Shrimp and Prauns

Shrimps: is one of the most popular ingredients in seafood dishes, shrimp and prawns are enjoyed in many countries of the world.

Shrimp are small animals that live on the floor of oceans and lakes. There are over 2,000 different species of shrimp worldwide. Shrimp are-

Invertebrates

That has a tough exoskeleton. Shrimp range from a small fraction of a few mm to 23 cm long. These crustaceans have a thin, smooth, hard, and almost transparent exoskeleton. Shrimp vary widely in color; tropical varieties are often brightly colored. Shrimp have 5 pairs of jointed walking legs on the thorax, and they have 5 pairs of swimming legs (swimmerets) and 3 pairs of maxillae (feeding appendages) on the abdomen. The body, legs, swimmerets, and other appendages are segmented. Shrimp have two pairs of segmented sensory antennae, a tail fan, and compound eyes.

Shrimp are omnivores; they eat plants and small animals. The unusual pistol shrimp kills or stuns its prey by making a very loud sound with a huge claw with a moveable, snapping appendage. Female shrimp lay over a thousand eggs, which are attached to her swimming legs. The shrimp emerge as tiny, floating organisms, a component of

Zooplankton

The terms "prawn" and "scampi" are often used interchangeably with shrimp: "prawn" commonly refers to freshwater shrimp or large saltwater shrimp; "scampi" is often used by Restaurateurs to describe shrimp cooked in butter and garlic. All shrimp are divided into three basic categories: cold-water or northern; warm-water, tropical, or southern; and freshwater. Warm-water shrimp from the Gulf States represent the overwhelming majority of domestic shrimp landings. The three major species are brown, white, and pink shrimp.

Uncooked brown shrimp have reddish brown shells, and their meat has a stronger flavor than white or pink shrimp because of higher iodine content. As a result, brown shrimp are generally less expensive than the other two varieties. The premium-priced shrimp are white shrimp Penaeus setiferus. Although classified as white, the shells of some are actually greenish gray. Pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) come in a variety of colors, including brownish pink and lemon yellow.

There are two smaller categories of warm-water shrimp. Red shrimp and rock shrimp occur in Gulf of Mexico. The latter (Sicyonia brevirostris) is a fairly recent introduction into the American market. Rock shrimp gets its name from its hard shell. The meat of rock shrimp is very firm, more lobster- like, and lower priced than other shrimp.

The freshwater shrimp known as the Malaysian prawn, (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

These shrimp are large and can reach a weight of-

Shrimp are in season from May to October. And 95% of the shrimp caught come from the warm waters of the South Atlantic and Gulf states.

Unless you live in the part of the country where you can actually buy "fresh" shrimp, it is preferable to buy frozen shrimp. Most shrimp in the grocery stores are frozen shrimp that has been thawed. The shelf like of thawed shrimp is only a couple of days, whereas shrimp stored in the freezer retain their quality for several weeks.

If possible, avoid shrimp that has been peeled and deveined before freezing. It can cause a loss of flavor and texture.

Defrost shrimp in the refrigerator or in cold water. Do not defrost in a warm place or microwave.

http://www.wildamericanshrimp.com/main.html Video

Recipes-Prawns/Shrimp

Ingredients:

1 kg large fresh prawns'
3 spoons olive oil
50 gm ginger, shredded

1 Chicken with 6 caps water

Ingredients from souse:

8 red chilies
15 shallots
10 cloves garlic
60 gm ginger
1 tsp turmeric powder
3 lemon grass bruised
5 kaffir lime leaves
1 cup water
2 cups coconut milk
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Peel and slice the shallots or garlic finely, and dry well with a paper towel, Heat the oil and deep fry the shallots or garlic until golden brown and crisp. Take care not to let them burn or the flavour will be bitter. Drain and cool before storing.

Simmer the whole chicken in 6 cups water for 30 minutes

To make the spice paste, chop the shallots, garlic, candlenuts, ginger and turmeric, and put in a blender with just enough of the oil to keep the blades turning. Process until fine. Heat remaining oil in a heavy pan and sauté the blended paste together with remaining spice paste ingredients for 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently.

Put the cooked spice paste with the partially cooked chicken and simmer for another 20 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Remove the chicken from the stock, cut the bone meat into shreds, Strain stock and put back in the pan to reheat.

Divide the transparent noodles. Hard-boiled eggs, bean sprouts, celery leaves, and chicken among 6 large bowls. Add some sliced Lon tong if liked. Top with stock and sprinkle with fried shallots.

There are many ways in which you can cook shrimp and prawns and it is really a matter of preference or specification of a particular recipe Prawns and shrimps can be boiled, steamed, grilled, sautéed, baked or deep-fried and can be cooked with or without the shell, with the vein or deveined. If you have bought prawns or shrimp that have already been cooked, then they should be added a few minutes before the end of the specified cooking time, just to reheat them, as overcooking them will make them tough.

Shrimp pickled.

Ingredients

1 Kg large shrimp peeled, deveined and cooked
Juice two lemons
1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
1/2 cup finely chopped parsley
salt
black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
1 table-spoon capers

Preparation
Garnish: lemon zest, lemon slices, chopped fresh parsley. Clean shrimp, if necessary, and poach until pink. Cool in ice. Drain shrimp from ice. In mixing bowl, whisk together lemon zest, juice, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, olive oil and capers. Add the shrimp, toss to mix well. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Arrange shrimp in decorative design on platter. Garnish with lemon zest and parsley.

Decontruction it's special tehica cooking

Decontruction is second-favorite topic after food.Decontruction explores the politics and ethics of food. It's a way at looking at the individual parts of a commonly-accepted whole, and how they interact with each other outside that whole. Deconstruction hit its stride; it became the sort of term one could apply to anything, not just text. So restaurants started serving "deconstructed" food; that is, sums of parts: like the deconstructed Caesar salad (stacked romaine lettuce, an anchovy, an egg yolk, and some shaved Parmesan, in separate heaps on a plate), the deconstructed martini (separate shot glasses of gin, vermouth, and olives) etc.

