Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Sous-Vide at home!!!!!!!!




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Now you can sous-vide at home. Check it out, only $399!!!

Chef Brook.........a DAD!!!

On Saturday Chef Brook become the proud father of a beautiful baby girl named Eva. All of us here at Sawgrass are excited for Brook, Sara, and Eva and all of the fun the will have in the future.

Pork Short Ribs?


Trying to do a play here on pulled pork. I never liked the way pulled pork presents. Always looks like food from a BBQ place. So here were trying to present it like the way short ribs look. I cut the pork butt into rectangles, seasoned with salt and pepper, and seared them off. Now to cook them tender. I vacuumed sealed them with honey and placed them into a water bath at 148.5 degrees. I think it should take about 36 hours to get tender. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Pork Belly



Pork Belly here with 2 spice rubs. One is 5-spice based for a Pacific Rim preperation and one is a black pepper-corriander based. Pork belly is basically "Fresh Bacon," and it will be part of our pork trio for the gourmet society.....if every thing goes as planned!

Preparing for Liquid Nitrogen!!!


This will be the well where we can hold the liquid nitrogen. The bowl is nestled in some spray insulation to help slow the evaporation. Liquid nitrogen is always converting back to a gas, but this will help slow the process. We will be preparing dip-n-dots for our next gourmet society dinner. If...... i can get my hands on some liquid nitrogen!
Thanks Mike.

Monday, November 2, 2009

JRB STUDIOS - Member Guest Ice Pics

Special Tahnks to JRB Studios for taking such great pictures of our ice scluptures



Monday, October 19, 2009

Ladies Member Guest


Special thanks to Thomas Harrel for the Great Wine Tasting!
And for helping me lift all that ice.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Old Pictures
















Some older pictures












Ladies Tea Time

During the Men's Member Guest we put on a great Tea Party for the Ladies. The Presentation and Food turned out great and the Ladies of Member Guest had a wonderful afternoon.

Member Guest BBQ Pig!

You can never have enough pulled pork!

Whipped Hollandaise

During a discussion with Chef Mike Ramsey (Jacksonville Country Club) and Chef Marcos (San Jose Country Club), they spoke of a whipped Hollandaise, cooked sous vide, and charged in a whipped cream canister. Well I figured I would try it out at my gourmet dinner. We vacuum sealed 1 lb of butter with 4 egg yolks a squeeze of lemon, and a dash of Tabasco. Droped it in the water bath at 144 degrees for 30 min. the fill the canister. We charged it with 2 nitrous charges and...... presto, Whipped Hollandaise.

Gourmet Society Preperations

Compressed Fruit


I love Polished Glasses



Baby Pumpkins.... Every one loves baby pumpkins.

Gourmet Society 4













Abalone Ceviche
Orange, Ginger, Pomegranate
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Squash Soup
Butternut Squash, 144 Degree Egg, Burned Cinnamon
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Ribeye Crown
Beef, Whipped Hollandaise, Red Pepper Jelly, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Smoked Cheddar Twice Baked Potato
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Chocolate Decadence
Chef Joey's Special, Triple Chocolate, Mango Ge lee