Welcome to 3.19 the blog. This is the journey of a young chef’s passion for food. 3.19 has many meanings. My first day working in a professional kitchen and with a lot of work hopefully a future Restaurant 3.19. The viewers will be able to see and follow the journey on becoming a future restaurant owner. Along the way ill be sharing all of the recipes as well as step by step instructions on how to create restaurant quality dishes at home. Let the journey begin...

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Next Journey

The staff at 3.19 is happy to announce that we will be hosting another dinner on January 23. The dinner will be a 5 course dinner with wine, with a few surprises in store. It's prix fixe at 160 per couple witch includes wine, and service. If you would like to attend click on the reservation button on the top of the page. After they are made contact us with any allergies as we'll as your contact info as we will send you the address of the location where it will take place. Thank you 3.19thejourney

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Beginning

A glimpse of 3.19 The Journey's 1st wine dinner. The beginning of the journey on raising funds to open 3.19 the truck. A Double-Decker bus that will be converted in to a mobile restaurant.






Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Tasting Menu Dinner

Its official!! 3.19 will be hosting there first Chefs Tasting Menu Dinner. Come Be part of our Journey and enjoy good food on the way. We will be hosting it Sunday, August 11th. Extremely exclusive only 32 reservations will be taken. The 5 course menu featuring Gen5 wine with both protein courses will be produced by the 3.19 crew in front of you to view the action. The menu will be priced at $130 dollars per couple. All proceeds of the dinner will be going towards a down payment on a food truck that will eventually lead to our dream of opening a restaurant. If you would like to be part of the journey contact us on our contact form by clicking the contact us button, and make a reservation please let us know of any allergies. As we will accommodate the menu for you. Once you the reservations are made you will receive a email the 10th telling you the address of the location where we will be hosting it, with further details.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Pan seared salmon, pea puree, barley and crispy sweet potato strips





        Do you like salmon? Well today we have a easy salmon recipe that consist’s of a pea puree, barley, crispy sweet potato strips and pan seared salmon.

Recipes yield 5 servings


Lets start with the pea puree...

        Ingredients
                2 cups of peas
                Water
                Truffle oil
                Salt and pepper to taste

        The cooking process is extremely easy. Add your peas to a pot add some water and cook the peas until they are soft. Strain it and place them in a food processor or blender. Turn it on and let it run until its smooth add a drop of truffle oil( literally a drop a little bit of that stuff goes a long way) finally add salt and pepper to taste.


Now for the barley.

        Ingredients
                2 cups of barley
                6 cups of chicken stock or water
                1/4 cup of shallots
                2 garlic cloves
                1 tsp of fresh chopped thyme
                1 tbsp of butter
                white wine
                salt and pepper to taste

        Barley cooks to a 3 to 1 ratio liquid to barley. Add your barley to a pot and cover it with the chicken stock. Cook it for 30min or until its almost cook through. Heat up your a sauté pan add your butter, shallots. And cook them until soft add your garlic.



        Add the barley and thyme once its almost cooked add a splash of white wine to deglaze the pan add your salt and pepper and its all done.



        For the sweet potato peel it, slice it shingle it and slice it so you get match stick size pieces. Fry them in 300 degree oil for about 45 seconds. Pull it out and place them over a paper towel to let the oil drain.







Salmon

        Ingredients
                4,7oz salmon filets
                2 tsp of oil
                salt and pepper

        Cooking the salmon is simpler then you think. Heat a non stick sauté pan over med heat add a 2 tsp of oil, season the fish with salt and pepper we added chopped parsley for color witch is optional.



        You should hear a nice sizzle when you add the fish cook it in the pan until its starting to brown check it by looking at it once it has a light brown color turn off the heat and place it in a 300 degree oven for about 3 min.



        Once the 3 minutes are up take it out of the oven flip it and cook it for another 1-2 minutes. Once its out it should be nice medium rare.



        Our favorite part is the plating get creative. We spread the pea puree on the plate with a small spatula.



        Placed a spoon full of the barley placed the salmon across and the crispy sweet potato strips on top. We decided to garnish the dish with some beautiful chive blossoms Becca brought back from her mom’s garden is South Dakota.



        Enjoy and happy eating.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Scallops with warm lentil salad and cauliflower puree





        Today we will be sharing with you one of our scallop recipes. With warm lentil salad, cauliflower puree garnished with minced chives, prosciutto chips.

Recipes yields 8 servings


Warm Lentil Salad

        ingredients
                1 Red bell pepper (small diced)
                4 Celery stalks (small diced)
                1 Red onion (small diced)
                3 Garlic cloves (minced)
                9 Bacon strips
                8 cups of chicken stock
                2 1/2 cups of lentils
                1 tbsp of red wine vinegar
                1tsp of chopped thyme
                Cashews if desired
                salt and pepper to taste



        Small dice all of your ingredients note that the cauliflower in the picture is going to be used for the puree not for the lentils.

        As for the Bacon stack it on top of each other and cut it into strips.



        Cook the lentils in a sauce pot with the chicken stock. Throw the bacon in a sauté pan and render the fat.(let it get crispy)



        Once the bacon is rendered don't let it get to crispy as it will still keep cooking, add the vegetables and cook them just until they are about to start getting soft. Then add the garlic lentils, thyme and cook it so that everything is warm add red win vinegar and salt pepper to taste. If you like cashew go ahead and toss them in the pan and the warm lentil salad is done.



Cauliflower puree yields 8 servings


        Ingredients
                 2 heads cauliflower, core removed and cut into florets
                 4 cups of milk
                Pinch of yellow curry
                salt and pepper to taste

        Put the cauliflower in a sauce pot add the milk and simmer it until cauliflower is soft. Remove the cauliflower and add it to a blender. Blend it until its nicely purred if needed you can add some of the cooking milk. Add salt and pepper, curry blend it once more and its done.





        Scallops one of our favorite ingredients. To cook the scallops grab a sauté pan on high heat. Add a touch of olive oil. season both sides of scallops with salt and pepper Add the to the pan you will hear a nice sizzle once you see nice brown color on the bottom flip the scallop add 1 tbsp of cold butter into the pan and spoon the oil and butter mixture over the scallops once the other side gets nice and brown remove the scallops out of the pan they should be nice and MR.
        Plating is al up to you, get creative with it. We went with a spoon full of puree in the bottom of the plate and spreading it side to side. Spooning some warm lentil salad over the puree. And the scallops on top. We decided to garnish it with some mince chives and some crispy prosciutto chips for added saltiness. (prosciutto chips are made by putting shaved prosciutto in the oven until there nice and crispy. Enjoy :)