We'll show you all the foods that make the region special.
Recipes: Vermont Cheddar Vegetable Soup; Boston Brown Bread; Boston Baked Beans; Maine Lobster Rolls; New England Maple Walnut Sundae
Ellie has simple, delicious healthy recipes that'll do it every time. Like Four Cheese Baked Penne, Tomato-Tortilla Soup, Chocolate-Almond Meringues and Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta and Mint.
Ellie takes time out in the kitchen to create leisurely laid-back food: herby Greek-style stuffed peppers, cornmeal crusted tart with layers of roasted vegetables, and crunchy pecan sandie biscuits. Delicious "time on your hands" food that's healthy and delicious.
Impress your family or your guests with a mouthwatering feast. Wolfgang Puck shares his secrets to roasting. His techniques will help you cook with ease and precision -- from a New York Strip cooked to perfection, to roasted root vegetables.
Reflect on the past over a Passover feast.
Recipes: Matzoh Ball Soup; Baby Moses Salad; Cornish Hens with Apricots; Vegetable and Fruit Cupcakes and Chocolate Chip Kisses
Guest: Joan Nathan
Get your family to love the vegetables you cook. Emeril shows you how. This episode is all about making your vegetables take center stage. Once you learn these secrets your family will never look at vegetables the same. Put roasted pencil asparagus with cherry tomatoes, garlic and extra virgin olive oil on your shopping list and see how this dish comes to life. Then butter makes it better when you sautée mixed mushrooms with sage, butter and parsley. Tempura string beans with dipping sauce make your green beans sing.
Frederic shows Jack an alternative to her usual holiday turkey with a recipe for roast beef tenderloin with mushroom ragout.
Episode Guide
Below you’ll find a helpful episode guide for cooking along with Frederic and Jack, as well as tips and recipe rescues.
Equipment List:
Large oven-proof skillet
Large, heavy skillet
Tongs
Kitchen twine
Boning knife or chef’s knife
Chef’s knife or paring knife
Measuring spoons
Instant-read thermometer
Cutting board
Wooden spoon
Pepper mill
Liquid measuring cup
Aluminum foil
Wire rack
Carving knife
Tips:Silver skin:
You need a sharp knife to remove silver skin.
Silver skin is a membrane; if left on, it can cause the meat to curl during cooking.
Silver skin is unpleasant to bite into in a cooked piece of meat; it is extremely tough, and cannot really be chewed.
Searing, tenting, and resting meat:
Searing is a very high-heat, fast cooking method used to brown the exterior of the meat and produce a nice crisp crust; searing adds flavor to meat and seals in the juices.
Tent meat to keep it warm while resting, but don’t let foil touch meat, as this affects crust and does not give it the room it needs to rest.
Meat needs to rest so that the juices redistribute throughout the piece of meat. If you cut into the meat immediately, you lose at least half of its juices.
Cleaning mushrooms:
Wipe the surfaces of mushrooms clean with a kitchen towel or paper towels.
Do not clean mushrooms ahead of time, or they may turn a more brownish color.
Do not soak mushrooms in water.
Deglazing:
Deglazing is the process of adding a small amount of liquid to a hot pan that has just been used to saute, and then scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to loosen the flavorful browned bits, or fond.
Various wines or alcohol, or stock or broth are the most common deglazing liquids.
Deglazing is often used to make an accompanying sauce.
Recipe Rescues:Meat sticks to the pan while searing – Don’t try to tear the meat away from the pan. Add a little more oil to the pan. Make sure oil is hot and shimmering before adding meat.
Mushrooms are getting soggy, not browned – Let them cook undisturbed until browned, at least 5 minutes. Stirring them or moving them around prevents them from browning.
The flame got too large when alcohol is added to the pan – Always remove the pan from the heat when adding alcohol. When the flame goes down, it is fine to return the pan to the heat.
More versatile than your favorite jeans, Emeril has some kicked up new ideas for everyone’s favorite white meat. Roasted Asian Chicken Wings; Lemon-Garlic Chicken Thighs; Chicken and Vegetable Ribbons en Papillote with Emeril’s Lemon Butter Sauce
Meet a DJ in Marietta, GA with a recipe for Smoked Gouda Vegetable Soup. Next, meet a woman in Amityville, NY who doesn't let her MS interfere with her love of baking scones.
Features two classic New Orleans recipes -- a crab leg gumbo with oysters, shrimp, and okra; and also a crab meat side dish with vegetables. Graham visits the famous Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans.