The Everyday Gourmet: Cooking with Vegetables

Overview

Course No. 9275

Make everyone part of the clean-plate club when it comes to broccoli, spinach, and other meals where vegetables are the star ingredient.

With the rise of the farm-to-table movement, vegetables are taking center stage on plates across America. The Everyday Gourmet: Cooking with Vegetables, led by Chef Bill Briwa from The Culinary Institute of America, will teach you how to transform fresh ingredients into exciting and flavorful dishes. This course provides step-by-step lessons on cleaning, cutting, seasoning, and preparing a variety of vegetables—from the familiar to the exotic.

Course Outline

• Colorful Carrots
  • Duration: 36 min
  • Create savory dishes featuring carrots, including carrot osso buco and burnt carrot salad with goat cheese.

• Summer Squashes
  • Duration: 33 min
  • Learn to cook summer squash in light, flavorful recipes like summer squash pasta and grilled zucchini.

• Winter Squashes
  • Duration: 37 min
  • Explore sweeter winter squashes with recipes such as butternut squash carpaccio and spicy butternut soup.

• Inflorescents: Cauliflower and Artichokes
  • Duration: 34 min
  • Delve into recipes showcasing cauliflower and artichokes, including cauliflower shawarma and braised artichoke stew.

5. Marvelous Mushrooms
   • Duration: 39 min
   • Discover various mushroom types and create dishes like vegetable pot pie and maitake-filled tamales.

6. Salad Greens and Lettuces
   • Duration: 34 min
   • Learn how to store and prepare salad greens for satisfying dishes like kale salad and hot bacon-wrapped endive salad.

• Field Greens and Cooking Greens
  • Duration: 37 min
  • Understand the flavors of greens like kale and mustard with recipes for horta and gnocchi with spinach.

8. Root Vegetables: Celery Root and Parsnips
   • Duration: 37 min
   • Cook versatile root vegetables, including parsnip chips and carrot cake with a parsnip-infused icing.

• Alliums: Onions and Garlic
  • Duration: 35 min
  • Tackle onions, leeks, and garlic with dishes like classic onion soup and leek pizza.

10. Fruits Masquerading as Vegetables
    • Duration: 31 min
    • Prepare flavorful dishes featuring tomatoes, cucumbers, and eggplant, including caprese salad and stuffed tomatoes.

• Bulb Vegetables: Fennel and Celery
  • Duration: 37 min
  • Focus on bulb vegetables with dishes like shaved vegetable salad and linguine with fennel and crabmeat.

• Brassicas: Brussels Sprouts and Turnips
  • Duration: 33 min
  • Explore the bold flavors of brassicas with Brussels sprouts and butter-braised turnips.

• Potatoes and Other Tubers
  • Duration: 35 min
  • Learn different potato varieties and make innovative dishes like chilaquiles and pickled potatoes.

• Stems and Stalks: Asparagus and Rhubarb
  • Duration: 35 min
  • Create dishes featuring asparagus and rhubarb, such as grilled asparagus and rhubarb chutney.

• Cabbages: Red, Green, and Savoy
  • Duration: 35 min
  • Make hearty dishes like Asian cole slaw and colcannon with various cabbages.

• Beets and Beet Greens
  • Duration: 34 min
  • Overcome common misconceptions about beets with recipes for roasted beets and tiered beet salad.

• Eggplant: Italian, Chinese, and Japanese
  • Duration: 35 min
  • Discover diverse eggplant dishes such as eggplant tart and aromatic Szechuan eggplant.

18. The Amazing Avocado
    • Duration: 39 min
    • Learn to use avocado in dishes like cooked ceviche verde and spring salad.

19. Corn: From Salads to Dessert
    • Duration: 32 min
    • Explore the versatility of corn with recipes for corn butter and sweet corn ice cream.

20. Chili Peppers
    • Duration: 35 min
    • Learn about various peppers and create dishes like pre-Columbian salsa and chilis rellenos.

• Peas and Pods
  • Duration: 34 min
  • Familiarize yourself with various legumes and create dishes like French-cut green beans.

• Leftovers or Planned-Overs?
  • Duration: 34 min
  • Discover how to properly store and transform leftovers into new dishes.

• Exotic Vegetables
  • Duration: 36 min
  • Experiment with unique vegetables like cactus paddles and spaghetti squash.

• Herbs and Blossoms for an Elegant Dinner
  • Duration: 38 min
  • Learn to store herbs and create a menu celebrating their flavors, including grilled pizza and salmon-stuffed squash blossoms.