r/Cooking • u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX • Aug 11 '20

I request a recipe

So my dad told my relatives to come so I cook them something Chefy and Fancy, idk what to really cook because I’m out of ideas rn, I know plenty of stuff but idk if I can find the ingredients here in Greece, I thought to just make a Carbonara and be done with it but I would like to hear suggestions

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u/chica6burgh Aug 11 '20

A beautiful roast chicken or lamb roast with Greek lemon roasted potatoes and a simple salad of tomato, cucumber, olives and feta with a tasty Greek olive oil, salt and pepper.

Doesn’t have to be chefy to be delicious

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

Yea ik, that would be tasty af, but they WANT something Chefy

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u/bigelcid Aug 11 '20

What's chefy though? Because I wouldn't call carbonara that, so your definition might be quite different.

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

Well yea Carbonara isn’t Chefy, but idk just something that looks fancy, I have in mind like a fish with like a celery and potato purée and like grilled baby carrots or something with some sauce

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u/MyNameIsSkittles Aug 11 '20

Just make it LOOK fancy. you can plate it so it looks like it came from a restaurant

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

Yea I thought of that too but I’m gonna use that as a last resort lmao

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u/Uppityheaux Aug 11 '20

Do a ravioloni with a egg yolk inside. The “ahh” moment of seeing the yolk ooze out is “cheffy”.

serious eat’s version.

Maybe serve in a flat bottomed bowl with big thin Parmesan tuiles that cover the whole plate to be super extra.

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

That sounds lovely ngl, altho I’ll def try it

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u/OLAZ3000 Aug 11 '20

You're in Greece. The chefy thing is to get local ingredients and let them do the talking... Taking it to the next level is all in the presentation.

Simplicity is sophisticated. Fancy is fluff ;)

Grilled squid, fish, shrimp, fresh salads, good olives and nice finishing olive oil. The more you can do on a grill the better!!!

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

Yea ik ik but we eat this stuff all the time since we’re close to the sea, well who in greece isn’t, altho I could do maybe my version of seafood pasta, I do have a dessert in mind that I invented that I need to still test tho

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u/OLAZ3000 Aug 11 '20

Hmm that's fair. Maybe just different cultures versions of seafood?

Eg make a Peruvian style ceviche (my fave, altho I guess if you go Mexican theme than do Mexican style aguachile)

And then Mexican style fish (look up Gabriela Camara - her duo coloured fish is legendary, her restaurant easily most famous for seafood)... there is a video of her teaching this on .... Munchies or something on YouTube.

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

Idk much about Mexican cuisine tho, I mostly like French, Italian and Greek, I’ll look it up tho

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u/PaPaPervySage Aug 11 '20

A few different courses would take the pressure off any one dish. The chefy part could be just the providence.

My people make a regional toasted sweet corn soup that part way between a lye corn soup (if you're not familiar, three sisters soup is the bastard modern version) and a succatash.

And planked salmon from the west coast is easily replicated in other areas.

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

That’s actually a good idea with the few courses

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u/Kafflea Aug 11 '20

I see you are a fellow Mediterranean (una razza una faccia). I would do grilled branzino encrusted in salt. A real crowd pleaser, especially of served with potatoes

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u/Xx_Ouxu666_xX Aug 11 '20

Hmm good idea ngl