Recipes
SCALLOP CEVICHE -
1 pound sea scallops
Salt
1 cup chopped ginger
1/4 cup whole peeled garlic cloves
1 stalk lemongrass, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
10 ounces coconut milk
10 ounces coconut water
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1 jalapeno, finely diced
1/4 cup finely chopped chives
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup tomato, diced
Freshly ground black pepper
Ginger juice, for seasoning
2 tablespoons coconut, toasted
Bring a pot of water to a boil, salt the water, and then cook scallops in the water for 2 minutes. Remove from boiling water and submerge immediately into an ice bath. When cool, thinly slice scallops into 3 to 4 slices each.
In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup of chopped ginger, garlic, and lemongrass and saute in olive oil for 5 minutes. Add coconut milk and coconut water and cook for another 10 minutes, until it becomes aromatic. Strain the liquid and allow it to cool, discard the solids.
In a mixing bowl combine scallops, lime juice, strained coconut liquid, jalapeno, chives, red onion, and tomato; season, to taste, with salt, pepper, and ginger juice. Serve garnished with toasted coconut sprinkled on top.
SEARED HALIBUT WITH ASPARAGUS AND PARMESAN -
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 (6-ounce) halibut steaks
Sea salt
White pepper
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
16 young asparagus
1 small shallot, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 cup grated Parmesan
For halibut: Preheat a 12-inch saute pan over medium-high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil and butter. Season halibut with salt and pepper and dust with the flour, shaking off the excess. As your butter starts to brown, gently lay each steak in your pan. Allow to cook until golden brown on both sides and cooked through, approximately 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
For asparagus: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Trim and clean your asparagus. In a large bowl add cleaned asparagus, minced garlic, minced shallots, and extra-virgin olive oil. Season, to taste. Lay prepared asparagus on a half sheet pan and roast until tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Right before taking your roasted asparagus out of the oven liberally top with freshly grated parmesan cheese. The heat of your pan should melt your cheese.
To serve, place 4 pieces of asparagus on a plate, top with golden brown halibut steak. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil. Garnish with a sprig of chervil or chives
DELMONICO STEAKS WITH BALSAMIC ONIONS -
4 (1-inch) Delmonico steaks, 8 to 10 ounces each
2 teaspoons extra- virgin olive oil
Steak seasoning blend, such as Montreal Steak Seasoning, or coarse salt and pepper
Onions:
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
2 large yellow skinned onions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, eyeball it
Steak Sauce:
1 1/2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, half a turn of the pan
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small white boiling onion, chopped
1/4 cup dry cooking sherry, eyeball it
1 cup canned tomato sauce, 8 ounces
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
Black pepper
Heat a heavy grill pan or griddle pan over high heat. Wipe hot grill or griddle with extra-virgin olive oil. Cook steaks 6 minutes on each side for medium doneness, 8 minutes for medium well. Season steaks with steak seasoning or salt and pepper and remove to a warm platter to allow the meat to rest.
Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, 10 to 12 minutes, until onions are soft and sweet. Add balsamic vinegar to the pan and turn onions in vinegar until vinegar cooks away and glazes onions a deep brown color, 3 to 5 minutes.
Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add oil, garlic and onions and saute 5 minutes until onion bits are tender. Add sherry to the pan and combine with onions. Stir in tomato sauce and Worcestershire and season with black pepper.
To serve, top steaks with onions and drizzle a little steak sauce down over the top, reserving half of the sauce to pass at table.
LAMB CHOPS WITH OLIVE SALSA -
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
1/2 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon olive oil
two 1 inch thick rib lamb chops (about 1 pound total)
1/4 cup Kalamata or other brine cured black olives, pitted and chopped coarse
1 small plum tomato, seeded and diced
2 tablespoons diced red onion
1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
Preheat broiler.
On a plate, stir together oregano, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon oil. Dip both sides of lamb chops in mixture to coat and put on rack of a broiling pan, seasoning both sides of chops with salt and pepper.
In a bowl, stir together olives, tomato, onion, parsley, zest, remaining teaspoon lemon juice, remaining teaspoon oil and salt and pepper to taste.
Broil lamb chops 2 inches from heat 4 to 5 minutes on each side for medium rare meat.
Spoon olive salsa over lamb chops. |
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