Fine Restaurants 2012

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Art MuvĂ©szet on a plate a tĂĄnyĂ©ron It is much easier to cook for someone who understands cuisine. In this case, you can reveal the logic of the menu and show what creates harmony.”

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ou are making a wine dinner tonight and we have just tasted the ïŹrst course, marinated duck liver with warm home-made milk loaf and jam made of Othello grapes. It is really special. I came up with the idea when I brought some Othello must from my father. I boiled down the must to become thick, then I cooked it with seedless grapes and ïŹnally I let it rest. It turned out to have a nice consistency, it is sweet, yet light and natural. Yet you did not choose this for the photo shoot. Because I wanted to show a dish that represents the restaurant and me. Back in the days, this place was a ïŹshermen’s inn, and we still keep in mind to make some dishes made of Hungarian ïŹsh. The magic that is seen in haute cuisine around the world is nothing else but the cuisine of a certain nation or region in premium quality. When it comes to Hungarian gastronomy, the situation is the same: let’s use the ingredients traditionally used in Hungarian cuisine, ïŹnd the best of these and make a dish of them with the utmost respect. So this is catïŹsh stewed with paprika “on steroids”? The basic concept is catïŹsh stewed with paprika, but we make every part of it a little bit differently than it is customary, but the outcome has the ïŹ‚avours of the original dish. The catïŹsh was fried in grape seed oil at low temperature and roasted with some hot paprika at the end. First, I roasted the ingredients of the paprika sauce, then peeled them, mashed

CATFISH WITH DUMPLINGS FILLED WITH CATFISH CHEEKS AND SAUCE MADE OF ROASTED PAPRIKA HARCSADERÉK ÉS HARCSPOFÁVAL TÖLTÖTT DERELYE, SÜLTPAPRIKA-MÁRTÁSSAL


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