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Caesar with Prawns
Iryna Honchar
Chef, Chorne More Kitchen, Odesa, UA
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Caesar with Prawns

30 min total25 min hands-onServes 2Easy

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Tiger prawns over iceberg with cherry tomatoes, quail eggs and parmesan, a garlic Caesar dressing and croutons on the side.

WHAT YOU GET

  • The chef's hidden note — the technique no cookbook prints
  • Every component built from scratch, each with its own spec
  • Films on choosing and judging the produce before you buy it
  • Gross and net gram weights for every ingredient, per portion
  • Time and temperature at each stage, as run in the restaurant
  • A photo at every step that can go wrong
  • Substitutions for anything hard to find where you live
  • What usually goes wrong, and what to do about it

Yours for good once bought. Updates from the chef included.

BEFORE YOU BUY

Equipment
Large bowl, Sharp knife, Salad spinner, Small jar for the dressing
Allergens
Milk, Egg, Crustaceans
Method
10 steps · 9 photographed · 3 filmed
Components
2 made from scratch
Films
3, 8 min

2 RECIPES INSIDE THIS RECIPE

Each with its own weights, steps and timings

The sauce, the cure, the dough, the dressing — a restaurant makes these itself, and so will you. Every one below is a full sub-recipe: its own ingredient list, its own method, its own yield and shelf life. Nothing says «use shop-bought».

Dressing

Oil, acid, mustard and seasoning shaken in a jar until it holds together.

Dressing poured in parts coats some leaves and drowns others. Emulsified, it coats everything thinly.

  • Oil000 g
  • Lemon or vinegar000 g
Steps
2
Time
5 min
Hands-on
5 min

Makes 120 ml · keeps 1 week refrigerated

Up to 1 week ahead

Weights and method unlock on purchase

Dried leaves

Film

Leaves washed, spun and chilled so the dressing can grip.

Wet leaves shed dressing into the bottom of the bowl. Dry, cold ones hold it.

  • Salad leaves000 g
Steps
2
Time
8 min
Hands-on
8 min

Makes Enough for 2 plates

Up to 4 hours ahead

Weights and method unlock on purchase
WEIGHED

INGREDIENTS

A taste of the list · the rest locked

A few ingredients to show you what the dish is built on. Every one on the full list carries a gross and a net weight per portion, and a note on what you can swap it for where you live.

  • Croutons000 g
  • Tiger prawns000 g
  • Cherry tomatoes000 g
  • Iceberg lettuce000 g
  • Quail eggs000 g
The full list, weighed, unlocks on purchase

WATCH BEFORE YOU SHOP

3 films · 8 min

Most of what goes wrong is decided at the counter, before you cook anything. These are filmed by the chef: what to buy, how to tell it is good, and how to set your own kitchen up for it.

CHOOSING3:00

Choosing leaves that will stand up to the dressing

TECHNIQUE3:00

Tossing with hands, not tongs

KIT2:00

Why the bowl is three times too big

METHOD

STEP BY STEP — 10 STEPS

9 photographed · 3 filmed

Written the way a restaurant writes a technical card: one operation per step, each with its own time and temperature. 9 of the 10 carry a photo of what it should look like at that moment, and 3 carry a short clip for the parts a still cannot show.

Hardest step: dressing lightly enough — step 6 of 10.

  1. 01

    Read the whole method before you start, then weigh everything out. Every timing below assumes the next ingredient is already within reach.

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  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05
  6. 06
  7. + 4 more steps, timed and photographed

WHERE IT USUALLY GOES WRONG

3 things Iryna Honchar watches for every service. You can read what they are right now — the answer to each one comes with the recipe.

  1. 01

    Dressing the heavy things first

    What to do about it
  2. 02

    Salt on the leaves before the dressing

    What to do about it
  3. 03

    Plating in the last minute

    What to do about it
The chef's hidden note

The dressing ratio and the order the leaves and the heavy things are tossed.

Written by Iryna Honchar. Visible only to people who bought this recipe.

Read it — $14.99

NOTES FROM THE KITCHENS

821 verified cooks · 96% said it worked

Only people who bought the recipe and showed the dish they made can leave a note. Nobody is paid for it.

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