The Chef Next Door: A Pro Chef’s Recipes for Fun, Fearless Home Cooking
By Amanda Freitag and Carrie King
William Morrow Cookbooks, 2015
Publisher Description
Improve your confidence and add joy to your home cooking with this beautiful, practical, full-color cookbook filled with information, techniques, and more than 100 recipes from the Food Network favorite and critically acclaimed chef of New York’s Empire Diner restaurant.
Amanda Freitag is a master at knocking out fabulous meals in her restaurant kitchen and on the set of Food Network’s Chopped and Iron Chef America. But until recently, she was totally intimidated to cook at home in her tiny apartment kitchen, relating to the fears of many home cooks. She realized she wasn’t alone! She set out to help other home cooks and created a list of restaurant-quality recipes that shine in the home kitchen. The Chef Next Door teaches home cooks a wide range of confidence-instilling skills, tricks, and tips that Amanda has picked up working in professional kitchens and cooking competitively on television. In her bright, lively voice, she helps you master the basic techniques that are the foundation of good, flavorful cooking. She also teaches you how to think like a chef—to consider seasonality, balancing flavors, understanding the steps, and learning how to improvise—to create a menu and execute dishes with pro techniques, as if she were right there in the kitchen with you.
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Recipes
Back to Basics
- Basic Risotto
- Caramelized Onions
- Basic Blanched Vegetables
- Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
- Roasted Garlic
- Shallot Confit
- Fresh Pasta Dough
- Vinaigrettes
- Sherry Tapenade Vinaigrette
- Mustard Vinaigrette
- White Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Tomato Vinaigrette
- Red Wine Vinaigrette
- Chicken Stock
Sauces, Marinades, and Other Flavor Secrets
- Marinara Sauce
- Herb Pesto
- Sweet and Spicy Chili Oil
- Green Olive Relish
- Fresh Tomato Sauce
- Easy Compound Lemon-Pepper Butter
- All-Around Mustard Sauce
- Grapefruit Gastrique
- Malt Vinegar Aoli
- Rosemary Anchovy Rub
- Curry Golden Raisin Sauce
- Sweet Summer Corn Sauce
- Chermoula
First Impressions
- Eggplant Caponata
- Gazpacho
- Butternut Squash Soup
- Mixed Marinated Olives
- Shrimp Cocktail with Homemade Sauce
- Fast Guacamole
- Crabmeat Crostini
- Goat Cheese Flan
- Spinach-Feta Pies
More Than a Salad
- Caesar Salad with Homemade Butter Croutons
- Caesar Dressing
- Beet Salad with Beet Vinaigrette
- Beet Vinaigrette
- Kale and Farro Salad with Aged Goat Cheese
- Cucumber, Dill, and Yogurt Salad
- Asparagus Salad with Parmesan
- “Italian” Salad
- Corn and Black Bean Salad
- Avocado and Bacon Salad with Jalapeño-Bacon Fat Dressing
- Grilled Zucchini and Tomato Panzanella Salad
- Lobster Salad
What’s for Dinner?
- “Pork on Pork” Chops
- Spinach, Potato, and Ricotta Egg White Frittata
- Lamb Burgers with Fresh Mint YOgurt
- “Lusty” Lemon Chicken
- Lentil Soup
- Salmon with Peas, Pearl Onions, and Mint
- Barley-Stuffed Peppers
- Grilled Steak with Herb Butter
- Cornmeal-Crusted Chicken Thighs with Jamaican Spice
- Toasted Quinoa Soup
- Kale and Tomato Stew
- Pan-Seared Trout with Horseradish Cream
Low and Slow
- Jersey Sunday Meatballs
- Pop’s Beer-Braised Bold Beef Stew
- Chicken Fricassee
- Pulled Pork Sandwiches
- Puerto Rican Pernil
- Turkey Chili
- Winter Duck Leg Braise
- Potato-Kale Soup
- Beef Short Ribs
- Corend Beef and Cabbage
Sides
- Roasted Cauliflower
- Smashed Yukon Gold Potatoes
- Green Beans with Toasted Almonds
- Cornbread and Challah Stuffing
- Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes
- Giardiniera
- No-Nonsense Coleslaw
- Broccolini with Lemon and Rosemary
- Orzo Pasta Salad
- Mediterranean Potato Salad
- Root Vegetable Puree
- Classic Creamed Spinach
The Scary Stuff
- Marinated Artichokes
- Oven-Roasted Lobsters
- Hearty Gnocchi
- Buttermilk Biscuits
- Seared Scallops
- Corn Soufflé
- Crepes: Savory or Sweet
- Poached Arctic Char
- Arancine
- Crispy Spaetzle with Roasted Sunchokes
- Easy Coq au Vin
- Herb-Stuffed Whole Fish
- Scallop “Ceviche”
- Duck Breast with Pine Nut Relish
For Your Sweet Tooth
- Angel Food Cake
- Deep-Dish Apple-Rhubarb Pie
- Summer Berry Fruit Crumble
- Coconut Macaroons
- Impressive Dark Chocolate Mousse
- Yogurt Pana Cotta with Dried Cranberry and Grape Compote
- Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Curd
- Cocoa Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
- Rice Pudding is the Cure!
- Ranger Cookies
- Chocolate Truffles
- Peanut Butter Blondies
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