In order to be able to deconstruct our cravings (food or otherwise) it’s important to look at what a craving is exactly. Cravings can be divided into three main categories: serving, distracting, connecting.

Deconstructing Supper is a ride every contemporary eater will want to take -- a thought-provoking and entertaining journey into the revolution in modern food production, and its effects on our lives.

Deconstructing: is a fine film, important for every culinary resource library. With so many scientific and technological changes taking place in food production.

It's vital that both chefs and students and lovers of food in general be knowledgeable about the ingredients they use. Nobody should take lightly what is happening to our farm produce. And make sense author The Food Revolution.

The term is very fitting to the culinary expertise of Chef's like Heston Blumenthal and Ferran Adria how paving the roads and today many Chefs' joining around the world. In spite of division of opinion between French cousin and Spanish cousin. They even chose to categorize them cooking methodology to this.

What's so special about this Technical cooking? In the being to start off, they has a cooking lab which (a Workshop today many chefs' build a lab to help to study all about Innovation cousin) wherein they leads a group of chemists and industrial designers to make a new dish! May it be a main course or an appetizer or a dessert, they test and experiment on different combination of ingredients to create a new dish. They document everything from the steps to the acidity level of the created dish. They even have their own symbols and they formulate food by formulas and flow charts!

So are the created foods edible? Definitely yes!!! They create new dishes not just to satisfy the one sense...the look, the taste, the smell and the mental perception are all satisfied in their new creation it's a revolutions. They explained that a beet is the same as the best fish in the world...there is no ingredient lesser than the other in that it cannot be made into a main ingredient. Very well stated. After all, we do set limits and hierarchy just because we said so. Salute to all chefs' how breaking this notion! Bravo!

While we may never know who specifically made the first "Deconstructed" dinner in the restaurants around the continent' because every one- the France cousin, and Spanish' cousin declare they specifically made the first dish.

What is "Deconstruction"? According to the Food Network "Deconstruction," a term coined by the French group. Refers to a style of literary analysis where text is analyzed closely and dismantled into independent parts that, though they work in the context of, say, a paragraph, may contradict each other in and of themselves. Essentially, it's a way at looking at the individual parts of a commonly-accepted whole, and how they interact with each other outside that whole.

Many chefs' beloved that Ferran Adria in his"El Taller" he start leads a group of chemists and industrial designers to make a new dish!

Any ways we can reader contribute ideas, for deconstructed food? The possibilities are endless. Think about deconstructed pasta dishes, Chinese food should lend itself nicely to deconstruction. We await your ideas.

Great "deconstructed" dish! I found that the best thing about this topic is the fun defining foods.

Deconstructed Glass of White Wine
adapted from José Andrés, Café Atlantico

http://www.alacuisine.org/alacuisine/2004/09/deconstructed_g.html

Chef Roth Moshik from T'Brouwerskolkje Restaurant deconstructs food. He breaks it down to its smallest parts and then puts it back together. And puts it back together with things. Like most artists who destroy their medium in order to reinvent it, he is always popular. His art may, in fact, destroy him.
There are a lot of questions that will be asked in the course of this story.

Example Ideas:

Deconstructed dish: In the center of the plate, a pile of flour. Nestled in the flour is a nice chunk of leaf-lard. Apple slices fan gracefully across the top of the plate, while below, from left to right, are arranged: 3 whole cranberries, a small pile of sugar, 3 whole cranberries, a line of cinnamon, 3 whole cranberries, a tiny ramekin of water with a single ice cube.

Recipe- by Chef Emeril Lagasse.

Deconstructed- Shrimp.

Foodstuffs'

1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 pound small okra, washed, caps and tips trimmed, and cut into 1/4-inch rounds
1 cup chopped, peeled and seeded fresh tomatoes, or 2 cups chopped canned tomatoes
1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onions
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped green bell peppers
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 cup chopped smoked ham
2 cups shrimp stock
2 teaspoons Essence, recipe follows
1 teaspoon file powder
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
Chopped parsley, garnish
Chopped green onions, garnish

Preparation

In a medium pot, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium-high heat. Fry the okra, stirring constantly, until most of the slime disappears, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes, onions, celery, bell peppers, garlic, bay leaf, salt, and cayenne and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft and the slime has disappeared, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the ham and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the stock and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat and cook, stirring, until thick and fragrant, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and adjust the seasoning, to taste.

In a shallow bowl, combine the Essence with the file powder. Dip the shrimp in the spice mixture to coat lightly on both sides.

In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp in batches as necessary and cook, turning, until opaque and pink, and just cooked through and tender, 3 to 4 minutes.

Arrange the shrimp in the center of 4 plates. Spoon the okra mixture around the shrimp and garnish each serving with parsley and green onions. Serve immediately.

Essence (Emeril's Creole Seasoning):
2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon dried leaf oregano
1 tablespoon dried thyme

Combine all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight jar or container. Yield: about 2/3 cup.

Beef is Culinary name

"Protein is the most obvious nutrient in beef that can benefit anyone who is training."

Beef: is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef is one of the principal meats used in the Cuisine. Beef packs some serious protein and other vital nutrients. But the buyer should still beware. Choose the right cut and you've got a high-octane muscle food; choose the wrong one and you could be sending your buff-to-blubber ratio in a downward spiral.

Beef doesn't contain just any run-of-the-mill protein. It boasts an impressive collection of the nine essential amino acids and has a high biological value, which means it's very digestible and usable by the body. Beef's nutritional virtues extend well beyond protein. Beneficial minerals in beef include the antioxidant selenium, highly absorbable iron and immune-boosting zinc, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid. Several of these micronutrients are involved in energy metabolism and help the body utilize sources of fuel such as carbohydrates and fat.

Beef is graded based on its leanness, how it tastes and the age of the animal when it meets its maker. Yes: that steak or beef burger contains more fat than your good old skinless chicken breast. But some saturated fat is necessary for maintaining testosterone levels. A good indication of fat content is the color of the meat; deeper red meats are often the leaner varieties.

