A5 Wagyu & Beets

Chef Phil Esteban

Wagyu and Beets

Wagyu | Beets | Butternut | Chanterelles | Verjus | Dill
By Chef Phil Esetban of CH Projects in San Diego, CA


Wagyu

INGREDIENTS

  • A5 Wagyu
  • Garlic oil
  • Thyme
  • Salt & Black Pepper

DIRECTIONS

  1. Place all ingredients and Cryovac®.
  2. Sous vide at 132˚F for 30 minutes.

Semolina Pasta

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 2 cups Semolina Flour
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 6 large Eggs
  • 2 tbsp. Olive Oil

DIRECTIONS

  1. Mix all dry ingredients.
  2. Slowly hand mix each egg and olive into dry ingredients.
  3. Knead into a dough ball, wrap in plastic wrap and allow to rest one hour.

Butternut Squash Puree/Filling

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 lb. Butternut squash, peeled & cubed
  • 2 tbsp. Butternut butter
  • 1/4 cup Heavy cream
  • 2 tbsp. Brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp. Molasses
  • tt. Salt and Pepper

DIRECTIONS

  1. Cryovac® and sous vide at 190˚F for 20 minutes.
  2. Pour ingredients into a small pot and reduce to au sec.
  3. Purée and push through a chinois.
  4. Season to taste.


Melissa’s Red Beets

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

  1. Put all ingredients into a pot and bring to a low-medium boil.
  2. Strain the beets out once they are tender.
  3. Reduce the liquid to au sec.
  4. Combine warm beets and orange juice to a vitamin and puree.
  5. Pass through a chinois.
  6. Season to taste.

Rehydrated Verjus Raisins

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 bottle Red verjus
  • 1 lb. Red raisins
  • 1/4 cup Granulated sugar
  • tt. Salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Reduce to au sec and raisins are rehydrated.
  2. Allow to cool in liquid.
  3. Optional: Viatmix blend the mixture into a puree.

Pecan Relish

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup Candied pecans, crushed
  • 1 ea. Shallots, minced
  • 1 ea. Lemon, juice and zest
  • 1 tbsp. Chives, minced
  • tt. Sherry vinegar
  • tt. Olive Oil
  • tt. Sugar
  • tt. Salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Combine all dry ingredients (saving chives for last).
  2. Add the sherry, olive oil, sugar, and salt.