The Breakaway Cook: Recipes That Break Away from the Ordinary
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The Breakaway Cook: Recipes That Break Away from the Ordinary
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Overview
“Breakaway” cooking pays homage to culinary traditions yet uses innovative techniques and ingredients to give home cooks a new approach to their dishes. Sample Eric Gower’s Miso Orange Pepper Roasted Chicken, or tease your tongue with his take on Fluffy Herby Eggs, and you’ll be convinced. It’s not fusion—it’s fusion that makes sense. And the cardinal rule is to season with authority. Don’t be afraid of the spice cabinet anymore, and use presentation to create a simple, appealing meal. Spend less time fussing about the preparation and clean-up, and more time enjoying food and its huge role in our daily lives.
Eric helps you reconstruct your approach to the kitchen, highlighting the seasonings and essential ingredients or “Global Flavor Blasts,” such as tamarind, pomegranate molasses, miso, yuzu, green tea, Chinese plum sauce, mole, among many others, that will liberate your cooking and provide a lifetime of fantastic eating. Using Gower’s recipes as broad outlines, you can be creative as you go, and within his framework you will discover your own genius in the kitchen. We feel better when we eat better, and it’s easier to be productive, creative, and relaxed when the food part of life is under control. Enter The Breakaway Cook.
In addition to the recipes, The Breakaway Cook includes stunning, full–color photos by Annabelle Breakey throughout the text; a guide to using flavored salts in your dishes; sidebars on wine, tea and sake; and ideas for even shorter-cuts on Gower’s easy-to-follow recipes.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780062042613 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Publication date: | 12/15/2023 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 244 |
| File size: | 5 MB |
About the Author
Eric Gower lived in Japan for fifteen years, working for the prime minister's office as an editor and writer on political economy before turning his interest to food. Currently a private chef and the author of two previous cookbooks, Eric's Kitchen and The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen, he lives and works in San Francisco.
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The Breakaway Cook
Recipes That Break Away from the Ordinary
Maccha Poached Eggs
Serves 2
I often eat these twice a week—I just can't get enough of them. They are simplicity itself: poach eggs in your favorite manner—I have a dedicated egg poaching pan with four individual nonstick cups—and sprinkle on some maccha salt. There is something almost celestial about the fusion of the green tea and the egg yolks: it's savory, sweet, and salty all at once. Perfect in the morning with a few slices of lightly toasted sourdough bread and a strong cup of green tea.
Ingredients:
Dab of unsalted butter for the poaching cups or 1 tablespoon vinegar
4 large eggs, preferably organic
Generous sprinkling of Maccha Salt (page 36)
Generous sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper
Instructions:
Butter the poaching cups if you're using a dedicated egg poacher. Or bring a pot of water to a simmer, add the vinegar, and carefully crack the eggs into the simmering water. Poach the eggs until the yolks are more or less halfway between liquid and solid, 4 or 5 minutes for both methods.
Gently turn them out on a paper towel to absorb any excess moisture. Roll them onto a warmed plate and add a few healthy pinches of maccha salt and black pepper. Eat them while still very hot.
Pomegranate Tofu with Pink Lentil Crust
Serves 4
Middle Eastern flavors like pomegranate and cinnamon showcase the many wonderful properties of soft tofu. I bake this in a clay pot, but any baking dish or casserole will work just fine,and individual ramekins also work beautifully. The ground pink lentils on top give it nice crunch. Try it with a glass of Muscat or Riesling.
Ingredients:
1 block silken tofu, drained, wrapped in paper towels to absorb moisture, then halved
1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 large egg
½ teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon
Tangerine Salt (page 36) or kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Speck of butter for the baking dish
¼ cup dried pink lentils, ground to a fine powder
Olive oil spray
2 tablespoons fresh mint chiffonade
1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Put half the tofu, the pomegranate molasses, maple syrup, egg, cinnamon, and salt and pepper to taste into a blender and puree. Scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl, add the other half of the tofu and, using a fork, mix it to a fairly uniform texture. Butter a clay pot or baking dish or four 4-ounce ramekins, and pour the mixture into it. Top with the pulverized lentils, spray them with a little olive oil, and bake for 30 minutes, until the top turns crispy brown. Remove and top with the mint and the pine nuts. Be sure to pass some extra tangerine or coarse sea salt for guests to add at the table.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Salt and Pepper: The Breakaway Workhorses 5
Breakaway Equipment 9
The Breakaway Pantry 15
Breakaway Tastes 19
Nine Global Ingredients 21
Breakaway Flavor Blasts 35
Breakaway Beverages 51
Starters and Salads 57
Soups 77
Eggs and Tofu 89
Seafood 111
Poultry and Meat 123
Pasta, Potatoes, and Rice 155
Vegetable Sides 181
Sweets 201
Index 215