Bluestem: The Cookbook by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

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  • Nettle soup, whipped lemon ricotta

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Soups; Spring; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: ricotta cheese; shallots; garlic; nettles; spinach; heavy cream; white pepper; parsley
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  • Sunchoke panna cotta, prosciutto

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Mousses, trifles, custards & creams; Appetizers / starters; Spring; Italian
    • Ingredients: sunchokes; vegetable stock; gelatin; heavy cream; prosciutto; parsley
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  • Fiddleheads, burrata, arrope, olive oil

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Spring; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: fiddlehead ferns; fennel; burrata cheese; arrope; olive oil; shallots; sherry vinegar
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  • Fava bean, asparagus, whipped chèvre, blis elixir

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Spring; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: fava beans; asparagus; cream cheese; chèvre cheese; saba; Champagne vinegar; honey
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  • Oysters, spring onion mignonette

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Sauces for fish; Appetizers / starters; Spring; French
    • Ingredients: scallions; oysters
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  • Hamachi, black radish, celery

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Spring
    • Ingredients: coriander seeds; togarashi spice; paprika; mustard seeds; dried chiles; hamachi; peanut oil; limes; black radishes; celery hearts
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  • Beef tartare, giardiniera, black olive caramel

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Spring
    • Ingredients: beef top round; honey; tomato paste; truffle oil; Worcestershire sauce; sherry vinegar; sugar; Kalamata olives; cauliflower; broccoli; carrots; pearl onions; shallots
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  • Asparagus soup, white beans, bottarga, marjoram

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Spring
    • Ingredients: asparagus; vegetable stock; parsley; white pepper; white beans; chicken stock; ham hocks; leeks; shallots; fennel; bay leaves; dried oregano; bottarga
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  • Pea soup, preserved lemon, crème fraîche

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Soups; Appetizers / starters; Spring; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: peas; vegetable stock; parsley; white pepper; crème fraîche; lemons; kosher salt; pink peppercorns; oranges
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  • Walu, wild arugula, black garlic

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Spring
    • Ingredients: black garlic; egg yolks; lemons; olive oil; escolar; white pepper; arugula
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  • Gnocchi, brown butter, nettles

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Spring; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: baking potatoes; Italian 00 flour; butter; nettles
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  • Bucatini, "oysters and mussels"

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Main course; Spring
    • Ingredients: bucatini pasta; oyster mushrooms; shallots; garlic; saffron; white wine; mussels
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  • Walleye, snow peas, white asparagus, kumquat

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Main course; Spring
    • Ingredients: fennel; kumquats; dry white wine; mirin; fish stock; white pepper; asparagus; snow peas; walleye
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  • Tuna, artichokes, white beans, lemon broth, bottarga

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Main course; Spring
    • Ingredients: white beans; chicken stock; ham hocks; leeks; shallots; fennel; bay leaves; dried oregano; artichoke hearts; white pepper; tuna fillets; bottarga; sherry vinegar; pearl onions; white wine; lemon verbena; lemon thyme; lemons; vegetable broth
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  • Scallop, red miso-braised Berkshire bacon, bok choy, soy caramel

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Main course; Spring
    • Ingredients: sea scallops; butter; thyme; soy sauce; smoked pork belly; fresh ginger; shallots; red miso; chicken stock; bay leaves
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  • Lamb, fava puree, olives, broccoli rabe

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Main course; Spring
    • Ingredients: fava beans; parsley; vegetable stock; white pepper; olives; broccoli rabe; dried oregano; lamb rib chops
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  • Veal rib cap, ramps, morels

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Main course; Spring
    • Ingredients: grapeseed oil; shallots; morel mushrooms; bourbon; Southern Comfort; heavy cream; veal knuckle bones; carrots; celery; onions; garlic; tomato paste; dry red wine; bay leaves; thyme; ramps; veal rib
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  • Hanger steak, chimichurri, smoked shallot marmalade, potato-parsnip rösti

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Sauces for meat; Main course; Spring; Argentinian; Swiss
    • Ingredients: shallots; balsamic vinegar; dried chiles; honey; garlic; capers; sherry vinegar; parsley; baking potatoes; parsnips; whole grain mustard; dried oregano; bread crumbs; beef hanger steaks
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  • Green Dirt Farm's "dirt lover" sheep's milk cheese, sweet onion marmalade

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Dessert; Spring
    • Ingredients: spring onions; honey; sherry vinegar; thyme; ash-covered goat cheese; lavash
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  • Carrot cake, walnut streusel, carrot-ginger ice

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Cakes, small; Ice cream & frozen desserts; Dessert; Spring
    • Ingredients: ground cinnamon; nutmeg; ground allspice; fresh ginger; sugar; oranges; carrots; walnuts; all-purpose flour; cinnamon sticks; whole star anise; carrot juice
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  • Chocolate pudding cake, fresh mint ice cream, chocolate sauce

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Cakes, small; Ice cream & frozen desserts; Sauces for desserts; Dessert; Spring
    • Ingredients: dark chocolate; unsweetened chocolate; eggs; egg yolks; mint; heavy cream; milk; sugar; light corn syrup; cocoa powder
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  • Vanilla-saffron panna cotta, rhubarb consommé, strawberry sherbet

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Ice cream & frozen desserts; Mousses, trifles, custards & creams; Dessert; Spring; Italian
    • Ingredients: gelatin; heavy cream; milk; saffron; rhubarb; strawberries; Riesling wine; simple syrup; light corn syrup; lemons; vanilla extract
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  • Chocolate truffle cookies

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; Spring
    • Ingredients: unsweetened chocolate; Dutch-process cocoa powder; dark chocolate
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  • Raspberry-lemon thyme lollipops

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Candy / sweets; Spring
    • Ingredients: lemon thyme; light corn syrup; raspberry extract; red food coloring
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  • Pink peppercorn shortbread

    from Bluestem: The Cookbook Bluestem by Colby Garrelts and Megan Garrelts

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; Spring
    • Ingredients: pink peppercorns; butter; St-Germain liqueur
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  • ISBN 10 1449400612
  • ISBN 13 9781449400613
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Nov 08 2011
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 312
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Imprint Andrews McMeel Publishing

Publishers Text

A repeated nominee for the James Beard Award for "Best Chef Midwest," chef Colby Garrelts and highly respected pastry chef Megan Garrelts offer their culinary techniques inside Bluestem: The Cookbook. From Warm Eggplant Salad and Potato-Crusted Halibut with Herb Cream to delectable desserts such as Honey Custard and Peanut Butter Beignets with Concord Grape Sauce, the Garreltses showcase local, Midwestern ingredients and artisanal producers through 100 seasonally driven recipes.

Including a full-meal lineup of recipes, from amuse-bouche to dessert, Bluestem offers helpful tips from a professional kitchen alongside seasonal wine notes and 100 full-color photographs that capture the simple beauty of Bluestem's composed dishes. Guided by their childhood memories and inspired by the world around them, the Garreltses offer a Midwestern sensibility inside Bluestem: The Cookbook, while enabling cooks of all experience levels the opportunity of replicating Bluestem's contemporary taste and signature dishes at home.

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