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Informationen zum Autor The winner of sixteen James Beard Awards and author of over thirty cookbooks, including The Apprentice , Essential Pépin , and Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple , Jacques Pépin is a chef, author, television personality, educator, and artist, and has starred in twelve acclaimed PBS cooking series. His dedication to culinary education led to the creation of the Jacques Pépin Foundation in 2016. Klappentext From “a great teacher and truly a master technician” (Julia Child), a new cookbook full of faster-than-ever food, including dozens of elegant “minute” recipes Jacques Pépin Fast Food My Way was an immediate sensation, captivating cooks and critics, who called it “fabulous,” “chic,” and “elegant.” Now America’s first and most enduring celebrity chef does himself one better, with recipes that are faster, fresher, and easier than ever. Only Jacques could have come up with dishes so innovative and uncomplicated. “Minute recipes”: Nearly no-cook recipes fit for company: Cured Salmon Morsels, Glazed Sausage Bits Smashing appetizers: Scallop Pancakes, zipped together in a blender (10 minutes) Almost instant soups: Creamy Leek and Mushroom Soup (7 minutes) Fast, festive dinners: Stuffed Pork Fillet on Grape Tomatoes (18 minutes) Stunning desserts: Mini Almond Cakes in Raspberry Sauce (15 minutes) Leseprobe Contents Introduction xi Minute Recipes 1 Soups 24 Eggs 39 Salads 46 Fish and Shellfish 59 Poultry and Meat 93 Vegetables 123 Potatoes, Rice, Pasta, Pizza, and Bread 140 Desserts 171 The Menus 218 Author’s Acknowledgments 223 Producer’s Acknowledgments 226 Index 231 Introduction When I wrote Fast Food My Way, I hoped that many of my friends would prepare my recipes and feel comfortable cooking this way. It turned out better than I had expected and now more people cook from this book than any other of the twenty or so books that I have written in the last thirty years. Friends, family, neighbors, students, and colleagues alike tell me how happily surprised they are by the results, especially given the minimal investment of time. It amazes many cooks that a few simple and uncomplicated steps can produce such great dishes, and they often say, "That’s it!? That’s all there is to it?" Yes, simplicity was one of the main assets of Fast Food My Way, and the same is true of More Fast Food My Way: simplicity of thinking, techniques, ingredients, combinations, and presentation. The best, freshest ingredients are essential as well for this "fast food," even though great use is made in the book of the pantry and canned food. This is not a paradox: your canned sardines will be better served on a bed of the freshest baby arugula with a sprinkling of great olives, and a can of cannellini beans that you have transformed into a soup will be accented and improved with great sausage, fresh herbs, mild onion, and roasted croutons from an earthy country bread. Using the supermarket the right way, you can buy good-quality partially cooked or prepared food and make that food personal with a few additions or changes. It’s a gratifying way to cook and it makes you feel that you have created something. This is the easiest of my cookbooks for beginners, for people afraid to cook, for people pressed for time or limited by a poorly stocked supermarket or by a family of finicky eaters, or for anyone who wants great food quickly. When I think about "fast food" cooking, I realize that I have always cooked this way. My mother did so and so occasionally do my professional chef friends. We all have moments when, pressed by time, we’ll use a can of tuna and a tomato to make a first course or we’ll transform frozen raspberries into a scrumptious dessert in minutes. It’s a question of choosing the rig...
