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Michel Richard

Chef / Owner, Michel Richard Restaurants

(202) 339-6304

              
          Chosen by the James Beard Foundation as Outstanding Chef 2007, Outstanding Wine Service 2007 for Citronelle
, and Best New Restaurant 2008 for Central, Michel Richard exemplifies the art of cuisine and a love of his profession. 

     His style is light, fresh and intelligent, with witty presentations and texture. Michel was a pioneer in French/California cuisine, before moving to Washington, DC, where Michel Richard Citronelle became his flagship restaurant.    

     Richard knew he wanted to be a chef when he first glimpsed a restaurant kitchen at the age of eight.  "The white hats, aprons, and all of the food - I fell in love."  His fate was decided. 

     Michel's creativity can be seen in prestigious culinary publications such as Gourmet, Food & Wine, Food Arts, Bon Appetit, and has been featured in the Washington Post, Washingtonian, The New York Times, and Los Angeles Times, among many others.  Constantly engaged in something new, Michel released his second book, Happy in the Kitchen, published by Artisan in 2006. earning a James Beard nomination for Cooking from a Professional Point of View.  To rave reviews, and the 2008 James beard Award for Best New Restaurant, he opened Central Michel Richard, in downtown Washington, DC, and followed that success with two new restaurants in California, Citronelle at Carmel Valley Ranch, and Citrus at Social, in Los Angeles.

How to Make a Romantic Meal for Young Sweethearts

In this video, world famous Chef, Michel Richard shows you how to make a romantic meal for you and your sweetheart.

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How to Make a Romantic Meal for Young Sweethearts

Ingredients

Onion Carbonara:

4oz. salmon eggs

3 large yellow onions (about 12oz. each)

½ cup heavy cream

1 large egg yolk

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan

plus extra for sprinkling

4oz. salmon eggs

 

Fried chicken breast:

4 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts (about 12 ounces each)

Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon chopped thyme

8 ounces (about ½ large loaf) day-old Italian bread or country bread, crusts removed

1 large egg white

Canola or peanut oil for deep-frying

1 teaspoon whole milk, or as needed

1 teaspoon madras curry

Potato grits:

1 lb. yellow potato peeled and cut to large pieces

2 ½ cups milk

½ stick butter

1 teaspoon salt

few drops Tabasco

½ cup grated parmesan cheese

Grain mustard:

4 tablespoon mayonnaise

4 tsp Dijon grain mustard

2 oranges, zest

1 orange, juice strained

Few drops Tabasco

Salt

Chocolate covered grapes:

1 pound cold firm seedless grapes, stems removed

4 ounces 60% semisweet chocolate, melted, at body temperature

1 to 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

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Michel Richard: Hello I am Michel Richard from Citronelle, a great restaurant in Washington D.

C. Today I am going to show you how to make a beautiful Valentine's dinner and both of you are going to be very happy.

The first dish we are going today is going to be Onion Carbonara. Instead of using pasta, we are going to use onion. The way we cut it should be long and we are going to steam it. We are going to make sure this stay a little crunchy. We mix this cream and a little bit of butter. Cream and butter is delicious. Then Parmesan cheese and a nice drop of salmon caviar. That's going to be delicious.

After that you are going to make a super fried chicken. It's a recipe I created in this company a few years ago. Lot of crunch, delicious. We going to serve it this way, put it to goose, you know corn goose? It is easy. We are going to use a I have got the microwave. In France, we all have microwave and you all are used to it. We never talk about it. Nobody is supposed to know anything about it. That's the sauce that is going to be go with that. Sauce made up of this mayonnaise. We all have mayonnaise in your fridge. It is easy. You add a little bit of grain mustard, mix a little bit of orange juice. It is going to be delicious. If you add it at the end of a dessert, it's going to give you grapes coated with chocolate. They look exactly like truffle. The great chef is giving you a recipe.

Now you don't need anything. You need what? A blender, that's all you need. You need that to slice, to cut the onion but make sure that you don't cut your fingers. You need a steamer, some nice pot just underneath. One thing too, you don't want to sit down with your husband tonight at the Valentine's day with half of your fingers missing. Today we are at Citronelle, a beautiful restaurant. One of the best in town. Everybody say that we are one of the best in town. See we have a kitchen, we have a coldest kitchen, we keep it clean because I want to make sure that the guest when they come here, they are able to see the kitchen. On the other side, we show the wine, the wines setup. Beautiful wine setup, we have more than 700-800 different kinds of wine. It's fun because most of the times in a restaurant, there are four wall, you don't see what's going on the kitchen. Here we show everything. It's an open heart restaurant.

I moved to this country in 1974 and I worked in New York. I opened few restaurants, pastry shops. Now I am in Washington D.

C. And I am very proud to be a chef. Now we need to start to work together. Let me show you the recipe.

Fantastic Videos! by blk at 02/15/09 04:53AM Flag

I'm not sure what was more enjoyable, the easiness of each recipe or the wonderful personality of Chef Michel. Will surely try out these recipes/add them to my repertoire. Hope to visit Citronelle soonly!

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