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Black Risotto

August 19, 2011 by ericriveracooks

Scott (click), you take some amazing pictures!!!!!  Makes my food look incredible! Eric

Categories: Seafood • Tags: Dinner, Food, Mussel, Mussels, recipe, Risotto, Squid Ink

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Winter Vegetable Risotto with Pomegranate Arils, Crispy Sage, and Bacon Lardons

December 6, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Eric

Categories: Produce, Starches • Tags: bacon, Cooking Blog, Food, Lardon, Pomegranate, Risotto, Rosemary, sage

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Dinner, My Place…..This time it’s serious! (awesome sequel title!? Ok, not really)

September 17, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Heirloom tomato, frisee, red onion (MRF), kalamata olives, pickled brown mustard seeds, maple syrup vinaigrette, Redmondo cheese (click). My sister just came back from Napa and had fried green tomatoes for the first time. I said I could make a better batch with green tomatoes from MindyRiveraFarms. After a little seasoned Beecher’s cheese, my own pique on a plate, and a little standard frying technique for fried green tomatoes I dazzled them with this. My sister brought over some wild […]

Categories: Seafood, Starches • Tags: chanterelle mushroom, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Risotto, Salmon

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Bite of Mud Bay Cooking Demonstration

September 13, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I was asked to cook up a few things for the Grand Opening of a store called Mud Bay.  They cater more to the four legged friend variety so they asked me to use ingredients normally found in their pet foods in order to feed some people at the event.  No problem! After a little back and forth with emails I decided on a dish that would incorporate a lot of the things I like to make as well as […]

Categories: Events, Seafood • Tags: Bite of Mud Bay, Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Restaurant, Risotto, Salmon

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Dinner at my place………..

August 11, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Fruit salad with Rainier Cherry Syrup and tons of goat cheese.  I unleashed the goat cheese right after this picture….looked much better…oh well. The tiny clear things are white currants and the yellow specks are candied meyer lemon. Savory Clams with Salumi Smoked Paprika Salami and Saffron Buerre Blanc.  Savory clams are amazing….second year on this blog…..Taylor Shellfish. Lobster and Chanterelle Mushroom Risotto Practice makes perfect……  Almond and Pickled Mustard Aioli Crusted Halibut with Mindy Rivera Farms Vegetables, Cilantro Oil, […]

Categories: Seafood, Vegetable • Tags: chanterelle mushroom, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Halibut, recipe, Risotto, Savory Clams

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Lobster Stock Risotto with Butter Poached Shrimp

June 17, 2010 by ericriveracooks

You want a killer dish? Here it is. Lobster stock, arborio rice, fresh oregano/thyme/basil, butter, white wine, sel de mer, Beecher’s cheese, shrimp, crushed red pepper, black pepper, micro greens. Eric

Categories: Rice, Seafood • Tags: Beecher's Cheese, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Lobster, Lobster Stock, recipe, Risotto, shrimp

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Seared Black Cod with a Lobster, Chanterelle Mushroom, and Saffron Risotto. Yes….always….forever.

December 13, 2009 by ericriveracooks

The best dish on this site. Don’t bother clicking on anything else.  Recipe coming soon……for you, always

Categories: Seafood • Tags: black cod, Blood Orange, chanterelle mushroom, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food Blog, recipe, Risotto

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Risotto Milanese

August 21, 2009 by ericriveracooks

Equipment: High sided pot Wooden spoon Ingredients: Carnaroli rice, 2 cups   or Arborio, Viatone Nano, and Baldo Rice Chicken stock and Veal Stock. 50/50 mix. You’ll need 1.5 quarts total Butter Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/2 yellow onion White wine Saffron, pinch Procedure: Melt butter and oil in pot Sweat onion (no color) Add saffron Add rice and pearl Deglaze with white wine Add enough stock to cover rice Stir risotto constantly, don’t want your rice to dry out Takes […]

Categories: Becoming A Chef: Blogging about Culinary School, Pasta • Tags: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food Blog, Italian, Pasta, recipe, Risotto, Risotto Milanese

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