Jamie Oliver and Mario Batali go into culinary kung fu in the January 6 episode of Iron Chef America Find out what time it’s showing in your region .
Originally posted on January 4, 2008 @ 8:55 am
By Ina
Jamie Oliver and Mario Batali go into culinary kung fu in the January 6 episode of Iron Chef America Find out what time it’s showing in your region .
Originally posted on January 4, 2008 @ 8:55 am
By Ina
James Martin’s culinary career started very early — by 12 years old, he’d cooked for the Queen Mother. (Well, it helps that his dad catered for Castle Howard.)
He started training when he was 16, training at Scarborough before Antony Worrall Thompson became his mentor. The two then traveled around France, before opening the Hotel and Bistro du Vin in Winchester. He was 22. Pressure was high. Did he buckle? Never. In fact, he changed the menu every day.
He’s become a well known TV Chef, starring in popular shows like Delicious! and Jamies Martin Sweet. Now, he’s part of Saturday Kitchen which airs on BBC.
Known for his desserts, he published James Martin – Desserts in Spring 2007. Here he shares his recipe for spun sugar:
1. Place 125g/4½oz caster sugar in a pan
2. Pour in just enough cold water to cover.
3. Heat until the sugar has dissolved and the liquid has turned light caramel in colour.
4. Using a fork, carefully pull out the sugar threads from the pan and shape over the back of a ladle or large spoon.
5. When hardened, gently ease off into ball shapes. Repeat with the remaining caramel.
Originally posted on November 9, 2007 @ 11:05 pm
By Ina
Celebrity chef Paula Deen shares this Southern-inspired holiday dish on the Food Network.
Pork Crown Roast with Stuffing
Ingredients
16-rib crown roast of pork
House Seasoning, to taste, recipe follows
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoon butter, melted
2/3 cup uncooked instant rice
1/8 teaspoon poultry seasoning
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup chopped dried prunes
1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
Canned apricot halves, drained
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sprinkle roast on all sides with House Seasoning; place, bone ends up, in a shallow roasting pan. Insert a meat thermometer, making sure it does not touch fat or bone. Saute onion in butter until tender but not browned. Add rice, House Seasoning, to taste, and poultry seasoning and water to onion; stir to moisten rice. Bring rice mixture to a boil, then remove from heat. Cover tightly and let stand 10 minutes. Stir dried prunes and dried apricots into the rice mixture. Fill center of roast with rice mixture. Place a folded strip of aluminum foil over exposed ends of ribs. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes per pound to until thermometer registers 170 degrees. Garnish with apricot halves, if desired.
House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
Originally posted on December 19, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
By Ina
This is Rachael Ray’s recipe for spiced nuts, taken from Food Network which hosts her show. If you’re making this in bulk buy nuts from the market.
Ingredients
2 cups walnut halves
1 cup peeled hazelnuts
1 cup whole unsalted cashews
1 cup whole pecan halves
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon ground anise
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, eyeball it
1 cup smoked almonds (recommended: Diamond Smokehouse almonds)
What’s Next
Toast nuts in a pan. This usually takes 7 minutes but use your nose as your judge. Transfer to a plate when done. Then, melt butter in the pan, adding your spices. Pour back the nuts. You’re done!
Originally posted on December 16, 2007 @ 11:44 pm
By Ina
There’s a new star in Hell’s Kitchen. Marco Pierre White is the new host of the show, taking over from Gary Rhodes and Jean Christophe Novelli. Word of this move was leaked last October but only confirmed the other day.
Marco Pierre White is the original super chef and is considered the Godfather of British cooking. He’d actually been retired for several years but was thankfully coaxed back into the kitchen by the network. White says that there will definitely be many changes taking place. He won’t be following in anyone’s footsteps but will definitely be making the show his own. He wants to change the image of the show. He notes that whenever people have spoken of the show, they never talk about the food. He says he wants the show to be inspiring, not a way to belittle people or put them down. He’s got a crew of 10 celebrities to work with on the upcoming season of Hell’s Kitchen.
White is well known in the professional cooking world. He trained many chefs including Gordon Ramsey, who first presented Hell’s Kitchen. When asked why he agreed to do the show, he said, “I am a person who loves my industry very much, and I don’t like the way my industry is being portrayed on TV at this point in time. I think people are capitalizing on it and not showing it for what it really is.”
When asked about Gordon Ramsey, he says that they used to be friends but that they are no longer on speaking terms. He says that he likes to surround himself with people who enrich his life. He has no use for those who have nothing to contribute to it.
Originally posted on February 22, 2007 @ 8:58 pm