CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Parmesan Cauliflower Skewers with Cauliflower and Celery Root Velouté
Ingredients:
4 tbsp Olive Oil
½ head Cauliflower, florets
12 Cherry Tomatoes
2 tbsp Parmesan Cheese, grated
¼ cup Bread Crumbs
½ tbsp Garlic Powder
12 Mozzarella Balls, small
Celery Root and Cauliflower Velouté, from family recipe
Pea Tops to garnish
Method of Preparation:
Put olive oil in a hot pan, once oil is hot place the cauliflower in the pan. Let it get crispy then add the tomatoes, parmesan, bread crumbs, garlic powder and mix together. Take the skewers and put a cauliflower, mozzarella ball and the cherry tomato every other one three of each. Dress plate with the Cauliflower Velouté, top with skewers and garnish with pea tops.
FAMILY RECIPE: Seared Yellow Fin Tuna, Cauliflower and Celery Root Velouté, Wild Ramps
Cauliflower Velouté:
Ingredients:
¼ cup Olive Oil
1 cup Cauliflower Stems
1 cup Celery Root, diced
2 cloves Garlic
1 Leek, sliced
1 qt Water
Salt to taste
Method of Preparation:
Put oil in a hot pot, once oil is hot, add cauliflower, celery root, garlic, leeks and cook until soft. Add water and salt. Cook until soft and purée.
Ingredients:
3 tbsp Olive Oil
2 fillets Yellow Fin Tuna, 6 oz each
Salt to taste
6 Wild Ramps
½ Lemon, halved and juice of
Pea Tops to garnish
Roasted Cauliflower, from children’s recipe
Method of Preparation:
To prep the ramps, separate the bulb from the greens. Wash very well. Season the tuna with salt. The tuna should be two inches thick, to serve rare. In a hot pan add the olive oil, once hot add the tuna and cook each side until all the sides are seared. Remove the tuna, in the same pan toss the ramps and cook for just a minute with lemon half.
On a plate spread the Cauliflower Velouté and top with the sliced tuna, dress plate with ramps, pea tops and roasted cauliflower. Squeeze lemon and serve.