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Charcuterie : the craft of salting, smoking, and curing / Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn ; illustrations by Yevgeniy Solovyev.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 320 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0393058298 (hardcover)
  • 9780393058291 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • Craft of salting, smoking, and curing
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Contents:
Introduction: The reason for this food, this book : why we still love and need hand-preserved foods in the age of the refrigerator, the frozen dinner, Domino's pizza and the 24-hour grocery store -- Recipes for salt-cured food : salt : how the most powerful tool in your kitchen transforms the humble into the sublime -- Recipes for smoked food : smoke : the exotic seasoning -- Sausage : the power and the glory : animal fat, salt, and the pig come together in one of the oldest, divine-yet-humble, culinary creations known to humankind -- Recipes for dry-cured food : the artist and the sausage : techniques and recipes for individualistic, idiosyncratic and temperamental dry-cured meats -- Pâtés and terrines : the cinderella meat loaf -- The confit technique : fat : the perfect cooking environment -- Recipes to accompany charcuterie : sauces and condiments : not optional.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 641.61 R933 Available 33111006418228
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

CHARCUTERIE--a culinary specialty that originally referred to the creation of pork products such as salami, sausages, and prosciutto--is true food craftsmanship, the art of turning preserved food into items of beauty and taste. Today the term encompasses a vast range of preparations, most of which involve salting, cooking, smoking, and drying. In addition to providing classic recipes for sausages, terrines, and pâtés, Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn expand the definition to include anything preserved or prepared ahead such as Mediterranean olive and vegetable rillettes, duck confit, and pickles and sauerkraut. Ruhlman, coauthor of The French Laundry Cookbook, and Polcyn, an expert charcuterie instructor at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan, present 125 recipes that are both intriguing to professionals and accessible to home cooks, including salted, airdried ham; Maryland crab, scallop, and saffron terrine; Da Bomb breakfast sausage; mortadella and soppressata; and even spicy smoked almonds.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The reason for this food, this book : why we still love and need hand-preserved foods in the age of the refrigerator, the frozen dinner, Domino's pizza and the 24-hour grocery store -- Recipes for salt-cured food : salt : how the most powerful tool in your kitchen transforms the humble into the sublime -- Recipes for smoked food : smoke : the exotic seasoning -- Sausage : the power and the glory : animal fat, salt, and the pig come together in one of the oldest, divine-yet-humble, culinary creations known to humankind -- Recipes for dry-cured food : the artist and the sausage : techniques and recipes for individualistic, idiosyncratic and temperamental dry-cured meats -- Pâtés and terrines : the cinderella meat loaf -- The confit technique : fat : the perfect cooking environment -- Recipes to accompany charcuterie : sauces and condiments : not optional.

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