Chef Hacks: Things You NEED to Become a Better Cook!
Here's my take (as a chef) on four things you need to become a better cook/ chef now. None of these are very expensive and most can be bought at your local kitchen supply store. Sometimes, the simple things can improve your cooking drastically. Everything I talk about in the video helps you to improve your accuracy and efficiency when cooking and baking so I hope you guys try some of these items out at home. Being a chef, I've only recommended items that chefs actually use. I'll leave some links below for where you can get some of these items.
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This is a three ingredient recipe for a vibrant and bright green oil for plating. This oil is great for adding a pop of bright green colour and also adds a really nice flavour to savoury dishes. There are reasons behind some of my choices of ingredients, I chose a neutral oil instead of olive oil because it's less likely to go rancid or have it's flavours go off when combined with fresh ingredients and heated. Next I used parsley because it imparts great green colour, if you want a green oil to pop, adding parsley is your best bet even if it's a background flavour to something else (which is the case with this oil). As much as I love parsley I think the flavour of a straight parsley oil can be quite one note and a bit bland so I wanted to add some nice fresh flavour which I did by using the green onions. They flavour the spring onions bring really make this oil not only beautiful but really delicious, fresh and bright.
You don't need super fancy equipment to make this, just a standard blender, a strainer and a coffee filter to get the oil really crystal clear.
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Today we head up to a local mushroom inoculation and cultivation business in Ontario that inoculates hardwood logs with shitake and oyster mushroom spawn. We talk to Bruno and his wife Paula about what it takes to run this business and why running Mycosource is so important to them.
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Next week, I'll be making a dish based on my favourite mushroom dish, mushrooms on toast.
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I'm showing you how to make white chocolate flowers which, while a little time consuming are easier to make than you might think. They're a great garnish and look beautiful on cakes so I'm using my chocolate flowers to garnish the tops of my raspberry and white chocolate ganache mini cakes.
This video is the first of five parts in The Flight of the Bumblebee series made possible by Sony Alpha and the Sony Alpha Female+ Grant. The series features five dishes inspired by the beauty of spring, summer and the magic of bumblebees and all that they create during this time. I hope that you enjoy it.
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Sugared cranberries are great in cocktails and bubbly over Christmas and the holidays and they make a great and colourful addition to seasonal Christmas desserts and platters. Sweet, tart, flavoured with orange zest and super easy to make.
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Simple Christmas Recipe for Sugared Cranberries
Rough Recipe (let's be real it doesn't have to be exact)
Simple Syrup:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
Zest and Juice of one orange
Sugared Cranberries:
2 cups cranberries
Simple syrup (recipe above)
Sugar (about 1 cup)
Orange zest
Method:
Add sugar, water, zest and juice of one orange to a pot. Bring the simple syrup to a boil and simmer 5-10 minutes. In a separate container, add in 2 cups of frozen cranberries and pour the syrup over them once it's finished cooking. Weigh the cranberries down in the syrup and set aside over night. o coat the cranberries the next day, add some sugar and orange zest to a shallow tray. Strain out your cranberries and toss in the sugar and zest. Place the sugared cranberries on a tray to dry for several hours until the outer sugar shell is crisp. I like to reserve the simple syrup, cook it down a bit further and use it for cocktails. We used these cranberries in our Prosecco after I finished this video, they look really pretty in drinks and I’ve also put these on dessert plates and cheese boards around the holidays. If you liked this video, consider subscribing and feel free to connect with me else where @chefstudio_
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Here is a short demonstration of how to make an avocado rose. It's really simple once you know the method and looks really beautiful on top of salads, rice, toast or just as an addition to a plate. I served my avocado rose with some chili flakes, sesame seeds and lime juice on top of toast but you can really serve it however you like your avocado best!
All you need to do is slice the avocado into thin slices, then lengthen it out before wrapping it around itself to form a rose. If you have the time you can fan the petals outwards to create a more dramatic rose affect.
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In this video I’m making a "Poison" apple Halloween dessert. It's made with cranberry, apples and white chocolate and then mirror glazed to give it a beautiful glossy shine. Perfect for Halloween, once you cut into the mirror glazed apples the bright red cranberry filling oozes out onto the plate. Spooky and delicious.
