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Orange and Raspberry Gratin with Mango Ice Cream
“Off Duty: The World’s Greatest Chefs Cook at Home” by David Nicholls

Serves four

This dessert can be made two or three hours before required. Keep refrigerated and add the ice cream when serving. If you haven’t got a blowtorch, just serve this without glazing. Putting it under a broiler would start to cook the fruit.

INGREDIENTS

Gratin:

4 very large oranges
5 ounces raspberries
6 2/3 tablespoons superfine sugar
2 tablespoons water
4 egg yolks
3/4 cup heavy cream, semi-whipped
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Mango Ice Cream:

9 ounces mango flesh (you can use drained canned mangoes or very ripe fresh ones)
1 1/4 cups superfine sugar
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream

DIRECTIONS

First make the ice cream. Place all the ingredients in a (blender or food processor and blend for 1 to 2 minutes, until very smooth. Place in an ice cream maker and churn until set. If you don’t have an ice cream maker, simply place the mixture in a bowl and put it in the freezer for 4 hours, whisking lightly every 30 minutes, until frozen.

Cut all the peel and pith off the oranges, then cut out the segments from between the membrane. Arrange the segments around four plates like spokes on a wheel. Place the raspberries between the orange segments.

Put the sugar and water in a pan, heat gently until the sugar has dissolved, then boil for 30 seconds. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks well in a bowl. Gradually pour the hot sugar syrup over the egg yolks, whisking constantly with a hand-held electric beater. Continue to whisk until cold. Fold in the semi-whipped cream and the Grand Marnier. Spoon this mixture over the oranges and raspberries and glaze using a blowtorch. Scoop a generous ball of mango ice cream into the centre of each portion and serve.

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Pasta Fiori Tomato Concasse, Rosemary and Thyme
Chef Gray Kunz

Serves four

INGREDIENTS

Pasta:

Pinch saffron
2 ounces water
1 ounce all-purpose flour
3 ounces semolina
2 eggs
Pinch fine sea salt

Beurre Fondue:

1/2 cup chicken stock
4 ounces butter, diced
Salt
Pepper

Tomato Concasse:

3 pounds Roma tomatoes
2 ounces extra virgin olive oil
3 1/2 ounces shallots, chopped
1 ounce garlic, chopped
3 ounces white wine
5 sprigs rosemary
5 sprigs thyme
Salt
Pepper
Sugar
Cayenne
1/2 ounce parsley
1/2 ounce butter
1/2 ounce Parmesan, grated

Sauce:

1 ounce extra virgin olive oil
1/4 ounce shallots
1 clove garlic, sliced
pinch rosemary
1 pinch thyme
5 ounces chicken stock
1 ounce lemon juice
Pinch salt
Pinch sugar
Pinch cayenne
1 ounce butter

Garnish:

5 sprigs lemon thyme
10 pieces bush basil
4 pieces Parmesan stick
10 pieces opal basil

DIRECTIONS

Pasta:
Make a tea with the saffron and water. Place sifted flour, semolina, eggs, salt, and saffron tea in Kitchen Aid bowl. Mix with dough hook until dough comes away from the sides and forms a ball. Remove and knead until dough becomes firm. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 to 3 hours. (This will make more than needed and the extra dough can be frozen for later use.) Roll out dough on pasta machine to No. 6 and then cut into 4-inch rounds. You will use two per order, cutting a hole in the middle of one. Cook the pasta in salted, boiling water. In a sauté pan, coat the pasta with beurre fondue.

Beurre Fondue:
Reduce chicken stock by a half. Whisk the butter piece by piece into the chicken stock to emulsify. Season with salt and pepper.   

Tomato Concasse:
Core, blanch, peel, remove seeds, and chop the tomatoes. In a sauce pan, sweat the shallots and garlic in extra virgin olive oil. Add white wine and reduce. Tie the rosemary and thyme in a bouquet. Add the tomatoes and the bouquet. Simmer until reduced by three quarters and mixture is thick. Season with salt, pepper, sugar, and cayenne. (This will make more than needed and the rest can be frozen for later use.) To finish, add parsley, butter and Parmesan.

Sauce:
Sweat shallots, garlic, rosemary and thyme in extra virgin olive oil. Add chicken stock and reduce by one third. Season with lemon juice, salt, sugar, and cayenne.

Plating:
In a bowl, place the first sheet (without hole) of pasta on the bottom of bowl. Spoon the tomato fondue into a mound in the center of the pasta and cover with the second sheet (with hole). Pour the sauce around the pasta and garnish with lemon thyme, bush basil and opal basil. Place Parmesan stick on top. 

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