Demi glace is french for “half glaze”. A demi glace is a mixture of equal parts brown veal stock and brown sauce. For the demi glace, you can test when its done by if it coats the back of a spoon or not. If it does, then its done! Serves 1qt or 4 cups 2qts [...]

Marsala is a fortified wine. Its not like other wines or sherry’s you might cook with. Be sure not over cook the marsala wine or it will lose its flavor rather than benefit it like other wines you would use in cooking. In this recipe you will be using a demi glace, search under “sauce” [...]

Its best to use plum tomato’s when doing this recipe. You may add anything extra to this sauce depending on personal tastes. Spices such as thyme, oregano, red pepper flakes, bay leaves, rosemary. Finishing ingredients may also vary upon personal tastes. Some examples could include olives, mushrooms, or sun dried tomato’s. Serves 1qt or 4cups [...]

This is a great sauce to use with pasta or other dishes like Fried Calamari! Serves 1qts or 4cups 1T olive oil 4oz onions, small dice 2 garlic cloves, minced 3 1/2lbs tomato concasse (tomato’s that have been peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped) 10oz tomato puree 1T basil, fresh, chopped 1T oregano, fresh, chopped S&P [...]

This classic spaghetti sauce also works very well with heavier pastas such as lasagna. For the meat you can use ground chuck, veal, even turkey. A few good pasta types that would be good to use with this sauce would be; Canneloni, Shells, Manicotti, or Rigatoni. But you can use just about anything you want. [...]

BBQ sauces are all about personal tastes. You can make them sweet by adding honey or maple syrup, hot by adding chili powder or hot pepper flakes, spicy by adding dijon mustard or chipotle peppers or just about anything else you want. Some prime examples are, honey, maple syrup, ketchup, cocktail sauce, cumin, mustard, dijon [...]

If at all possible try to use FRESH seafood when making any dish, it gives the dish an entirely different level of taste. If you have to use frozen seafood, make sure that it doesnt have “crystals” on it. This usually means it was frozen, thawed and refrozen. Serves 10 3lbs prawns, boiled, shelled, deveined [...]