orange braised turkey breast ( Ariane Duarte )

Orange Braised Turkey Breast with Mushroom and Caramelized Shallot

Prep Time: About 3 Hours

Serves: 7-10

Directions:TURKEY
Remove breast meat from bone.
Save bones.

Heat water, OJ, salt, and sugar and let salt dissolve in a pot.
Add thyme, orange zest, and peppercorns.
Let steep and cool.
Pour over turkey breast, let sit for 1-4 hours.

Chop up breast bone, preferably with a cleaver.
Put in stock pot and add all ingredients.
Let simmer for one hour.
Strain into pot, let boil, and whisk in flour.
Let cook for 15-30 minutes more on medium heat.

MUSHROOMS
Melt butter almost to brown.
Add shallots and mushrooms, raise heat and let brown.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add to thicken gravy.


TURKEY
1 Butterball turkey breast on bone

BRINE
1 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 salt
1 T sugar
8 sprigs of thyme
2 T orange zest
1 T whole peppercorns

TURKEY STOCK FOR GRAVY
breast bone
2 carrots, wash and chop 1 inch pieces
3 celery stalks, wash and chop 1 inch pieces
2 bay leaves
1 T white peppercorn
2 qts Swanson low sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup Wondra flour

MUSHROOMS
1 lb baby potabellos, sliced
3 shallots, cleaned and sliced
3 T butter

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Chilled Sweet Corn Soup with Mint and Chili Oil ( Jamie Lauren )

Chilled Sweet Corn Soup with Mint and Chili Oil

Prep Time: About 2 hours

Serves: 4-5

Directions:Soup:
1. In a stockpot, heat butter.
2. Add garlic and toast till golden.
3. Season with salt.
4. Add onions and season with salt.
5. Cook till soft over a medium heat.
6. Add celery and cook till semi-soft.
7. Add potatoes, corn, mint and cover with vegetable stock.
8. Bring to a simmer and cook till potatoes are soft and check seasoning.
9. Remove mint.
10. Puree in batches in blender and add a small amount of cream to each batch
till smooth.
11. Strain through a china cup and allow to cool.
12. Adjust consistency with extra stock and re-season if necessary.
13. Place 6-8 oz chilled soup in a chilled bowl and top with a little cooked corn,
chili oil and mint.

Chili Oil:
1. Heat to a simmer and let steep 20 min.
2. Strain and reserve.

GARNISH
mint leaves, chiffonade corn kernels, cooked in butter and seasoned with salt

Soup:
15 ears yellow corn, cleaned and cut off cob
1 bunch celery, chopped
5 yellow onions, sliced
10 cloves garlic, smashed
5 qts vegetable stock
1/2 lb butter
1 qt heavy cream
1 bunch mint, tied with a string
salt to taste
5 Russet potatoes, peeled and quartered

Chili Oil:
1 T crushed chilies
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oilsalt to taste

Beef Tenderloin Carpaccio ( Fabio Viviani )

Beef Tenderloin Carpaccio with Arugula, Roasted Pine Nuts, Aged Parmesan Cheese, Spherical Kalamata Olives and Aged Balsamic Vinegar

Prep Time: About 2 hours

Serves: 3-4



Directions:Beef Tenderloin Carpaccio:
1. Slice the meat.
2. Display and season the arugula, shaved cheese, toast the pine nuts.

Kalamata Olives:
1. Mix first three ingredients together, let rest for three hours.
2. Mix water and algimate together, let rest for 3 hours.
3. Scoop first mixture into second mixture.
4. Let rest 3 minutes.

Note: Xanthan gum is not strictly necessary, but it can be used as a thickener. You can also use a thicker puree and it will work as well. Without the gum you will have to keep the olive in the solution for longer, around 5-6 minutes.


1 lb. tenderloin.
4 oz. parmesan, aged 5 years
6 balsamic vinegar, aged 6 years
8 oz. arugula
8 oz. pine nuts
olive oil
salt and pepper
kalamata olives

Spherical Kalamata Olives:
400 grams olive puree
1.8 grams Calcic Acid
1.3 grams Xanthan Gum
1.5 liters water
7.5 grams Sodium Alginate or Algin

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Lamb Plate
Beef Skewer with Onions, and Lamb Chops with Tabouli, Hummus and Middle Eastern Yoghurt Sauce

Hummus:
Blend in Robot Coupe until smooth

Middle Eastern Yoghurt:
Mix all items together and serve.

Parsley Couscous Salad:
Mix all items together and serve.

Lamb Chops:
1. Marinade lamb with all spices and oil.
2. Sear in pan about a minute, each side.
3. Finish in oven at 375 degrees for 5 minutes.

Beef Skewer:
1. Skewer meat and onions and marinade with all the spices and the oil.
2. Sear in pan about a minute on each side.
3. Finish in oven about 375 degrees for about 5 minutes.

Mint Oil/Jimmy Chutney:
Mix together and serve.

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