Noodles & Tuna

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Broccoli Noodles
Broccoli Sauce:
Ingredients:
3 tbsp Olive Oil
1 cup White Onions, diced
2 cups Broccoli Stems, sliced 1” pieces
1 tbsp Curry Powder
1 cup Vegetable or Chicken Stock
1 tbsp Butter
Salt, Pepper to taste

Method of Preparation:
In a pot add the olive oil, sear the broccoli stems, and add the onion. Cook for about 3 minutes until onions are translucent. Then add the curry powder, steep until the vegetables are coated.  Add stock. Simmer for 5 minutes. Then blend in a blender. Put back in the pot, add butter and season to taste.

Noodles:
Ingredients:
½ box Angel Hair Pasta
Crispy Broccoli, from family recipe

Method of Preparation:
In a pot of salted boiling water add pasta, cook, strain and return to pot. Fold the broccoli sauce and the noodles together.  Garnish with Crisp Broccoli.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Spiced Yellow Fin Tuna with Crispy Broccoli
Crispy Broccoli:
Ingredients:
1 cup Broccoli, florets
2 oz Flour
¼ tsp Baking Powder
½ oz Curry Powder
1 tsp Sea Salt
6 oz Olive Oil

Method of Preparation:
Mix all dry ingredients. Coat the broccoli tops with the flour mixture. Place the broccoli, floret side down, in hot oil and cook until crispy.

Spiced Yellow Fin Tuna:
Ingredients:
5 oz loin Yellow Fin Tuna
½ oz Korean Hot Pepper Powder
½ oz Smoked Paprika
½ oz Paprika
½ oz Curry
½ oz Black Pepper
½ oz Sea Salt
2 oz Olive Oil
Broccoli Sauce, from children’s recipe
Fresh Pea Tops to garnish
1 Meyer Lemon, juice of


Method of Preparation:
Mix all seasonings and spread on a flat dish. Lay the tuna on the dry seasoning mixture and coat both sides. In a hot pan sear the tuna in the oil. Place the broccoli sauce on a plate, arrange Crispy Broccoli, slice the tuna and layer it on top. Garnish with pea tops. Finish with lemon juice.

Croquettes & Tenderloin

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Carrot Croquettes and a Carrot Sauce
Carrot Croquettes:
Ingredients: 
1 Idaho Potato, baked, peeled and mashed
10 oz Carrots, peeled and cooked
2 tbsp Salt
Pinch of Nutmeg
2 Egg Yolks
4 oz Parmesan Cheese, grated
8 oz Panko Bread Crumbs
2 cups Olive Oil

Method of Preparation: 
Cut carrots on a bias and cook in water until soft, then purée in a food processor. In a cheese cloth or clean linen place the carrot purée and ring out the moisture to make dry. Save the liquid for the sauce, along with 2 oz of the purée. Combine the mashed potato, carrot purée, cheese, egg yolks, nutmeg, and salt. Roll the mixture into a long roll about ½” in diameter. Then, cut in 1” pieces and dredge them in the bread crumbs. In a pot get the olive oil hot to fry the croquettes until brown and crispy. 

Carrot Sauce:
Ingredients: 
½ cup Carrot Juice
2 oz Carrot Purée and Carrot Liquid, from croquette recipe
½ oz Grated Ginger
2 oz Butter
1 oz Heavy Cream 
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation: 
In a hot small pan add carrot juice and carrot purée and liquid with ginger and cook until it comes to a boil. Wisk in butter and cream until smooth. Season with salt to taste.

Place croquettes on a plate with a small ramekin of sauce for dipping.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Beef Tenderloin with Carrot Croquettes and a Carrot Salad
Beef Tenderloin:
Ingredients: 
5 oz filet Beef Tenderloin
1 oz Sea Salt
1 oz Fresh Lemon Thyme
3 oz Olive Oil

Method of Preparation: 
Rub beef with a little olive oil, lemon thyme, and salt. Let it cure for five minutes. In a hot pan add the olive oil and sear the tenderloin on both sides for one minute.

Carrot Salad:
Ingredients: 
1 Carrot, julienned
5 sprigs Parsley, chopped
1 Meyer Lemon, juice of
Coarse Sea Salt to taste

 
Method of Preparation: 
Slice the carrot very thin, then julienne. In a bowl, add the carrots, parsley, squeeze lemon and mix. Season with sea salt.

With a spoon wipe the plate with the sauce. Slice the Beef Tenderloin lay on the plate. Place the Carrot Croquettes around tenderloin and the Carrot Salad on top.