Unfortunately, small farms where cows are free to graze on grass at will are rapidly being replaced by large corporate operations housing thousands of head of cattle that are fed grains. Yet small, family-owned cattle farms tend to be better for the environment and cows alike, and the beef they produce may be tastier and better for your health.

Snack food fads come and go, but beef has been something people have been making for thousands of years before commercialism even existed! We love Beef but many people try not to have it very often. As everybody know spicily how is in diet that eating Red-Meat isn’t healthy. Today the recommendation to try reduce consuming Red-Meat only once a week should be OK … I guess. There is nothing better than homemade and it's YUMMY!!!! Should We All Be Vegetarians? "Vegetarians don't live longer, they just look older"; and "If animals weren't meant to be eaten, then why are they made out of meat?" For my generation of unquestioning meat eaters, dinner is something the parents put on the table and the kids put in their bodies.

Grilled Beef Salad is one of my most favorite dishes and this particular dish has become my signature dish. Almost every time I hosted dinner parties at home, my mates always asked for it.

Kobe Beef: is one of top grade beef in the world. Japanese Kobe Beef is well marbled and very tender. Japanese Kobe Beef is raised in Hyogo prefecture. Japanese Kobe Beef is from Tajima-ushi. Fed on natural feed such as barley, wheat bran, and grass, and good water in Tajima region, which meet special criteria, become Kobe Beef. The beef must be ranked in Grade A -by Japanese Association of Meat Ranking. Kobe Beef usually costs over $100 per pound in Japan

The Story of Certified Hereford Beef: Hereford cattle have long enjoyed a reputation for producing truly great tasting beef. It started when innovative farmers in early 19th century America began importing the red-bodied, white-faced cattle from Herefordshire, England to breed to their dairy based stock in order to “beef up” the quality of future generations of cattle. Always known for hardiness and adaptability, the breed flourished with the Westward expansion of America, adding much needed weight and flesh to the native Texas Longhorns.

Link: Hereford beef

Angus is the original name of the breed as developed in England/Scotland. For some time prior to the1800 Century, there had been cattle without horns in these areas and were called Angus doddies.

In U.S.A. they are usually referred to simply as Angus or Black Angus Black Angus are the most popular beef breed of cattle in the United States Angus beef is of higher quality than beef from other breeds of cattle.

Link: Angus beef

Galloway: A cattle inspires many questions about their origins. They are familiarly known as 'Belties' among breeders of the animals. Though references to 'sheeted' cattle occur in literature and art as early as the 11th Century, Galloway's first recorded during the 16th Century in the former Galloway district of Scotland, Galloway's sets them apart from every other breed, and they being derived from the original British polled cattle of antiquity. The Beltie as a beef animal produces exceptionally lean and flavorful meat.

GALLOWAY BEEF: Galloway is one of only a handful and testy of beef breeds not dairy or draft. Galloway's "tender and juicy" beef in the year 1530.
That tradition of beef production has enabled the breed to capture some of the most competitive carcass competitions in North America. Commercial producers, feeders and packers note how the breed "fattens from the inside out," depositing desirable marbling - taste fat - in their rib eyes long before they reach undesirable levels of cover, or waste fat - a rare, and highly sought-after characteristic.
Galloway carcasses are moderate in weight, yet percent yield and percent retail product exceed their heavier counterparts of other breeds. Galloway cattle have low levels of wasteful internal fat - fat that surrounds the kidneys and heart and lines the pelvis. Their carcasses are well-marbled with large rib eyes. It is often said that Galloway beef has a distinctive eating quality, superior to other breeds.

Link Galloway beef

Charolais: Near the reign of Burgundy on rolling hills and valleys of Charolais and Bryonies are home to a breed of cattle known throughout the world for the quality of its meat. The town of Saint Christophe is at the heart of this cattle farming region, and its Thursday morning livestock market is a big local event. Troisgros has always known how to showcase this exceptional beef, marbled without being fatty and extremely tender. With such dishes as Steak with Melted Shallots, Beef 'Fleurie' with Marrow, and Poached Sirloin with Porcini Mushrooms and Chinese Vermicelli, each of the three generations has made Charolais beef its own. The white Charolais cattle are a hallmark of the Burgundy landscape, particularly in the south around Charolles and St-Christophe-en-Bryonies.

Link Charolais beef

Recipes: Boeuf Bourguignon

Preparation begins two days ahead of serving and while this dish takes time to prepare, it is well worth the effort. It freezes well, so we have made a large quantity with this in mind.

Ingredients

2.5 kg -stewing beef, trimmed and cut into cubes

Salt and coarse ground pepper – 1½ tabs each

½ cup plus 3 tabs oil

500 gm -carrots peeled and sliced

6 medium onions, peeled and cut into eighths

4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped

1 bouquet garni – fresh thyme tied with bay leaves and parsley stems

2 bottles of red wine

2 liters beef or veal stock

Tip: Kneaded butter made with 90 gm flour and 90 gm butter

For the garnish:

2 tabs oil

500 gm (1lb) smoked bacon –slices cut into strips

30 – 40 baby onions, blanched and peeled

500 gm (1lb) mushrooms, quartered if large

Fresh parsley, finely chopped

Preparation:

Toss the beef with generous amounts of salt and pepper; combine with 3 tabs of oil, carrots, onions and garlic in a large, non-reactive bowl. Toss the ingredients with the bouquet garni and add the red wine. Cover the mixture and refrigerate for 1 to 2 days, if possible, stirring from time to time.

Drain the marinated meat and vegetables and reserve the liquid. Separate the meat from the rest of the ingredients and dry the pieces of meat with paper towel.

Heat a very large, heavy-bottomed casserole over high heat with the ½ cup of oil for 3-4 minutes, or until the oil begins to smoke slightly. Sear the meat, in small batches, until well browned on all sides. Set aside the meat.

