Fettuccini With Rabbit And Currant Port Glaze Recipes

RABBIT AND EXOTIC MUSHROOM POT PIE

Steps:

• For the Rabbit preparation: Let rabbit marinate several hours. In a covered casserole dish, braise rabbit with 1 quart chicken stock in a preheated 400 degree oven for 1 hour or until meat is tender and falling off the bone. Strain the liquid into a saucepan. Pick the meat from the rabbit and dice it into 1/2-inch squares. Set aside.
• For the Rabbit Sauce: Combine the above ingredients, except for roux and reduce by half. Thicken with roux. Adjust thickness with reserved strained rabbit braising liquid, if needed. Continue to reduce until mixture is thick and coats a spoon. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Strain and set aside.
• To make roux: Heat butter in a small saucepan and add flour, stirring constantly for a few minutes until thick and creamy, but not brown.
• For the Filling: Combine ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 2 cups rabbit sauce. Mix well. Keep warm until ready to assemble.
• For the Pumpkin Shells: Cut off top of pumpkin so that the seeds are exposed. Scoop out all of the seeds and soft flesh until you have what resembles a small bowl (be careful not to put a hole in the bottom of each pumpkin). In a preheated 350 degree F oven, place pumpkins cut side down on a sheet pan. Bake the pumpkin for 15 minutes or until it is cooked, but not collapsed. Turn them over cut side up to cool. Set aside until ready to use.
• For the Pastry: On a floured surface, cut 4 (2 1/2-inch) rounds from pastry. Set aside.
• To assemble: Place pumpkins on a baking sheet. Fill insides with rabbit-mushroom mixture. Top with pastry lid. Brush with egg. Arrange 1 mushroom on top of each lid.
• Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until perfectly golden brown.
• Serve at once, garnished with wild mushrooms and watercress sprigs around potpie.
• This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

CARDAMOM-CRUSTED ALASKAN CARIBOU WITH SPICY GINGERBREAD, BONIATO SQUASH PUREE, AND PORT WINE CRANBERRY ESSENCE

Steps:

• Gingerbread: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix eggs to smooth. Add sugar, molasses, and melted butter. Mix well. Blend in all dry ingredients, including the shallots until smooth. Add water and incorporate completely. Butter individual bundt or cupcake molds and fill half way. Bake until a toothpick comes out semi-dry. Reserve at room temperature.
• Boniato Puree: Place the boniato in water and bring to a boil. Simmer until tender, approximately 30 minutes. Process through food mill and blend in whole butter. Season with sea salt and ground white pepper. Reserve hot in pastry bag with plain piping tip.
• Caribou: Grind the cardamom, white pepper, garlic powder, bay leaves, ground coriander, ground juniper berry, brown sugar, and kosher salt together in coffee grinder. Evenly coat caribou with mixture and sear in whole butter to light golden brown. Cook to rare and reserve.
• Sauce: Heat butter in saucepan to golden brown, add carrot, celery, and shallot. Cook on medium heat to golden brown. Add peppercorns and thyme. Next add port wine and reduce by half. Add cranberry juice and reduce again by half. Add orange zest, garlic, and veal stock. Cook on medium, simmer until sauce reduces by at least half and is desired consistency. Strain and reserve hot. Place sugar, orange juice, and cranberries in a small pot and cook on low until all the liquid has evaporated. Reserve.
• Garnish: Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Slice potato paper-thin and stamp out into 1 1/4-inch circles. Brush butter onto parchment paper and form a "galette" by alternating potatoes with tarragon to form a complete ring. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours between buttered parchment paper. Cook to golden brown. Reserve.
• Presentation: Place gingerbread in center of plate and pipe a semi-circle of boniato puree around. Next, slice caribou 1/6 of an inch thick and fan around puree. Ladle sauce over meat and dollop cranberries throughout. Accent plate with potato "galette" and serve.

JAZZY GLAZE

Steps:

• Mix the apricots, honey, and jalapenos together. For the last 5 minutes of roasting turkey or ribs, pour a generous amount of the apricot glaze, or Jazz Apricot, over the entire turkey.

THYME ROASTED CARROTS AND RABBIT BITS A LA MOUTARDE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add the carrots to a large cast-iron pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle with the olive oil and add the garlic and thyme. Toss to combine, then roast until tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish.
• Meanwhile, heat a saute pan over medium-high heat. Pat the livers and kidneys dry, then split the hearts in half lengthwise and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add 2 tablespoons butter to the pan and bring to a foam, then add the rabbit hearts and cook for 2 minutes. Add the livers and kidneys and cook on each side until golden but still rare, about 3 minutes more. Remove the rabbit bits from the pan and set aside.
• To the same pan, add the chicken stock, Dijon and whole-grain mustard and bring to a simmer. Add the remaining tablespoon butter and creme fraiche and stir until melted. Add the seared rabbit bits, chives and parsley. Stir until just combined and turn off the heat. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Spoon over the roasted carrots and garnish with the chervil.

RED CURRANT GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat the jelly and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth.
• Remove from heat.
• Let cool until it is only slightly warm and then glaze the fruit or tart crust, using a pastry brush.

FETTUCCINI WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water until al dente. Drain.
• While the pasta is cooking, prepare the vegetables. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, zucchini and peppers; saute 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, salt, and cayenne pepper. Cook over low heat 5 minutes, or until vegetables are crisp tender.
• Pour vegetables over hot pasta.

ONIONS WITH CURRANT, PORT AND BALSAMIC GLAZE

Steps:

• Cook onions in large pot of boiling salted water 2 minutes to loosen skins. Drain and cool slightly. Cut root ends from onions. Peel onions. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Combine onions, 1 cup Port, currants, butter, sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 2 teaspoons thyme in heavy large skillet. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook, covered, 15 minutes. Uncover and cook until onions are almost tender and coated with glaze, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix in remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Before serving, rewarm over low heat, adding more Port by tablespoonfuls if mixture is dry.) Sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon thyme and serve.