Puree & Salmon

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Baby Food
Ingredients:
Red Delicious or Royal Gala Apples, any sweet variety
Water/Breast Milk to taste; check with your doctor about water in your area
Cinnamon or Nutmeg to taste; as baby’s palate develops

Method of Preparation:
Peel, core and dice apples. Place in boiling water for 8 minutes or until tender. Place in a food processor or blender and purée until smooth. You may add water or breast milk for desired consistency. May be stored in refrigerator or freezer. Cinnamon or nutmeg may be added as baby progresses.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Pan Seared Salmon over Apple Parsnip Purée
Ingredients:
3 Apples, peeled and sliced; portion julienned to garnish
1 Parsnip, peeled and sliced; portion julienned to garnish
2 cups Milk
4 fillets Salmon, 6 oz each
Salt, Pepper to taste
2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp Butter

Method of Preparation:
Place apples and parsnips into a pot with milk. Bring to a simmer and cook until soft. Pour this mixture into a blender and purée. Place back into pot to simmer. Season the salmon with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a hot pan to sear the salmon. Cook the salmon until golden brown. Spread purée onto a plate and top with salmon. Sauté julienned apples and parsnips in butter, season and garnish over salmon.

Lettuce Wraps & Salmon

CHILDREN'S RECIPE: Green Bean Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients:
2 oz Olive Oil
2 oz Mild Chile Oil
6 oz Salmon, diced same size as beans
6 oz Green Beans, diced
2 oz Soy Sauce, low salt
1 tsp Curry Powder
2 cloves Garlic, chopped fine
1 head Bibb Lettuce

Method of Preparation:
In a hot skillet, add the two oils, then heat it up and add the salmon, as it starts to cook, add cut green beans and mix together, add soy sauce, garlic and curry, cook for 2 minutes. Use lettuce leaves as a pocket to add the green beans and salmon.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Cured Garlic Salmon with Garlic Rosemary Green Beans
Rosemary Green Beans:
Ingredients:
¼ cup Olive Oil
3 cloves Garlic, sliced thin
1 tsp Rosemary, chopped
4 oz Green Beans
½ cup White Wine
¼ cup Parmesan Cheese, grated

Method of Preparation:
In a hot skillet put the olive oil, then the garlic and rosemary. After the garlic is light brown add the green beans just coat the beans and add the white wine bring to a simmer. Add cheese and remove from the pan.

Cured Salmon:
Ingredients:
4 cutlets Salmon, 6 oz each
½ cup Sea Salt
1 tbsp Sugar

Method of Preparation:
Coat one side of salmon with the salt, add sugar. Let it rest for ten minutes. In a skillet, put in salt side down first, when that is brown, then sear all remaining sides of the salmon for 3-4 minutes. Then plate over green beans.

Burrata and Ham & Crispy Black Bass

CHILDREN'S RECIPE: Burrata and Serrano Ham with Olives and Cantaloupe
Ingredients:
1 ball Burrata
5 slices of Serrano Ham
1 cup Castelvetrano Olives
½ Cantaloupe, cubed

Method of Preparation:
Cube the cantaloupe, take sliced Serrano ham and olives and skewer them on a wooden skewer. Lay the skewers on a plate and add the burrata next to the skewers.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Crispy Black Bass, Cantaloupe, Olives, Feta and Herbs
Ingredients:
1 fillet Bass, 2 lb, skin on
1 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Cantaloupe Chimichurri:
Ingredients:
1 cup Cantaloupe, cubed
½ cup Olives, chopped
1 Jalapeño, chopped fine
2 tbsp Flat Leaf Parsley, chopped fine
2 tbsp Oregano, chopped fine
2 tbsp Chives, chopped fine
¼ cup Red Wine Vinegar
¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
½ cup Feta Cheese, cubed  
Pinch of Salt

Method of Preparation:
Combine all chimichurri ingredients. Set aside. In a pan sear the bass skin side down until crispy, turn over to flesh side for 30 seconds. Plate the bass skin side up and spoon the chimichurri over the fish.

Salsa & Swordfish

CHILDREN'S RECIPE: Nectarine Salsa
Ingredients:
2 Nectarines, diced and skin on
1 Avocado, pitted and chopped
½ cup Red Onion, diced
1 tsp Thai Chili
1 tbsp Yogurt

Caramelized Bananas:
Ingredients:
¼ cup Maple Syrup
2 tbsp Butter
1 Banana, peeled and sliced on bias

Method of Preparation:
Blend nectarines, avocado, red onion and chili to make salsa. Set aside. Heat maple syrup and butter, when butter is melted add bananas and baste. Plate. Mix salsa with yogurt and spoon on top of bananas.

