Mark Makes It with Liza Fromer

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Zucchini Carpaccio

Ingredients

• 2 green & 2 yellow zucchini
• small bunch of mint leaves
• olive oil
• salt and pepper
• ¼ cup of pine nuts
• ¼ cup of capers
• fresh burrata cheese
• 3-4 cherry tomatoes

Preperation

Cut the zucchini as thin as you can with a knife or mandolin. Arrange the slices on the plate as you wish

Toast the capers and pine nuts in a pan with a drizzle of olive oil and set aside to cool down

Chop up mint leaves

Cut cherry tomatoes in half

Cut open the burrata

Once zucchini slices are arranged on plate, use the inside of the burrata and place dollops of the cheese over some slices, sprinkle mint, capers and pine nuts all over. Drizzle with olive oil and finish with some salt and pepper

Mascarpone cream linguine with spinach and crab

Ingredients

• Package of linguine or fettuccine
• 5-6 cooked crab legs or fresh packaged crab meat
• 1 cup of spinach
• 2 shallots
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp of Nutmeg
• ½ lemon
• 1 cup of heavy cream
• 1 cup of mascarpone
• 1 cup of grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
• salt and pepper
• olive oil

Preparation

Sautee shallots, garlic, spinach and nutmeg in a pan with some olive oil

Break crab legs and pull apart all the meat

Heat mascarpone in a saucepan and once it has melted add cream, stir for 3-4 minutes while adding everything you sautéed. Add the crab (save some crab for garnishing) zest half of one lemon with juice of half of lemon and add parmigiano reggiano and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

Cook and drain pasta. Save a ¼ cup of pasta water

Pour everything into the pot and stir making sure the cream covers all of the pasta.

Add to plate and garnish with leftover crab

Chilean sea bass with two purees

Ingredients

• 4 pieces of Chilean sea bass or other white fish
• 3 cups of Butternut squash chunks
• Small red pepper
• ½ cup of chick peas
• ½ cup of green onion – chopped
• Olive oil
• 2 tbsp of butter
• Salt and pepper

Preparation

Place a large pan on medium heat with some olive oil. Season fillets with salt and pepper and place skin side down and cook for 3-4 minutes until skin is crisp and golden brown in color. Transfer to oven for 4-5 minutes at 450 degrees (TIP – pat dry the skin with paper towel prior to frying so it crisps evenly)

Puree 1

Boil or roast butternut squash and place in blender with butter and a drizzle of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.

Puree 2

Rost chickpeas and pepper (You don’t have to roast) and add to blender with green onion and drizzle of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.

Arrange puree and fish on plate as you wish