This kaffir lime aioli was originally developed as a dressing for our Thai inspired french fries served at Stella. I love kaffir lime because it just permeates with tropical fruit and citrus. This aioli will work great for just about anything you'd use a citrus aioli for, just taken to the next level.
This all purpose ginger brine is a great way to add flavor and tenderness to pork chops, chicken or other lean cuts of meat. All ounce measurements in this recipe are by weight and the yield is set at 32 cups (1 gallon) to make scaling easier.
This sauce was originally developed for a summer salmon dish that was paired with some slow roasted vegetables. Garlic-thyme emulsion goes well with fish, roasted vegetables and poultry such as chicken breast and squab.
A flavorful brine that was originally developed for a Chinese inspired chicken dish. All ounce measurements are by weight.
Classic fish stock recipe.
Court Bouillon is a classical broth used for poaching fish, sea food or vegetables. It usually contains onions, cloves, mirepoix and a bouquet garni. White wine, lemon juice, and vinegar are commonly added.
Let's be honest; making a cinnamon-sugar mixture isn't exactly rocket science and hardly needs a recipe. However, the biggest mistake I see people make when mixing together a cinnamon sugar topping is not adding salt.
This is our "coffee and doughnuts" dessert that we serve at Stella. It's a simple pate a choux base that is fried to order, tossed in a cinnamon-sugar mix, and served with a buttered mocha emulsion. This recipe can also be used for churros by simply fitting your pastry bag with a star tip. See attached recipe for "buttered mocha emulsion."
Basic recipe for chicken stock.
In a previous recipe on how to make halibut ceviche, we talked about our serving mechanism that we use at Stella, which is a freshly fried, miniature chalupa shell. Chalupa shells are different from tortillas in that they aren't pressed as thin and are fried instead of griddled.
In this video, I demonstrate the technique of covered saute and glazing that can be universally applied to most produce, especially root vegetables such as carrots, onions, parsnips and radishes. To demonstrate the glazing technique, we take a trip down "Classic Flavor Lane," using minced ginger, carrots and turmeric as our main flavor profiles.
In this video we’ll be making one of my new favorite breads, an Eastern European style brown bread. This bread has a unique, complex flavor that comes from the addition of coffee, molasses, fennel seed, caraway and balsamic vinegar, just to name a few (oh yeah, did I mention the cocoa powder?).
Pancetta in its simplest form is salted and cured pork belly that is native to Italian Cuisine and loved throughout the world. Commonly referred to as "Italian Bacon," pancetta's major difference from it's American counterpart is its lack of smoke. Pancetta is commonly flavored with different seasonings and spices, with each region of Italy, (and chef for that matter), having their own preferential spice blend.
This video will teach you how to make a classic mornay (cheese) sauce which is a secondary sauce (derivative) of bechamel, a French Mother Sauce.
In a previous video I demonstrated how to make what I called a "semi-classic" bechamel sauce, which is the version most commonly taught in culinary schools today. However, sauce bechamel has gone through a few evolutions since it's debated creation.
Bechamel is a classic French sauce made with milk. It is one of the Five French Mother Sauces and is used to make derivatives such as Mornay (a simple cheese sauce).
In part three of our mother sauce series, this lesson focuses on Béchamel Sauce, from which many milk and cream based sauces are derived. We continue our discussion on thickeners, including white wash, beurre manié, corn starch and arrow root. And in the culinary quick tip, how to make a simple macaroni and cheese using a common Béchamel derivative, Mornay.
In this episode of The Stella Culinary School Podcast, we start our five part mother sauce series. First up, sauce hollandaise, which is the base on which all other emulsified sauces are inspired and built. In the discussion segment, we talk about the science behind emulsified sauces, including the molecular make up of an emulsifier and how to use them to your advantage.
This video will teach you how to properly peel, slice, and mince fresh ginger.
