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Key West—Gone Fishin’

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: January 19, 2012

Surf and turf for 17, last night

Working in the morning and cooking in the afternoon, and no time to post! Been having fun cooking nightly for a houseload of hungry sailors on a generous budget. Last night was steak and lobster and smashed potatoes and salad. Cooking mussels tonight, then wahoo (never cooked before, it will be interesting), saffron rice cooked in lobster stock (that I made this afternoon), asparagus, salad, and grilled baguettes.  As they are true to the sailing culture, the crew go in for liquid desserts which makes it easy for the cook! I also brought the Polyscience immersion circulator, it came in handy for the surf and turf last night. We worked together to get the lobsters all done expediently. I killed them first, Doug Moose separated the bodies and dropped them in ...

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How To Make a Foie Gras au Torchon

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: May 12, 2011

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How to make torchon de foie gras (This finished dish—foie, diced Granny Smith apple, toast, balsamic—and all slideshow pix below by Donna Turner Ruhlman)

Great foie gras fun going on in this household ever since del Grosso asked me to write about the foie gras au torchon he and Pardus's created for Hudson Valley Foie Gras. It's an excellent product.  And it was fun showing people that serving foie gras doesn't require a Catholic-length production, but can be simple and casual. Sometimes, though, you do want to elevate it, make it yourself and serve it to people you care about.  So herewith, a step-by-step slideshow of the foie gras au torchon, one of the greatest culinary preparations known to man.  I first learned about ...

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The Birth of a Torchon

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: April 25, 2011

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Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

One of my favorite things on earth to eat is a well made foie gras torchon. It's a special preparation of foie gras, fat duck liver, that I first experienced at The French Laundry (the recipe is in The French Laundry Cookbook if you have it).  It's a three day procedure and brings out the very best in the foie gras when done right.  The duck liver is deveined, typically soaked in milk and salt to remove residual blood, then seasoned and, traditionally, rolled up in a kitchen towel (a torchon, in French), poached, rerolled to compact it and chilled. It's then eaten cold, a big fat slice of it, with some form of bread and a sweet-sour accompaniment.  The biggest producer of foie gras in ...

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GIVEAWAY! Sous Vide Immersion Circulator

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: December 10, 2010

sous vide instructions and recipes YES! It's true!  The mad genius at Polyscience, Philip Preston—creator of the anti-griddle, the smoke gun (looks like paraphernalia I used to oogle at High Times on Coventry in the 70s), and other magico creations to make cooking more fun—has sent me the latest version of the Polyscience professional immersion circulator for sous vide cooking to play with, something I am eagerly doing.  But as I already have one, there is nothing for me to do but give this sleek machine away to one lucky reader! First, the circulator: the original now seems like a little Datsun compared to this sleek Beemer. Its design has been honed, its size has been tightened, its power enhanced. This baby operates great. Leave a comment on how you want to use the circulator along with a working ...

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