Chef’s Blog

Recipes, cooking tips and tricks, sauces, stocks, catering menu ideas, process, opinion and food passion.

  • Coconut Curry Salmon with Quinoa

    Coconut Curry Salmon with Quinoa

    Simply one of my favorite curries. Comfort food at it’s best. Fresh made tomato curry with coconut milk and just a hint of heat. The curry seasoning is from a 100 year old recipe and the garam masala is a Punjabi recipe which I have found to be simply perfect for the dish.


  • Reduction Sauces – Meat Glaze – Glace – Part 2

    Reduction Sauces – Meat Glaze – Glace – Part 2

    Stock to demi-glace to glace de Viande. So ok chef, where’s the recipe? Well… I’m not gonna tell you exactly how to make things, but I will certainly give you a basic rundown on how I do it. Until you’ve cultivated a foundation for stocks which you can duplicate in your sleep, go find any…


  • Sous Vide Breast of Duck with Pulled Confit Leg

    Sous Vide Breast of Duck with Pulled Confit Leg

    Duck 2 ways – Sous Vide Breast with Confit Leg A time intensive dish to prepare. The duck is dressed and fully boned out. All fat and skin is removed and rendered. The bones are roasted separately and then a stock is made. The stock reduces from 2 gallons to approximately 1/2 a quart and…


  • Reduction Sauces – Meat Glaze – Glace – Part 1

    Reduction Sauces – Meat Glaze – Glace – Part 1

    Stock to demi-glace to glace de Viande. Part 1 – Introduction to reduction stocks and glazes, or glace. A four part series on the process of making Glace de Viande and Demi Glace At a meeting around the grill with a few friends this past summer, or early autumn, one of them brought over some…


  • Roasted Beet, Fennel and Asparagus Salad with Chevre Pomegranate Mayo

    Roasted Beet, Fennel and Asparagus Salad with Chevre Pomegranate Mayo

    Drizzled with a bit of extra virgin olive oil and pomegranate reduction. Very light, easy on the palate and well suited for a number of wines.


  • Smoked Sockeye Salmon and Cream Cheese Stuffed Cremini Mushrooms

    Smoked Sockeye Salmon and Cream Cheese Stuffed Cremini Mushrooms

    One of my personal all time favorites is Smoked Salmon – in any presentation – and I never pass on an opportunity to to have some when I can. Earthy, great balance of flavors, accented with freshly roasted red pepper, Chevre goat cheese, shallot brown butter and topped with melted Gruyere. Good for a range…