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Use These 4 Recipes to Cook Like a Chef at Home
Caitlin Cassidy, a chef at the inventive, elegant Sorrel in San Francisco, uses these four recipes to cook soulful, healthy, and delicious meals when she is at home. Each one relies on simple treatments of ingredients that anyone can learn. It doesn't matter if you're a kitchen novice or pro, each recipe has something to offer.
Caitlin makes each recipe for the final salad, but don't feel like you have to. The first three recipes are versatile elements, each delicious in their own right, which can be utlilized in other ways. You can use Caitlin's dressing to enliven some greens or marinate chicken, serve her potatoes as a lovely side dish, or make her croutons as a base of a Panzanella.
Caitlin's Mustard Dressing
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 shallot
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoon sherry vinegar
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cups plain yogurt
- Lemon zest
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
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Caitlin's Potatoes
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 pound white potatoes rinsed
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns whole
- Kosher salt
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Caitlin's Croutons
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 0.5 loaf crusty bread torn into bite-size pieces
- 1 garlic clove smashed
- 2 sprigs oregano
- 0.5 cups olive oil plus more if needed
- 1 lemon wedge
- Kosher salt
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Caitlin's Salad
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hr
- Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 3 heads radicchio cored and chopped into large leaves
- 1 head Romanesco cauliflower chopped into small florets
- 1 delicata squash cored and sliced into 0.5 inch rounds
- 1 cup shiitake mushrooms chopped into 1 inch pieces stems removed
- 6 ounces flat-iron steak at room temperature
- 1 bunch scallions chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 0.5 cup large parsley leaves
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 soft boiled eggs
- 1 serving Caitlin's Croutons
- 1 serving Caitlin's Potatoes
- 1 serving Caitlin's Mustard Dressing
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
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The beauty of these recipes is in their adaptability. Whether you make one or all of them, you'll understand how Caitlin makes amazing food using straightforward methods that will inspire you to approach cooking differently—that is, when you cook, use building blocks to create dishes that cater to you. It will allow you to cook in a more relaxed, in-the-moment style to enhance your well-being.