Remove the bouquet garni from the vegetable mixture. Add the marinated vegetables to the casserole and cover with a tight fitting lid. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 230C. Return the reserved meat to the casserole and add half the stock, the reserved wine marinade and the bouquet garni. Bring the mixture to the boil over high heat, skimming off any impurities that rise to the surface. This could be 2 cups.

Place the uncovered casserole in the oven, on the lowest possible shelf for ½ hour. Reduce the temperature to 175C. Add remaining stock. Cover and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the meat is tender, about 2 hours.

In the meantime, heat a large, heavy-bottomed and deep sided pan over high heat with the remaining 2 tabs oil. Add the bacon and cook until crisp. Drain and set aside the bacon. Add the onions to the pan and cover. Cook until the onions are translucent and begin to brown evenly. Add the mushrooms and cook, uncovered until the mushrooms are tender. Return the bacon to the mixture and reserve.

When the meat is tender, remove the casserole from the oven and place on a medium heat. Remove the bouquet garni and discard. Stir in the kneaded butter mixture, small amounts at a time, until the sauce is nicely thickened. Add the reserved garnish mixture, and reduce heat to a simmer for 15 minutes.

Sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving.

Beef Burgundy is usually accompanied by steamed or boiled potatoes but it is also delicious with wide, flat noodles.

Culinary Technology

The chef of Restaurant- Brouwerskolkje in Holland

Roth Moshik is a great person/chef who is happy playing with the culinary technology. Machines and techniques, last, the most sophisticated ones, fill their life. It handles like a monstruito the alchemy to them. Always investigating, always giving him returned to the technological inventions and from other cooks. It devours experiments. Consequently, we are before an impregnated culinary of laboratory of a somewhat rebellious spirit jug Eton and. Nothing, absolutely nothing of which it is served to him is a priori foreseeable.

Moshik is so convinced and so coherent that actually tasting only works with the menus. Letter of 10 plates to give options, although to which exists small it urges the house is to demand the menu tasting, that is offered in four, five and six plates and, mainly, the innovative menu, that include/understand twenty degustaciones, to the purest Adria style. Clear that Roth has its personality: well it is informed into by where they go Ferran, Dacosta, Rock, Klein, Blumenthal, and Achatz.

All it studies it, it selects it, develops it, it mixes and dismissal and it finishes giving a particular air him. With single proving the "Cryo" of eggs of saline small village with toffee liofilizado, construes and small onion intuit what it hopes to him. Exceptional the crystalline one of beet, almost inconsistent, as soon as sweet, with cream of Raeford it reaffirms the tendency: to surprise. Emotion that repeats with the mini bocaditos of foie gras of oca with chartreuse emparedados with the Coco. The salty tubular powder collection virtual is a brilliant idea that it can be surpassed in the attainment of the textures: they know to eel smoked with grass, Radovan with cream of cheese and to red of chipirón with cream of champion. Pizza is small hojaldre with all crowned the typical elements of so popular abundance of food with a sphere gelificada of mozzarella. Maridajes unusual like the ox of sea with black rice, green lemon, to kéfir and Granny apple the Smiths, who affect the resistances and the coolness. The blue, crude stroke and warms up, with she dominated of carrot dusted with verbena and frothy sauce of curry Colombo expresses the forcefulness of the nature: of the sea, the grass and the spices with extraordinary refinement. Memorable by intrinsic manjarosidad, technical development and disposition of complements the foie gras of oca with Wakame, foams of Wakame, infusion of Wakame, pommel gel of pommel and toasted rallado bread. And the pigeon of Anjou to low temperature with its natural juice, pure of maize, beet, olives with cherries and quinoa cooked in a concentrated broth of bird congregates exuberance of sensations and modernity from a classic structure; colossal. In short, so that to follow, we are before an experimental culinary that there is to experiment.

The best Restaurant in the area

It was a beautiful spring day and many people were sitting in the cafes' and Restaurant's. Spring was certainly in the air here today.

Even if want times, I am gladly gone and have a lunch. We arrived at the restaurant in early day at noon, after a short curvy ride up and down the mountain road that leads to Overveen, and offers a striking view out to sea. A tiny parking lot, a small (and a bit scruffy) beach, a handsome tiled-roof house -- we walked up the stairs and were greeted by the staff, who gave us a short tour of the kitchen and led us to our table by the window, nicely isolated from the rest of the room: the arrival of each dish offers a bit of a dramatic thrill, so we were happy not to get any spoilers from the other tables. And more important, joyful, as I'd hoped it to be. Exactly something too late has there I am look to came. My waiter course already and had been rightly sea ten oneself on the charming terrace. Pleasant linen, beautiful glaze, fine specifications and services. The reception was pleasant to the chef-cook himself. We started white wine Sauvignon Blanc dry, which pleased, however. Butter, oil and sea salt stood already on table. Bread was brought. At studying the restricted card we got a number of amuses. Five dishes: small snacks that you eat with your fingers, larger-sized tapes. Which directly gave a fine impression of what we could expect here? Then we get marshmallow with parmesans; tabular with herring and oblate with raw mackerel and ice of anchovy. Absolutely delicious. Recognizable tasting and separate structures exactly. It continued with cappuccino of bospeen, yoghourt, cardamom and Mandarin, what called also already an enormous taste explosion and we concluded the amuses with gazpacho with Rosen and ice of white perzik.

Therefore I was particularly satisfied concerning the amuses. It is a fast-paced dining rollercoaster, with explosive flavors and textural surprises that await you at every turn like a Granny Smith apple a beautiful piece crab lay. The dish had been prepared on the risotto Mainer with crab bouillon and that was taste also clearly. For me the sea-abstract appeared. it is thus a good idea to take a break on the terrace every now and then. Each dish, or group of dishes, is brought to the table by a small squadron of waiters dressed in black, and while you are busy taking pictures of the new dishes' that has just landed, the head waiter explains what it is in our case, in excellent French, and how to eat it: start with this end or that, gobble it up in just one bite, or hurry before it melts.