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FAMILY RECIPE : Nectarine and Swordfish
Ingredients:
4 fillets Swordfish, 7 oz each
Salt, Pepper to taste
4 oz Olive Oil
Cilantro, Thai Basil to garnish

Sauce:
Ingredients:
1 cup Champagne Vinegar
4 oz Sugar
2 Shallots, diced
4 Nectarines, diced and skin on
1 Jalapeño, diced fine
4 oz Water

Method of Preparation:
First, season the fish with salt & pepper on both sides. Cook one side for a sear for 3-4 minutes. Then turn and cook second side for 3-4 minutes. When second side is finished, take out and let it rest. In a pan, cook vinegar, shallots, sugar until it melts, then add nectarines, jalapeno and water; put in blender until smooth. Serve Swordfish over sauce and top with salsa. Garnish with cilantro and thai basil.

Cucumber Soup & Tempura Oysters

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Chilled Cucumber Soup with Crispy Zucchini
Ingredients:
1 Seedless Cucumber, sliced
½ cup Honeydew Melon, chopped
1 Zucchini, cut into sticks
Tempura Batter, from family recipe

Method of Preparation:
Purée the melon and the cucumber. Place in a bowl. Cut the zucchini into sticks. Mix the ingredients to make the tempura batter. With the tempura batter dredge the zucchini and fry until crispy and use as a garnish for the cold soup.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Cucumber Salad with Tempura Oysters
Cucumber Salad:
Ingredients:
1 Seedless Cucumber, sliced
3 Red Radishes, sliced
2 Scallions, sliced
¼ cup Cilantro
1 oz Pea Tops

Salad Dressing:
Ingredients:
1 Chili Pepper
1 tbsp Garlic, chopped
¼ cup Vinegar
¼ cup Sugar
½ cup Fish Sauce
1 Lime, juice of

Method of Preparation:
Slice the cucumber into very thin coins, place in a bowl with the scallions, cilantro, radish, pea tops and mix with dressing.

Tempura Batter:
Ingredients:
½ cup Club Soda
½ cup Potato Starch
2 Eggs
½ tsp Baking Powder

Tempura Oysters:
Ingredients:
9 Oysters
½ cup Soybean Oil
½ cup Seaweed Salad

Method of Preparation:
Shuck the oysters, keep the shells. Place the shucked oyster in a bowl. Dredge the oyster in the tempura batter twice and place in hot soybean oil to cook. Do not cook too long. Drizzle plate with Cucumber Soup, top with Cucumber Salad, rest oyster shells on top and fill with seaweed salad and Tempura Oysters.

Pasta & Beef Tenderloin

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Curry Pea Pasta
Ingredients:
4 oz Angel Hair Pasta
4 oz Curry Pea Velouté, from family recipe
2 oz Butter
2 oz Parmigiana Cheese, grated
Cilantro to garnish
Parsley to garnish

Method of Preparation:
Cook the pasta until al dente. Heat up the pan from the tenderloin, when it is hot, remove from stove and pour in remaining Curry Pea Velouté. Pan will sizzle, add pasta and butter and put back on stove to cook. Top with cheese and herbs.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Seared Tenderloin of Beef with Curry Pea Velouté
Ingredients:
1 cup Onion, minced
1 tsp Ginger, minced
2 Scallions, chopped
1 tsp Red Curry Paste
3 tbsp Curry Powder
1 cup Coconut Milk
3 cups Peas
¼ cup Cilantro
¼ cup Parsley
4 oz Soybean Oil
2 Beef Tenderloins, 4-5oz each
4 oz Pea Tops

Curry Pea Velouté:
In a 6-quart pot, cook the onion, ginger and scallions. Then add the red curry paste, curry powder, coconut milk and peas. Add water from peas as vegetable stock. Simmer for 10 minutes add the cilantro and parsley then blend to a purée.

Beef Tenderloin:
Sear the tenderloin in a pan for 4-5 minutes until medium rare. Add peas to the Curry Pea Velouté, slice the beef and spoon sauce over the beef. Garnish with pea tops.

Mac n' Cheese & Bisque

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Carrot Mac n’ Cheese
Ingredients:
4 oz Elbow Noodles
4 oz Carrot Bisque, from family recipe
2 oz Goat Cheese
Panko Bread Crumbs to garnish


Method of Preparation:
Put cooked noodles in a steel bowl, on low heat. Add goat cheese and carrot a purée. Mix well. Serve in a bowl and dust the top with panko bread crumbs.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Ginger and Carrot Bisque, Crispy Goat Cheese
Ingredients:
2 lbs Carrots, peeled and diced
2 qts Water
3 tbsp Olive Oil
4 Shallots, chopped
1 Onion, chopped
1 tbsp Ginger, sliced
4 Scallions, white section only, sliced
4 Garlic Gloves, minced
4 oz Unsalted Butter

Method of Preparation:
Bring carrots to a boil. In a four-quart pot cook olive oil, shallots, onion, ginger, white of the scallions and garlic. Add water from carrots as vegetable stock. Then add carrots and cook until tender. Purée while adding butter.

