by Joseph Yacino | Jul 14, 2017 | cooking, cooking tip, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, what I learned in the kitchen
You all know that expression (originally a book): “Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten.” Indulge me as I tweak that to apply to the kitchen. Well, maybe I didn’t learn everything essential there — but the room known lovingly as the...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 14, 2017 | cooking, easy recipe, fish, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, recipe, remoulade sauce, seafood, tartar, tartar sauce
Remoulade is a French invention and was most likely used as a condiment for meats. Today we see it more as a fish sauce, rather like the English tartar sauce. I like mine with minced cornishon, which you can add to the below recipe. 1 cup/225ml mayonnaise 2...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 11, 2017 | cured fish, fish, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, salt, seafood, sugar
You can pretty much cure anything at all. The common cold is somewhat elusive, but pretty much all fleshy fish can be cured. Gravadlax, or gravlax, is what I’d call a soft and loose cure. The salmon remains moist and almost raw in the middle and the curing process can...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 11, 2017 | chicken, fort lauderdale personal chef, garlic, ginger, palm beach personal chef, recipe, soy sauce, yakitori
INGREDIENTS 1 pound/450g chicken livers, gizzards or boneless thigh meat ½ cup/120ml dark soy sauce or tamari ¼ cup/60ml mirin 2 tablespoons/30ml sake or dry sherry 1 tablespoon/12.5g brown sugar 2 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed ½ teaspoon/2ml grated fresh ginger...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 9, 2017 | carrot, chicken, cooking, fort lauderdale personal chef, healthy eating, palm beach personal chef, recipe, squash
Serves 4 Ingredients 1 pound yellow squash 1 pound carrots 1/4 cup ghee, divided 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin 1 tsp. Celtic sea salt 1/2 cup chopped, fresh basil leaves Juice of 1 lemon 1/4 cup chopped, fresh flat-leaf parsley Directions...
by Joseph Yacino | Jul 9, 2017 | chicken, cooking chicken, cooking tip, fort lauderdale personal chef, palm beach personal chef, roast chicken, spatchcock, splaying, trussing
Here are some great tips we cover in our cooking classes. Preparing the Chicken There is no consensus on the best way to prep a chicken for roasting; it’s all a matter of personal preference and tried-and-true experience. But here are some suggestions for where to...
