Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze: Eric Ripert, One Of America's Best Chefs
New York's Four-star Le Bernardin Chef talks about his new Cookbook
Published: Jun 30, 2010
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A Return To Cooking
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Faith Middleton Show: Eric Ripert, One Of America's Best Chefs
Featured Wine: Christian Moreau 2008
$25 - Frederick Wildman and Sons
(featured recipe from A Return To Cooking)
Poached Snapper with Coconut MiLk and Tomatoes
SERVES 6
1 tablespoon canola oil
3 shallots, minced
2 garlic ctoves, minced
1 tablespoon minced lemongrass
(tender inner leaves only)
3 ripe tomatoes, seeded and
cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 cup coconut milk, fresh or canned
Six 5-ounce red snapper fillets
Fine sea salt and freshly ground
white pepper
1 teaspoon curry Powder
1 lime, halved, one half cut into
6 thin slices, the remaining half
reserved for juice
12 cilantro leaves
4 cups hot cooked white rice
prep: 20 minutes - cooK: 10 minutes
Preheat the oven to 400'F.
Warm the canola oiI in a medium pot over medium heat. Add the shallots, garlic, and
lemongrass and cook untiI tender and softened, 5 to 7 minutes: do not allow it to color.
Add the tomatoes and coconut mitk and simmer until the tomatoes release their juices
and are soft, about 5 minutes.
Place the tomato mixture in a casserole or baking dish large enough to accommodate
all the snapper fillets in a single layer. Generously season each fillet with salt and
pepper and a pinch of curry powder. Place the snapper in the casserole. Top each fillet
with a lime slice and 2 cilantro Leaves.
Bake for 7 to 8 minutes: To test for doneness, insert a metaI skewer in the thickest
part of the fish for 5 seconds. Hold the skewer against the inside of your wrist: if the
skewer is warm, the fish is done.
To serve, spoon about 1/4 cup of the tomato mixture onto each warmed plate and top
with a snapper filtet. squeeze Lime juice over each plate. serve with the rice on the side.
Cocktail Recipe: The Cream Chiller with Heat
2 oz. Bourbon
1 oz. Cream
1 oz. Real Maple Syrup
1/8 teaspoon Cayenne
Shake with ice in cocktail shaker, pour into martini glass.
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