Crispy Goat Cheese:
Ingredients:
4 oz Goat Cheese
4 oz Flour
2 Eggs, whisked
2 cups Panko Bread Crumbs
2 cups Olive Oil

Method of Preparation:
In three bowls, one each for flour, egg and bread crumbs. Cut the goat cheese into ¼” pieces. Dredge them in the flour, egg and last the bread crumbs. Bring the olive oil up to 300F and fry the goat cheese until crispy. Pour the bisque in to a bowl and top with cheese.

Salmon Sticks & Seared Salmon

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Grapefruit Duck Sauce with Salmon Sticks
Salmon Sticks:
Ingredients:
4 oz Salmon, cut ¼” sticks
3 tbsp Olive Oil
½ cup Corn Starch

Method of Preparation:
Cut salmon into ¼” sticks. Dredge in cornstarch. Cook in frying pan for 1-2 minutes until brown.

Grapefruit Duck Sauce:
Ingredients:
1 Grapefruit, supremed and juiced
1 tsp Ginger, minced
4 oz Honey
4 oz White Vinegar
2 oz Corn Starch
2 oz Water

Method of Preparation:
Bring ginger and grapefruit supremes to a simmer. Then add the honey and vinegar and bring back to a simmer. Mix the cornstarch and water to make slurry. Then whisk the slurry and grapefruit juice in the mixture while it is still cooking.

Serve Salmon Sticks on a plate with the Grapefruit Duck Sauce in a small bowl for dipping.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Grapefruit Salad and Seared Salmon
Grapefruit Salad:
Ingredients:
½ head Frisee
½ cup Pea Tops
¼ cup Cilantro
¼ cup Spiced Cashews
Grapefruit, 6 supremes

 
Salad Dressing:
Ingredients:
1 cup Jalapenos, diced
5 cloves Garlic, diced
1 cup Fish Sauce
4 oz Sugar
4 oz White Vinegar
4 oz Water

 
Method of Preparation:
Chop the garlic and chilis fine. Then put the fish sauce, sugar, white vinegar and water bring to a boil until the sugar is dissolved.  Add the garlic and chilis and cool. Drizzle over greens. Build the salad with grapefruit supremes and spiced cashews, drizzle dressing over salad.

Seared Salmon:
Ingredients:
4 oz Salmon, cut ½” sticks
3 tbsp Olive Oil
½ cup Corn Starch

Method of Preparation:
Cut salmon into ½” slices and prepare the same way as the children’s recipe.

Dumplings & Pancakes

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Tempura Pancake Batter and Apples

Ingredients:
1 Egg
1½ cups Flour
3 tbsp Baking Powder
1 tbsp Salt
1 tbsp Sugar
3 tbsp Brown Butter
1¼ cup Milk
2 Apples, peeled and sliced
1 Apple, diced; for dipping sauce
1/8 lb Butter; for dipping sauce

Method of Preparation:
In a bowl put the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar then add the milk, brown butter, and egg. Cut two of the apples into wedges and dip in the pancake batter and put in to oil for 1-2 minutes until cooked through and crispy. In a separate pan heat diced apples and butter to make the dipping sauce. Place sauce in a ramekin for dipping the tempura apple pancakes.

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FAMILY RECIPE: Apple and Duck Consomme with Duck and Apple Dumplings

Ingredients: 1 whole Duck, roasted
3 Apples, sliced and skin on
1 oz Ginger, zest
1 tbsp Orange, zest
¼ tbsp White Pepper
1 stick Cinnamon
1 Star Anise
1 Bay Leaf
Pinch of Chili Flakes
1 tbsp Mushroom Soy
2 tbsp Rice Wine
3 Scallions, sliced, green section only
6 Dumpling Wrappers

Method of Preparation:
Consomme:In a four-quart pot, cook apples and ginger until tender. Add 3 quarts water, orange zest, white pepper, cinnamon stick, star anise, bay leaf, chili flakes, rice wine and mushroom soy. Place the roasted duck bones in the stock, simmer for 20 minutes and strain.

Dumplings:Chop the green part of the scallion, add to the duck meat to make filling for the dumpling wrappers. Fill dumplings, seal with water, then cook for 2-3 minutes.

Serve dumplings in consomme, garnish with julienne apples and herbs.