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Anyone that knows me, knows that my whole life is my passion to be great, to make a difference. I am constantly thinking of new ideas, well, new to ME. It may be recreating a dish that someone did but in my own way or just to understand how certain hydrocolloids or modified starches work. I am always in search of great plateware, or new cooking techniques. My cabinets are full of powders, starches, scales, plates, grinders and other little contraptions. I sometimes just mess around at home and see what I come up with. I’d rather mess up on my own dime than waste the money of an employer. Maybe thats crazy but that is how I think. Is this normal? to have a pantry full of experimental powders and chemicals? There are not enough hours in the day.
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Wow!, I have not posted in a long time. I have not been active in a kitchen in about 3 months. I have been concentrating on other things for the time being. Well, I have entered a competition which is sponsored by a Sweet Potato company. I can only use 10 ingredients and it has to have 10 steps or less. The winner will be published and can potentially win 750$ to Sur La Table. I could use this so much. I need some new knives and I want a mixer. I am entering two catagories which are Dessert and Apps. My appetizer is :
Sweet potato gnocchi, with morels, fried sage, shaved reggiano, and brown butter emulsion. This is very basic, but I have to keep in mind that this recipe is for “everyone”.
The 2nd dish is :
sweet potato sorbet
Sweet potato sorbet with walnut streusel, sweet sage emulsion and aged balsamic. Here is a pic of a sorbet practice run at home.
What would you do if you had 10 ingredients to use (spices and seasonings are excluded)??
