley stems, pepper corns, thyme and bay leaves)• 2 lbs small mussels• 2 oz white wine• 1.5 lbs sea bass or monkfish, cut to serving size• 20 medium shrimp• ½ lb squid , cut …
Fingerling potatoes are petite, pricey, tasty and firm. We have here Ruby Crescents, French Fingerlings, Russian Banana and Purple Peruvian–all delightfully weird and perfect for a skin-on potato salad. Read more about these spuds in Schneider’s Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini. German Potato Salad See Abbreviations, if needed I’ve been, of late, constructing salads without …
The mandoline is a slicing machine that works by cutting product over a mounted knife blade. Why it is called a mandoline and not a washboardwhich it more resemblesis anyone’s guess. It has folding legs and an assortment of adjustable blades that slice firm products, such as potatoes, radishes, carrots and apples with great precision …
The turning vegetable slicer can be described as a rotating mandoline. It is a tool that looks like a lathe. On the fixed end is a short holding shaft and one fixed knife blade and one toothed blade. On the moveable end, which rides on a track, is a crank that turns another short holding …
Couscous is a wonderful grain and change of pace from rice. It is a staple in the Maghreb, the northwest area of Africa that includes Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. A couscous mini-cuisine has evolved there. The base grain of couscous is durum wheat a very hard wheat with high protein. The durum endosperm is used …
If you take some time with some nice fingerling potatoes you can carve up a French classic sauteed/roasted potato dish called pommes de terre rissolees. The dish calls for small potatoes carved into little six-sided footballs–all pretty much the same size regardless of the potato you start out with. It takes practice to carve these …
Note: See the article on the évasée. Adapted from a school recipe at La Academie de Cuisine Yield: 2 generous servings · 6-8 asparagus · 1 large Portobello mushroom, sliced not too thickly · 2t olive oil · 1 shallot or ½ onion, diced · 1T butter · 1C Arborio rice, or other medium grain …
Couscous is a staple of the Maghreb (southwest littoral of the Mediterranean) and a versatile grain. It holds up well to all manner of seasonings and accompaniments. Here is a nice side dish that goes well with lamb, pork, chicken or fish. With pork and chicken, you might add a serving side of unsweetened apple …
Sunday night’s menu, for a handsome young couple of in-laws (and her name was Ashley), was grilled ribs, steamed and sautéed asparagus and Potatoes Gratinée. But I forgot to buy garlic and we were low on Reggiano Parmigiano.” So here we have: Potatoes Ashley 1t butter 12oz heavy cream 1T fines herbes (see note) 4-5 …
Sweet potatoes are winter comfort food. They are easy to prepare: baked, steamed or micro waved. Delicious in the shell with just S/P and butter or scooped out and then mashed or pureed, they compliment all meats and offset stronger veggies such as Brussels sprouts or broccoli. Sweet potatoes can also stand up to bold …