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Chicken Thighs & Mushrooms - This meal is another quick preparation built from Jacques Pepin’s technique and can be completed for a weeknight dinner. White potatoes, Spanish yellow onions, and garlic are fried at high temperature to start the cooking process and chicken thighs are added to the pan and baked. The mushrooms were simply sautéed with onions and garlic as well. A worthwhile addition to my mental technique reference.
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#cooking #dinner #onepan #chef #chicken taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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25 days ago

Pork Shoulder Braise & Ratatouille - This meal was a very quick preparation built from Jacques Pepin’s technique. The classic vegetable medley pairs excellently with the pork. Times are tough mentally but cooking is a great escape when time and mental capacity allow.
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#cooking #dinner #ratatouille #chef #pork @jacquespepinfoundation @juliachildfoundation taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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Cajun Catfish, Sauté & Dirty Grits - Ralphs had some giant catfish fillets that I noticed while doing my Sunday shopping - decided to pick them up and pan roast them after making a Cajun seasoning from my spice cabinet. The sauté was made with andouille sausage, green peppers, onions and tomatoes, and the dirty grits contained a smaller amount of all of those ingredients with a substitution of green onion for yellow. The grits also were finished with smoked cheddar. A very southern meal!
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#cooking #dinner #catfish #chef #grits @ralphsgrocery @jacquespepinfoundation @juliachildfoundation taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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4 months ago

A classic for Juneteenth weekend - steak and potatoes fondant! It has been a while since I have made this recipe and I believe I may have another picture of it on my page 😅 - but the steak is cut from Costco prime NY strips that were dry brined for around 14 hours, then smoked to temp and seared. The potatoes I decided to cut a little shorter since the potatoes were oddly shaped, and I should have basted and added more stock but the end product was still delicious!
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#cooking #dinner #steak #chef #fondant @costco @ralphsgrocery @jacquespepinfoundation @juliachildfoundation @gugafoods taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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4 months ago

Sourdough Roast Beef and Turkey Sandwich - this sandwich features oven toasted sourdough topped with olive oil, herbs and parmigiano reggiano cheese - a filling of roast beef and turkey with tomatoes, mayonnaise and a spritz of red wine vinegar, and a few slices of scamorza cheese baked in the oven with the bread
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#cooking #lunch #sandwich #chef #scamorza @juliachildfoundation @jacquespepinfoundation @boarshead_official @ralphsgrocery taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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4 months ago

A very last minute dinner I made last night - Italian Beef! The gravy was a quick one with an italian bouquet garni and the green peppers were fried in seasoned olive oil - there was quite a bit of garlic used for these! The bread is a French roll from the store bakery and there is also scamorza cheese in the mix! The sandwiches were dipped in gravy goodness! Unfortunately I am out of hot giardiniera but the dinner was still good!
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#cooking #dinner #italianbeef #chef #scamorza
@jacquespepinfoundation @juliachildfoundation @portilloshotdogs @chicago taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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5 months ago

French omelette for a casual Saturday morning - my dad used to make Hillshire Farm Cheddar Lit’l Smokies in the mornings when I was growing up so it is a flavor that has stuck with me! There is an Italian soffrito and smoked scamorza cheese in the omelette, topped with a white truffle oil
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#cooking #brunch #omelette #chef #sausage @jacquespepinfoundation @hillshirefarm @juliachildfoundation taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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5 months ago

3.5lb Rib Roast with Broccolini & Green Pepper Sauté - last night’s dinner was purchased on a whim with the ingredients for the pan roasted salmon - dry brined for the day (probably could have used a full 24 hours instead of 5), smoked in the Ninja to temp and seared on the stovetop. The puree from the salmon and additional remaining veggies were used as a side. As Jacques Pepin says, “happy cooking!”
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#cooking #dinner #ribroast #chef #beef @jacquespepinfoundation @juliachildfoundation @gugafoods @vons taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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5 months ago

Pan Roasted Salmon with Truffle Purée again, but this time with progress pictures - added some tomato and green pepper to the vegetable spread and changed some ratios in the purée to help stabilize - and of course, a better plating for each!
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#cooking #lunch #salmon #chef #puree @jacquespepinfoundation @juliachildfoundation taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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5 months ago

Escoffier may scoff at these Johnsonville cheese filled beer bratwurst and fries but they are easy and hit the spot for cheap! Cheese fries and caramelized onions make for a delicious Sunday lunch! These brats were slow smoked with the Ninja smoker and seared on a pan after cooking for color/presentation. Buns were steamed in the microwave and onions caramelized slow with butter - very little work compared to the French cooking usually featured!
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#easycooking #lunch #bratwurst #chef #cheese
@johnsonville @ninjakitchen taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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5 months ago

Sole Meunière à la Escoffier with braised leeks as a side - I have Escoffier’s Culinary Guide and the base Meunière preparation is described there. The braised leeks are a technique from Jacques’s technique book. Sole Meunière is great for weeknights once the technique is down
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#cooking #dinner #solemeuniere #chef #escoffier @juliachildfoundation @jacquespepinfoundation @escoffierschools taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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Malloreddus alla Campidanese - a Sicilian dish I had in 2019 in London before my cooking journey started — it has been a culinary itch since I had it! I think now I’ve finally got it down, so there’s no need to fly thousands of miles to have it again 😅 the version I had in London is at the end of the carousel
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#cooking #dinner #chef #sicilian #london
@juliachildfoundation @marcellahazan @jacquespepinfoundation taken in San Diego, California by @composerdevincooks

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