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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Revisiting the old school.


Old school cookery is the basis for everything we do today, sometimes we need as cooks to step back in the classroom, whip out the Japanese knives and take apart a whole animal.
All the details of cooking methods, fabrication and multiplicity of flavor get lost in today's world of Xanthan gum, Gellan, Alginates and such.

The old school can still be very exciting, delicious and frankly a bigger pain in the ass than a lot of modern techniques, the key is to apply enough modern to the old school to push forward.
Class is over.

Lamb 4 Ways.

Rack Roasted with Star anise salt.
Neck confit wrapped in mustard greens.
Shoulder restructured with activa, seasoned with vadouvan, poached in olive oil sous vide, seared. Leg ground, made into tomatoless "bolognese" with eggplant "ravioli".

Sauce slightly adjusted with Keltrol TF for flow and sheen.

Friday, June 06, 2008

Lamb-Vadouvan



Lamb poached in Olive Oil-Vadouvan Spice.

1 in a quartet.

3 Supporting Characters coming.

Braised Lamb Neck Marmalade.
Rack Roasted with Fennel Salt.
Shank-Eggplant Ragu as a Raviolo.

Channel-Lock bags do a great job of keeping liquids sealed.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Squab Prep

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