Ricard Camarena has written "Broths, the Code of Flavour", one of the most eagerly awaited books on the gastronomic scene, explains how Ricard camarena has come transform the very foundations of of cooking itself. All the types of broths the cook uses to prepare his dishes are also examined; their key points are detailed and practicalexplanation is given via some of this Valencian chef's most iconic recipes.
Ricard Camarena
2 Michelin stars.
The empire of flavour is in Valencia
Ricard Camarena Restaurant
Canalla Bistro
Central Bar
Habitual
The broths of Ricard Camarena
The broths of Ricard Camarena
Searching for clean flavours
The logic behind defatting
With this dish, it all began
Snail risotto without the snails
Ripe mango, cold curry, herbs and seeds
Roasted carrots, cream of salmon roe and coconut-cumin
How to enhance a broth
How to enhance a broth
The flavour enhancers of a broth
Fat as a flavour enhancer
Aromatised fats
Pesto as a flavour enhancer
Purée as a flavour enhancer
Wine, vinegar and juice as a flavour enhancers
Wine as a flavour enhancer
Salt and colatura di alici as a flavour enhancers
Condiments as a flavour enhancer
Index of recipes “flavour enhancers”
Types of broths
Macerated broths
Practical application of a macerated broth
Index of recipes “macerated broth”
Clarified broths
Clarification enhances flavour
Index of recipes “clarified broths”
Before and after
Unclarified broths
The importance of the process in unclarified broths
Index of recipes “unclarified broths”
Thickened broths or ‘veloutés’
Reinvented velouté
Index of recipes “veloutés”
Alphabetical index of recipes
Alginet beans, hake cheeks, spring onions andhake and tomato ‘velouté’ (2015)
Aubergine, tuna rillettes and ‘toro’ (2014)
Beef consommé with amontillado sherry and seasonal vegetables (2014)
Beetroot, fresh milk, red fruits and dill (2014)
Biscuit mousse, strawberry infusion and coconut sorbet (2007)
Brined hake, baby broad beans, spring onions, tomato and hake ‘velouté’ (2014)
Buttery onion ribbons with anchovy and coffee (2014)
Cherries, almond shot and bitter almond cream with a cherry, eucalyptus and coffee infusion (2015)
Cold and slightly spicy squid and cucumber salad.
Cold squid and cucumber consommé (2013)
Consommé of hare, avocado, celery and dried bonito (2014)
Creamy rice with horn of plenty mushrooms and saffron milk cap mushrooms and savoury (2014)
Dry rice with rabbit and green beans (2016)
Fat-glazed beef slices in a chilli sauce (2016)
Glazed mackerel with pickled onion sauce.
Roasted sweet potato, lemon and black pepper (2013)
Green fig, vanilla, elderflower vinegar and Fondillón (2013)
Iberian pork shoulder, eel and peanut sandwich (2013)
Marinated baby artichokes with rosemary, yuzu and artichoke ravioli (2014)
Pan-fried langoustine and courgette with langoustine, shiso and passion fruit sauce (2013)
Parmentier swede with gelatinous octopus and truffle glaze (2007)
Pickled peas with chervil (2013)
Rice with asparagus, fresh yeast and oxidised Manzanilla sherry (2015)
Rice with barbecued sardines (2009)
Roasted courgette skin confit with beef dripping filled with steak tartare, ricotta cheese, strawberries and capers (2014)
Russian salad-style meagre tartare (2016)
Shoulder of kid with carrots and herb velouté (2014)
Shredded sea bass with adobo sauce, potato and parsley (2015)
Slightly spicy orange, eucalyptus and chervil salad (2013)
Spicy soup of red prawn, fennel, lemongrass and chile de arbol peppers (2015)
Stewed hake cheeks in a beach herb ‘velouté’ (2014)
Stewed morels with marrow cream (2007)
Stewed peas in a briny pea pod sauce (2007)
Stewed peas with pesto (2015)
Sweetbread, mustard, spinach and tarragon sauce (2015)
Tomato infusion, salt-cured bonito and herbs (2016)
Valencian oyster, avocado, sesame seeds and galangal ‘horchata’ (2012)
Veal, mustard and tarragon rice (2014)
Warm vegetable medley with escabeche ‘velouté’ (2009)
White asparagus, salmon and coconut (2014)
Young hake in amontillado sherry sauce (2006)