Buffalo Rossini Recipes

TOURNEDOS ROSSINI

Steps:

• Rub the beef with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, then season with salt and pepper. Set aside and let stand at room temperature about 1 hour.
• In a small bowl mash the pate de foie gras with a fork, and gradually add the Marsala, stirring the mixture until it is smooth. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining olive oil in a heavy skillet. Cook the beef slices over high heat until just browned on both sides. Remove the meat from the pan.
• Reduce the heat to low, add the pate mixture, and cook, stirring, until the sauce is smooth.
• Return the beef to the pan, and cook about 2 minutes, then pour the brandy into the pan, light carefully with a match, and shake the pan until the flames subside.
• Remove the beef from the pan, transfer to a platter, and pour the sauce over the beef. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

HYEHOLDE'S VEAL ROSSINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven: 400 degrees F.
• Season the veal with salt and pepper. Preheat olive oil in saute pan and sear veal. Finish in oven for approximately 12 minutes until medium rare.
• Remove from oven and let veal rest on a platter for 4 minutes. Add shallots to pan and sweat. Deglaze pan with Madeira wine. Add the demi-glace, salt, and pepper. Shave fresh truffles into sauce. Swirl butter into the sauce to finish.
• Preheat saute pan to sear foie gras. Season foie gras with salt and pepper. Sear both sides. Plate the veal, 1 piece on each of 4 plates. Pour the sauce over the veal and finish the dish with seared foie gras and slice truffles over dish.

BUFFALO BALLS

Steps:

• 1. In a meat grinder with a medium die, grind the chicken thighs to "chili grind," or have your butcher do it for you. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, 11/2 cups of the Ritz crackers, the black pepper, paprika, basil, cel-ery salt, cumin, white pepper, half the cayenne pepper, and 1 cup of the blue cheese. Mix well to incorporate. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Pour 2 inches of canola oil into a large, deep skillet and heat the oil to 350 degrees F over medium-high heat. Set a cooling rack over a baking sheet.
• 3. Form the chicken mixture into walnut-size balls and set them aside on a plate. Beat the egg in a shallow bowl and place the remaining 1 1/2 cups crackers in another bowl. Dip each ball in the egg and then roll it in the crackers, covering it thoroughly. Add the balls to the hot oil (in batches so as not to crowd them) and fry until golden brown, about 2 minutes. They cook very quickly, so working with a few at a time will help. As they finish cook-ing, place the balls on the rack over the baking sheet. When all the balls are fried, place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
• 1. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Add the garlic and jalapenos and cook 2 minutes. Stir in the hot sauce and keep warm over low heat.
• 2. To serve, drizzle the hot sauce over the Buffalo balls or serve it as a dip on the side. Celery sticks and the remaining blue cheese make a cooling addition.

ROSSINIS

Steps:

• Place the strawberries in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade and puree until completely smooth. Pour the liquid through a fine-mesh sieve and press to make a seedless puree. Discard the seeds. Add the sugar syrup and Grand Marnier to the puree and refrigerate until very cold.
• When ready to serve, rub the rim of each Champagne glass with the orange zest. Pour the cold Prosecco into Champagne glasses until they're each three-quarters full. Carefully stir 2 tablespoons of the puree into each glass and serve very cold.

TOURNEDOS ROSSINI

Steps:

• Season the filets mignons with salt and pepper; set aside. In a small bowl, combine the veal stock or demi-glace, truffle juice and chopped truffles; set aside.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt a third of the butter with the oil and quickly fry the slices of bread until lightly browned on both sides; remove and set aside. Add another third of the butter to the skillet, and sauté the filets mignons over high heat for 4 minutes a side for rare or 5 minutes a side for medium-rare. Remove the filets from the skillet, set aside and keep warm.
• Using the same skillet and high heat, sauté the foie gras slices 90 seconds on each side and put 1 slice on each of the filets.
• Discard all fat from the skillet. While the skillet is still hot, add the Madeira, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add the veal stock mixture, bring to a quick boil, then remove from heat and stir in the remaining butter to make a silky sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• On each of two plates, place the croutons in the center and top with the filet mignon and foie gras. Garnish with a slice of truffle on the top. Spoon the sauce over and around. Serve hot.