Another trick we learned in Chef School was how to use our (heart attack inducingly-expensive new knife set). Last year for his birthday, I signed Neil up for George Brown’s Knife Skills course and gave him the knives (because I am so nice!). In Culinary I, one of the first things we learned was how [...]
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Chef school tip #1: Beurre manié
The food dictionary at Epicurious.com gives the following definition: burr mahn-YAYFrench for “kneaded butter”, beurre manié is a paste made of softened butter and flour (usually in equal parts) that is used to thicken sauces. This has got to be one of the most useful thing we learned at Chef School. Never mind scrounging around [...]