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Recipe:
Cranberry Apple Centre
2 medium sized apples, peeled and diced
200 grams sugar
500 ml water
500 ml ( 2 cups) cranberries
Method: Simmer the diced apples, sugar, water and cranberries until soft. Use a hand blender to blitz until smooth. Transfer mixture to to a pitcher or bowl with a spout so it’s easy to pour. Pour into semi-sphere silicone molds and freeze until solid.
Once frozen completely you can begin your white chocolate mousse.
White Chocolate Mousse:
350 grams white chocolate
180 grams cream
360 grams crean
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
6 grams gelatine
Method:
Bloom 6 grams of gelatine in cold water. Over a double boiler, melt together the white chocolate and 180 ml of cream. Once melted remove from heat and mix in the bloomed gelatine. In a stand mixing bowl, combine the 360 grams of cream and tsp of vanilla bean paste. Whisk until it reached soft peak stage. Wait until the white chocolate and gelatine mixture comes down to about 33 degrees Celsius before folding the whipped cream into it in three additions making sure not to knock out too much air.
Transfer the white chocolate mousse to a piping bag and pipe into apple silicone molds. Pipe 75% of the way up so when you mush in the cranberry sphere it pushes the mousse all the way to the sides and up the top. I’ve found thats the easiest way to get a smooth mousse all the way around.
Once you’ve piped in the mousse, press two cranberry half spheres together to form a full sphere and shove it into the molds allowing them mousse to push up and around it. Flatten off the top with mousse and an offset spatula. Do this for all the apples in the mold and then freeze over night until solid.
Prepare your chocolate stems. Mix together cocoa and a bit of activated charcoal and dust heavily on a parchment lined baking sheet. Pipe melte
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I'm showing you how to make honey panna cotta and explaining why you'll never be able to fully recreate the one I've made here. Sounds a bit ominous but it's actually a good thing.
This recipe is for a plated honey panna cotta dessert with rhubarb gel, graham cracker crumb and edible pansies.
This honey and rhubarb panna cotta dessert is the third dish of a five part series called Flight of the Bumblebee, made possible by Sony Alpha and the Sony Alpha Female+ Grant. The series features five dishes inspired by seasonality and the magic of bees.
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One ingredient and a little time turns what is normally considered an imperfection or a nuisance into something beautiful.
I didn't invent this technique, I think Rene Redzepi was the first person to use milk skins in a dish (correct me if I'm wrong though) and I've seen crispy milk on a few dishes in the last few years. I tried a few ways of making this and this method works the best I've found for getting consistent results.
Recipe:
Pour whole milk into a large pan (you want more surface area) simmer on the lowest setting for 15 minutes. When the skin is leathery and firm when you touch it turn off the heat and leave to sit for 15 minutes. Remove the milk skin gently and place on a dehydrator tray and dehydrate for 4--6 hours. You can also place on a silpat or parchment paper and dehydrate in your oven on its lowest setting. Break the milk skin shards apart and use as garnish and for a crunchy textural element of savoury dishes and desserts.
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These black sesame cookies are eye catching with a toasted and complex flavour that is slightly more savoury but very similar to the flavour of a peanut butter cookie. Moist, dense, chewy and delicious, these cookies made with black tahini are a gorgeous sweet treat or would be a great addition to a more complex plated dessert.
Recipe for Black Sesame Cookies:
125 g butter
100 g granulated sugar
125 g brown sugar
250 g black tahini
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
1 egg
180 g pastry flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Black sesame seeds for coating the dough
Method: Cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add in the black tahini and mix. Add in the vanilla and egg and mix again. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything in incorporated. For the dry ingredients in a separate bowl, combine 180 grams pastry flour with the baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine then add into the wet mix in one addition. Mix together until combined. Scoop out the dough with a spoon or cookie scoop and toss in a bowl of black sesame seeds to coat. Pat down into circular patties and bake in a preheated oven at 175C for about 12-15 minutes.
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