There were recurring themes within the meal seaweed, seeds, Parmesan, Thai flavors, Clementine, peach, the cotton candy texture, and Chef Moshik famous spherification technique, in which liquids are trapped in a thin alginate casing that bursts open on your tongue. Not everything was successful, and not everything sent shivers of pure pleasure down your spine: some of the flavors were quite strong, and it took stamina to take them all in with fresh taste buds. But every single item managed to amaze and entertain, making the whole experience quite dazzling, both on an intellectual and sensory level.

The next dish is a combination of octopus, see-gel, anchovy (ice), sardines, tuna, oysters and whose. Everything prepared with several cook technical (neatly explained Chef- M.Roth) we gave carte blanche to the sommelier, who selected third different wines for us -- let us take a moment to consider how challenging it is to come up with pairings for such a wacky menu.

The next dish was a large piece beautiful flesh (30 hours geared) with risotto, corn ear asparagus and natural gravy. Again appearing. Enameled mixed with plink tvisextract and capsule peas with grapefruit and mint what particular leaked combination are.

The parmesan air was perfectly. And entirely well' he was more like snow, really in a Styrofoam box, on which you sprinkled freeze-dried berry muesli this was our favorite dish: the texture wasn't particularly enjoyable.

Now we got Tomato soup with virtual ham-thin slivers of tomato-flavored jelly, and croutons topped with ham-flavored jelly and basil seeds.

Next a dish call" Sea inspiration " a discovery trail of twelve different types of seaweed, some mild, some extremely bold in flavor, umps of crab meat in a mandarin flower broth, with bulgur on the side.befor the least favorite dish, " Mussel Spheres" in a potato and bacon soup, with dots of double cream, and cubes of apple jelly. . We concluded with- tiny lumps and piles of various vegetable and herb seeds.

To fins the meal we get a placard with 5 pieces simply good cheese. On the fine terrace was it enormously enjoys therefore. The final locking was espresso.

It took us six hours to go through the entire meal -- from 8pm to 2am -- but we were in such a state of elation that it was hard to tell if it had been two minutes or two days since we had first sat down. I would like to stress here how pleased we were with the service: the ballet of dishes coming and going was perfectly choreographed, and the wait staff was exceptionally warm and attentive, making us feel as if we were the only guests in the restaurant.

So, do I think that T' Brouwerskolkje is onus the best restaurant in the Nederland? First of all, I'm sure I'm not the only one to whom the idea of one single "best restaurant in the Holland" seems ludicrous: depending on my mood, my appetite. But dining at T' Brouwerskolkje is certainly a one-of-a-kind experience, and I wish it upon anyone who's passionate about food, who has broad tastes, who is tickled by the discovery of new flavors, and who is happy to be whisked away on a flying carpet driven by a mad scientist, even if the ride leaves him a bit dizzy.

In the end I where still what friend dishes came; among other things marshmallow with olive oil and almond, bonbons and nougat. Very satisfied I left this pleasant restaurant. That there what is criticism on the reroute in itself can I, however, present itself, on the other hand: here at top level it is absolutely cooked, the service is excellent and the spot is all erschattigst. I return here certainly. Internet site: http://www.brouwerskolkje.nl/

Cooking in low- Sous Wide

Low temperature cooking is an unusual cooking technique, a variant of roosting, which is claimed to produce more tender and tasty results than traditional high-temperature roasting. In low temperature cooking, the food to be cooked- red meat such as beef, is cooked for a long period of time- 10-20 hours. And at a low temperature- as low as 55°C, this technique is favoured by loot of chefs' around the world.

Cooking in Super hot ovens and stovetop burners operating at full blast are commonplace in professional kitchens, but some of that heat is dissipating as more chefs discover that a slower, gentler approach to cooking often results in better-tasting food. While several dishes have been cooked slowly for centuries, a growing number of chefs are using new technologies--even apart from increasingly popular sous-vide cooking--and different approaches to bring out sometimes-unexpected qualities in a broader array of ingredients. As a chef, you don't traditionally cook things slow," says Roth Moshik head chef of T' Brouwerskolkje Restaurant in Nederland. You cook at a high temperature and really quickly. But abandons that philosophy when preparing her version of the classic dish.

You have to slow-cook!!!Who cooks the shanks for close to four hours and serves those with haricots verts that have been sauteed quickly with grated ginger in olive oil. Accompanying the dish are red creamer potatoes mashed with garbanzo beans and horseradish.

Sous-vide is a method of cooking that allows food to maintain flavor, nutrients, and natural texture through low temperature heating for an extended period of time.

Developed decades ago, the sous-vide method uses airtight plastic bags placed in water significantly below the boiling point, sometimes for well over 24 hours. Now, finally it has shed its boring boil-in-bag reputation and found its way into the most highly regarded restaurant kitchens. in just four short sessions, you will be introduced to sous vide techniques and learn about recent technological advances in low temperature cooking and how to preserve, even intensify, the flavor of food by sealing in the juices so it doesn't lose color or dry out., you’ll understand how sous-vide cooking can help you achieve results that you can't get with classic techniques and how to use low temperature techniques even if you can't use a vacuum machine.

Most people think that it's necessary to first brown the meat at a high temperature before letting it cook through. Although this is the way that most roasts are still cooked, it doesn't actually have to be cooked this way. In recent years a number of chefs, have realized that cooking meat to make it tender can take place at relatively low temperatures, before the joint is browned on the outside. Understanding some of the chemistry and physics that happens when we cook meat will explain why this is so. Actually, cooking meat at low temperatures is not a new invention. The English scientist in the late 18th century described how he had left a joint of meat in a drying oven overnight and was amazed when, the next morning, he found that the meat was tender and fully cooked, although it hadn't browned. He was totally at a loss to explain why this had happened.

This experiment was repeated by Professor Nicholas Kurti from The University of Oxford during a lecture at the Royal Institution in 1969; when he showed that the temperature of the meat in never went higher than 65C, far lower than the temperature at which most of us roast meat, at up to 200C or more.

