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Sous Vide Massimo Bottura Cacio e Pepe Risotto

I have been a fan of Massimo Bottura since I first saw him on Chef’s Table many years ago, and his cacio e pepe risotto is one of those dishes that I have wanted to make ever since.

The original dish was created after the 2012 earthquake in Emilia-Romagna damaged a huge amount of Parmigiano Reggiano. Bottura came up with the risotto as a way to help encourage people to buy and use the affected cheese. The resulting recipe takes the basic idea of cacio e pepe and turns it into a risotto built around an intensely flavoured Parmesan stock and cream.… Read the rest

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Palak Paneer Ravioli

I first made this dish as part of a multi-course dinner where I wanted to put a twist on the classic Indian dish palak paneer.

The basic idea was pretty simple: instead of serving cubes of paneer in spinach gravy, I would put the paneer inside ravioli and use the palak as the sauce underneath. The nice thing about this approach is that the flavours remain very recognizably palak paneer even though the presentation is completely different.

It also turned out to be a pretty good dinner-party dish. Almost everything can be made ahead of time, and at service all you really need to do is warm the spinach sauce and boil the ravioli for about a minute.… Read the rest

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Full English Breakfast

When we went to the UK in 2016, one of my favourite things to eat was a full english breakfast. The mix of bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, baked beans, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms and toast really hit the spot especially when served with grilled haloumi. Also its a truly iconic meal and we got to try several versions ranging from the traditional at the famous Layer Cake diner and a deconstructed version at the Fat Duck.

Fast forward to 2022 and I had a meal at Gucci Osteria da Massimo Botturo where they served a fantastic American Breakfast dish which consisted of poached quail egg and caviar covered with a potato foam.… Read the rest

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A Michelin Tasting at Home

In the last year of COVID life I only made one multi course meal and it was a collection of old favourites that I put together for a Pandemic Thanksgiving meal. During the meal I was talking to our guests about those recipes when I realised that I hadn’t really made a truly new menu since my Potato Dinner of 2018. We got to talking about cookbooks at that meal and I brought out the Alinea and Manresa books to show people. I then spent the Christmas break going through the two books and marked out a selection of recipes that I thought were both interesting and practical to make at home.… Read the rest

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Chilli-Lime Chorizo in Corn Foam recipe

One of the most interesting things I ate last year was the Esquites at Californios. It consists of some butter poached lobster and corn kernels sprinkled with mexican spices and then covered with a warm corn mousse on top. I loved the flavour profile of the dish with the contrasts between the sweet mousse and the spiced corn/lobster at the bottom. Nithya and I liked it so much that we decided to make our own version below.

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Ingredients (serves 6-8)

  • 1 cups Corn (for cream)
  • 2 cups Half and Half
  • 1/2 cup Corn (for roasting)
  • 200g Chorizo
  • 1-2 limes
  • Chilli powder to taste
  • Salt to taste
  • Butter

Required Equipment

  • Blender
  • Sieve
  • Whipping Siphon

Steps

  1. We will start by making the corn cream.
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