NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2008
Eating Out At Home, On A Budget
Food Network's Anne Burrell Shows How To Make Restaurant-Quality Meals In Your Kitchen, On A Shoestring
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Chef Anne Burrell knows your pain, and shares ideas on the Food Network.
As host of "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef," she unlocks the secret techniques chefs use to make their offering special, to enable you to make restaurant-quality dishes at home.
As The Saturday Early Show's "Chef on a Shoestring," Burrell accepted our challenge of creating a perfect pasta dish worthy of any eatery our meager budget of $40.
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FOOD FACTS:
Pancetta: A type of dry cured meat. It is pork belly that has been salt-cured, salted and spiced (nutmeg, pepper, fennel, dried ground hot peppers and garlic are often featured), and dried for about three months (but usually not smoked).
Flambé: French for "flamed" or "flaming," this dramatic method of food presentation consists of sprinkling certain foods with liquor, which, after warming, is ignited just before serving.
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Mixed Green Salad with Parmigiano Crisps
1 cup grated Parmigiano
4 cups salad greens, such as mesclun, arugula, red leaf, romaine or baby spinach
1 cup mixed fresh herb leaves, such as parsley, basil, oregano, chives or cilantro
1 cup grape tomatoes cut in 1/2
1/4 cup thinly sliced red onions
1/2 cup cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
1/4 cup high quality extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
Salt
1/4 cup toasted chopped walnuts, sunflower seeds or chopped hazelnuts
For the crisps:
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Line a sheet tray with a silicone mat. Make 4 even, very thin circles of Parmigiano on the mat. Be sure that the circles are not touching.
Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until the cheese has melted, turned golden brown and looks like lace.
Remove the tray from the oven and let the crisps cool for about 1 minute. Using a spatula, remove the crisps from the silicone mat and reserve on a plate.
For the salad:
Fill your sink with cool water. Toss in all the salad greens and gently swish until all the dirt and grit falls to the bottom of the basin.
Gently lift the greens out of the water and put in a salad spinner. If the greens are especially dirty empty the sink, rinse to rid of dirt and repeat the process.
Spin the greens until they are dry and still very fresh looking. If not using the greens right away, store them wrapped loosely in paper towels then sealed in plastic bags in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator.
In a large bowl, place the greens and herbs. Add the tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers. Drizzle in half of the oil and vinegar and season with salt.
Using your hands, gently toss the salad to combine. Taste! Add the remaining oil and vinegar, if needed and season again with salt, if needed (you probably will). The salad should be very flavorful but not soggy.
Arrange the salad on individual salad plates or bowls. Sprinkle each salad with the nuts and garnish with a Parmigiano crisp.
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