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Basically, there are three main reasons why we cook meat: to make it tender, to give it a 'roasted' flavour and to kill any harmful bacteria that may be present. However, despite popular belief, the chemical changes that happen when meat is cooked to make it tender, and those that give it the dark brown colour and its rich roasted flavour, are quite unrelated and the two processes happen at very different temperatures. Harmful bacteria are killed off at temperatures in between the two extremes. It is therefore useful to understand the difference between these three processes - making the meat tender, giving it a roasted flavour and killing harmful acteria.

Meat cooked in hot water will not look particularly appetizing. It will not have the brown colour we expect and it will have no roasted flavours. This is because the reactions that make the brown colours and the rich flavours of a roasted joint happen at much higher temperatures. Besides cooking meat to make it easier to eat and to give it a delicious flavour, we also cook it to kill any harmful bacteria that it might contain. Large joints of meat are relatively free from bacteria on the inside, but often have them on the surface. This is why we should always wash our hands after we touch raw meat.

We can now understand the slow cooking procedure championed by Heston. Slow cooking causes the collagen in the meat to break down into gelatin and the meat fibres to shrink and release the meat juice. This makes the meat tender. The fibres separate easily and they are deliciously succulent from the entire gelatin released from the collagen.

The high-temperature surface searing of the meat following the slow cook creates lots of aroma molecules when the ribose and the amino acids released from the meat react together, and these add to the rich flavour. This final heating also kills off any bacteria that may have survived the slow cooking.

55 - 60C shrinking of meat fibres and release of juices from them

60 - 65C slow breakdown of collagen to make gelatin which dissolves in water

65 - 70C killing of any harmful bacteria.

100 - 120C Formation of roast and fried flavours when ribose and amino acids from the meat react together.

Improved cereal-based food products suitable for cooking in a low temperature generally about 50-60 C and high moisture (i.e., steam) environment are provided. The improved cereal-based food products, when cooked in a low temperature and high moisture environment, provide aroma and surface appearance characteristics similar to that of oven-baked goods. An aroma-enhancement component is obtained by micro encapsulating flavorings and/or aroma components in a hard fat. The aroma-enhancement component is incorporated into the dough or cereal-based substrate. The flavorings and aroma components are released during the low temperature cooking process. The surface appearance is obtain by coating the dough or cereal-based substrate with a crust-enhancement component containing potato flakes, hydrophobic starch, crust flavorings, colorants, and anti-caking agents. The crust-enhancement component, when cooked in a low temperature and high moisture environment, provide a crust which is comparable to that of oven-baked goods.

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Innovation in food service technology offers differentiation and cost leadership in strategic terms. The majority of food service businesses do not have research and development laboratories. At present, the innovations in equipment design and layout, packaging and service techniques are of a defensive or reactive nature. Examples of defensive innovation include faster and better preparation methods, improved temperature control, even heating, energy and labour savings, less waste, better sanitation, faster service and flexibility. In contrast, developments in offensive or pro-active innovation, which can radically change current practices, are rare. Novel food service processes can evolve as a result of adoption of technological breakthroughs in “high tech” fields of the economy. This justifies investments in offensive research and highlights the importance of technical competencies for a food service professional.

In the 90th chefs and restaurateurs are launching themselves into a brave, new world of culinary exploration as they embrace innovative technologies and cooking techniques shaped by an evolving awareness of food chemistry and nutritional requirements. Top food professionals participating in European Restaurant, Show they month discussed trends in menu development that encompassed such issues as ingredient traceability. Preparations that maximize an item's nutrient value and food safety.

Tradition is key for cuisine in general. But Innovation, explains, is what attracts new customers. The results are, well, interesting. The Innovation cousin examples how are evolving their offerings in order to lure new customers in a competitive food market. We like to taste new products; they attract us to the stalls. People come to eat because they it seems strange. Evolution is the key to survival in an increasingly competitive world, and others looking further afield for inspiration. Gastronomic tradition, maintains many food lovers attracted to natural products, there is also a profusion of suburban hypermarkets selling processed and packaged food. The public is now split in its attitude to good food. There are those who have lost their taste and those who still like to eat good food. The Innovation cousin is a rich and generously portioned meal that could easily be split in a dining companion.

Innovative menu at a rate that would make a corporate creativity consultant lose his lunch--or, perhaps, clamor to eat another one. The innovation cousin unexpected push the culinary envelope by combining flavors, textures, and temperatures in previously unimagined ways in general irreverence for the accepted parameters of food and fine dining that have suddenly propelled Cantu into the role of the restaurant world's. The point, is simple almost insanely, ambitious: chefs' wants to use they strange brew of self-taught rocket science and professional culinary training to change the way the world thinks about food--which has barely evolved, and everything else has advanced at warp speed.

Cooking is a loose term. Its understanding energy or the lack thereof, People are afraid because their mentality as a whole has been held back with food and pushed forward with everything else around them. Chefs' hopes to commercialize some of them inventions, with the ultimate aim of improving the lot of man. The main goal is not to wind up on aisle seven at Safeway. They don't want to be the guy doing the bottled hot sauce. We're changing the way humans perceive food. To change the world for the better--not to mention run a restaurant that is quickly becoming a temple for science-based gastronomy--is a hell of an ambitious goal for a self-proclaimed screw-up. They are chefs determined that the only way to learn how to be the best was to work with the best. They decided to take the traditional "stage," the free internship most would-be cooks do for a few weeks or months, and turn it into a way of life. Chefs' spent days off tinkering with own creations, imagining startlingly original ways of presenting and reconstituting food. What ideas had in common was the combination of the fresh and the familiar--the deconstruction of a comfortable, memory-evoking food and its resurrection in a totally different presentation. I think the key to success in this business is to find the right people and let them be creative.

Food has been around as long as humans. Restaurants date back to somewhere around the French revolution, when the sudden lack of royalty motivated chefs to convince ordinary folks to eat somewhere other than home. Cuisine was invented, and codified and Scoffer wrote it down. There were rules, and you were either good at it, or bad. Michelin could score it, because they knew where the points were won and lost. But from Chef Ferrán Adria the famous Spanish chef behind El Bulli, the restaurant outside Barcelona that in the 1980s became the first to successfully mine the vein between science and food, between perception and reality, in what is often dubbed "molecular gastronomy". Guest what and how we eat is being taken apart and reinvented, aided mightily by technology. Wylie Defense's signature dish is "Pickled Beef Tongue with Fried Mayonnaise and Carrot-Coconut Sunnyside-Up," if that helps illustrate the shift.

People mast to thinks different. To have the courage to embrace science in a profession that typically refuses the label art for craft, that times a process with gut and nose and measures with palms and fingers takes balls. To do so in Evanston.

To make beauty and taste so elevated that even those who declare "it's not cooking" have to pause, as Anthony Bourdain did at the end of Decoding Ferran Adria, takes more than just creativity.

People mast Go look at the gallery of Ferran Adria dishes, and know you are only getting a part of the story. Remember if you never eat there, you will never know what all the fuss was about. In fact, due to the performance-nature of cooking, you may never know it. It can change with produce quality, the chef's boredom, or simply get replaced. More than any other art form, every meal is a precious moment shared between you and the chef, not to come again.

Sea food are Excellent

"It's time to chill that bottle of white wine and prepare yourself and journey to a Seafood Heaven."

For all intents and purposes, seafood is defined as edible fish or shellfish. The variety of entities living under water is tremendous, and it is for this reason that seafood is a delicacy; a taste that once acquired, is hard to beat.

It's no superrich that in every restaurant you weal may be puzzled as to why a few shrimp and scallops cost more than a hearty steak or chicken. Well, after reading this guide, you will understand everything.

Many and based chef's and restaurateur. There costumers have helped shape they passion for enjoying quality food and, more recently, for marine conservation.

Sea food has long been a delicacy around the world. Seafood can play an important role in a balanced diet. Overall seafood is very healthy for humanity.

Sea food offers some unusual dishes for those who love seafood and fish. Fish could be prepared in so many different ways, not just fried in batter as most like it, and it can be served as a really special meal. Fish and seafood are an excellent substitute for meat products. They provide a rich source of protein and omega 3 fatty acids; and they are also low in saturated fats the Heart Association recommended eating at least 2 servings of fish a week, particularly fatty fish. With increasing public concerns over farmed fish, choose wild fish. Medical researchers are offering yet another reason to enjoy fresh fish. Study shows that people who eat seafood, such as salmon, that’s high in Omega-3 fatty acids are generally more agreeable and less likely to be in a bad mood. From aspect of data indicate that contaminant levels in this fish do not warrant consumption advisory. Therefore adults and children can safely eat this fish at least once a week.

The connection between seafood and health is undeniable, yet information available to consumers is confusing at best and often conflicting. The Food and Drug Administration from any country his responsibly that the first primary of government agency that manages food safety/food health issues. However, as part of the Department of Commerce, the government Service has obligation to help make information about seafood products more accessible to the general public. Consumers want to know if fish and other seafood are healthy and safe to eat and feed to their families. The following links will help answer this question. Our goal is to provide balanced information that puts the benefits and risks of seafood consumption into perspective to help consumers make educated decisions about their diet.

Lobster: is a favorite of many people around the world, Lobster may be purchased live in the shell, or freshly cooked in the shell. When purchased live, lobster should show some movement and the tail should spring back when straightened out. Lobster that show no movement when handled and whose tail hangs down straight are dead and should be discarded. When handling live lobster, be careful of the claws as they can give you a severe pinch. To protect the handler and to prevent the lobster from harming each other in captivity, the claws are usually immobilized by placing an elastic band around them. When buying cooked lobster, check that they are a bright red-orange colour, have a fresh aroma and that the tail section will spring back into a

And with good reason. In most cases, lobster is boiled or steamed- The most common way to cook lobster is to steam it in sea water (or salted water) for 10-15 minutes. To obtain a perfect balance between taste and tenderness, most chefs boil the lobster with carrots, celery, pepper, and a dash of white wine. Some restaurants steam the lobster because boiling it tends to add a watery taste that certain connoisseurs aren't fond of. Lobster may also be barbecued on a grill. Nevertheless, most of us will eat it up in any shape, form or fashion.

Lobstering as a trap fishery came into existence in Maine/ U.S.A.around 1850.Lobster is found from North Carolina to Newfoundland and is an Atlantic Ocean crustacean. The so-called Norway Lobster, also called the Dublin Prawn, also called Scampi (no, scampi isn't shrimp) is similar to, but smaller than, the true lobster. Lobster spices cool Palinurus elephas is a Sping lobster (Langouste) with commonly chught in the Mediterranean Sea. The lobster lives and feeds in rocky sea bottoms where it hides in nooks and crevices, and scavenges the sea for any debris that passes. In order to grow, they must shed the hard shell that protects them. When they molt, they go into hiding until their new shell is hard. The male lobster molts when the moon is dark, while the female molts when the moon is full and bright. She will be noticed by a male who will protect her. Lobsters take five years to reach one pound, twenty years to reach four pounds. The best lobster is the female lobster when she is 'berried' or carrying the packet of bright coral eggs under her tail. It is illegal to fish a lobster if the coral eggs show. The coral is prized, of course, if only for it unavailability, though it is considered a delicacy among gourmets. The green tomalley which is the liver of the lobster is also prized as a delicacy.

Recipes: Lobster Thermidor.

Lobster Thermidor is a rich dish that is said to have been named by Napoleon after the month in which he first tasted it.

2 lobster's
1/2 cup white vinegar per 8 quarts of water
enough water to completely cover lobsters

Place lobsters in a stockpot or other heat-proof container with a lid.

Bring water and vinegar to a rolling boil and then pour over lobsters and cover.

Let steep for 3/4 minutes for 2 lobsters.

Remove from the pot with tongs, twist off claws with knuckles attached and return claws to pot for 5 minutes.

Twist off the tails from the body and pull off the flippers from the end of the tail.

Push the meat out through the large end of the tail. Remove the vein from the center of the tail.

After 5 minutes, remove the claws from the pot and crack open with the back of a knife. Use only enough force to crack the claw and loosen the meat.

Remove the meat from the knuckles. Reserve the tail shells and cut out the thin underside of them with scissors.

Bechamel Sauce

1 yellow onion,
1 small carrot, peeled and small dice
1 celery rib, small dice
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4 cups scalded milk
Small, bouquet garni
salt
freshly ground white pepper
pinch of nutmeg
pinch of cayenne
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
1/2 cup grated parmesan

Directions

Preheat oven to 180/200 degrees.

Melt butter in a saucepan and saute onion, carrot and celery until translucent.

Add flour and stir well until flour is completely incorporated.

Add milk 1/3 at a time, whisking well at each addition.

And dry seasonings, simmer for 15 minutes. Add Bouquet garin

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks and cream.

Take sauce off of the heat and whisk in cream and yolk combination.

Rough chop the lobster meat, place in a mixing bowl and toss with half of the hot béchamel.

Place lobster tail shells on a baking sheet or in a casserole dish, spoon mixture into shells and top with remaining béchamel and grated parmesan.

Bake in oven at 180 for 12 minutes or until parmesan is golden brown.

Innovation cousin

Molecular Gastronomy Resources covers a wide range of topics in detail – from how cheeses are made, to the science behind tempered chocolate. As you might expect, the explanations can sometimes become quite technical.

And relatable to my own cooking. Hopefully this will help me become a better cook. After all, who can question your cooking technique when it’s been scientifically proven to work?

For long time, I’ve been trying to figure out what makes food taste incredible as opposed to merely good or great. And now, I think I’ve found the answer.

Cooking techniques, both classic and modern, are a heritage that the cook has to know how to exploit to the maximum. And to use top quality products and technical knowledge to prepare then properly are taken for granted.

The cooking techniques we're most familiars with are those that have been refined through many generations. Likewise, the foods most of us eat still remain light years away from the pill-sized meals of the Jet sons, and for the sake of anyone who likes to eat and cook; I hope it remains that way.

Molecular gastronomy is the science of culinary transformations and gastronomical phenomena in general. It should not be confused with molecular cooking, which is the application of molecular gastronomy to cooking.

Examples: Molecular gastronomy uses science to explain how food is transformed. By understanding food transformation scientifically, it is easier to replicate results.

Some people think a law is a law. But if a law doesn't work, then you change it. Some traditions don't work, and so you have to change them. Therefore although the characteristics of the products may be modified.temperature, texture, shape, and ctc.the aim is always to preserve the purity of original flavour, exeept for processes that call for long cooking or seek the nuances of particular reaction such as the "Maillard" reaction. Also Chef's colleague's mast, working in close collaboration with cooks is essential .and regularly teams up with chefs to exchange information. Every Month, to invent a new recipe from it.

The Chef's mast work very hard, and to known for innovative cuisine and food combinations.

As a result of this crossover between science and cooking, outstanding restaurants around the world are serving unusual flavored dishes according to the new cousin- Innovation: ice cream made with liquid nitrogen and sardines on sorbet toast and. more. Utensils such as blowtorches, pH meters, and refractometers, which were previously relegated to science laboratories, are now creeping into the kitchen.

Today young Chef's around the world been interested to use science for cooking, and works closely with molecular gastronomists. They demonstrated the combination one of the world's leading flavors,

This science result event a new recipe ,the research helps to the cousin staff blend some unusual ingredients.( Spice bread ice cream and crab syrup, smoked bacon and egg ice cream served with French toast and tomato jam, and oysters and passion-fruit jelly are a few examples.) Scientists and chefs alike believe that with the help of science, cooking can be improved. One of the best ways of standardizing techniques is to use science as a starting point. A comprehension of these more scientific principles prior to a practical bread making demonstration, for example, enhances understanding and allows the student to understand how successful bread can be made.

This described set on basic cooking rules, according to scientific research .therefore this basic help to the chef's everyday cooking. The rule of juxtaposition, for example, explains: that one ingredient will seem tasteless if it is served with another, more taste ingredient. Conversely, the flavorful ingredient's taste will be sharpened.

Another rule, the law of dominance, states that an ingredient with a dominant taste (a very sweet-tasting ingredient such as chocolate, for instance) must always be "awakened" by an ingredient with another dominant taste. Example: acidic food, according to this principle confirmed by the popular combination Example: orange and chocolate.

Molecular gastronomy is gaining momentum throughout Europe. Also loot of institute in Europe thus I.N.R.A- "France's national agronomic" made this science a discipline in its own right.

European Union recently backed a three-year research project, Inicon, which is developing innovative technologies to help modernize cooking.

The next big idea is wants to tackle to the role that love — "of the cook for the diners, the diners for the cook", "and of everyone for each other" — plays in determining tastes. Cooking for someone is a way of telling them," love you". Has to be understood, of course, before pausing for a second. "But first, do the job with the carrots.

Like all good chefs seeking to extend their knowledge, the chef from Restaurant T ' Brouwerskolkje is also looking abroad for further inspiration. On the suggestion of a journalist from Holland, he recently checked out a well-kept (to UK chefs at least) Dutch secret. 't Brouwerskolkje is just one hour out of Amsterdam and its one-Michelin-starred chef- Moshik Roth is putting combinations such as hare with beetroot and chocolate mousse on the plate - the mousse being quenelled at the table Heston Blumenthal-style using liquid nitrogen. Simmonds, his curiosity aroused, is in the process of setting up a stage with Moshik Roth.

And although he's coy about revealing details, he's also currently establishing contact with a Cardiff university academic in order to further his comprehension of how food works scientifically. Not, he says, to travel the molecular route, but in order to cook his own food better through greater understanding. He's clearly excited by the possibilities to come but is also deeply conscious that his flights of fancy have to prove themselves in the eating. "I have to be able to justify why I put certain things together. Of course, that means each dish has to work for me first, I have to be totally convinced by it."