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Hamburger Brioche Bun - Regular Size (4" Diameter)

Hamburger Brioche Bun Recipe

This recipe is scaled to yield 10, 4" hamburger brioche buns scaled to 100 grams a piece. This is a good size bun when working with 4 ounce/113 gram hamburger patties formed to a 3.75"/9.5 cm diameter.

For detailed instructions, please review our original recipe here. You can also watch our video demonstration.

Ginger Brine

This all purpose ginger brine is a great way to add flavor and tenderness to pork chops, chicken or other lean cuts of meat. All ounce measurements in this recipe are by weight and the yield is set at 32 cups (1 gallon) to make scaling easier.

Garlic-Thyme Emulsion

This sauce was originally developed for a summer salmon dish that was paired with some slow roasted vegetables. Garlic-thyme emulsion goes well with fish, roasted vegetables and poultry such as chicken breast and squab.

Flourless Chocolate Cake - Basic Recipe

With only five ingredients, this flourless cake is super easy to prepare and will make your toes curl with satisfaction as the decadent cake yields to your spoon and the chocolate slowly coats your tongue as it melts.

Five Spice Brine

A flavorful brine that was originally developed for a Chinese inspired chicken dish. All ounce measurements are by weight.

Buttered Mocha Emulsion

This dessert sauce is a nothing more then a super rich mocha that's emulsified with butter for some extra flavor and sheen. It's served with our cinnamon sugar beignets to complete our "coffee & doughnuts" dessert.

Cantaloupe Caviar - How To Make Faux Caviar Using Basic Ionic Spherification

Cataloupe Cavia Recipe - Spherification

Ionic spherification was first introduced by Ferran Adrià of El Bulli. They would serve a beautiful apple "caviar" in a caviar tin, which at that time was absolutely mind-blowing. Because the overall technique is fairly simply, "faux caviar" quickly became many-a-cook's first foray into hydrocolloids and modern cuisine (also commonly referred to as "molecular gastronomy").

Cinnamon Sugar Coating For Brioche Doughnuts

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Recipe

Let's be honest; making a cinnamon-sugar mixture isn't exactly rocket science and hardly needs a recipe. However, the biggest mistake I see people make when mixing together a cinnamon sugar topping is not adding salt.

Cinnamon Sugar Beignets (Doughnut Holes)

Coffee and Doughnuts - Cinnamon Sugar Beignets

This is our "coffee and doughnuts" dessert that we serve at Stella. It's a simple pate a choux base that is fried to order, tossed in a cinnamon-sugar mix, and served with a buttered mocha emulsion. This recipe can also be used for churros by simply fitting your pastry bag with a star tip. See attached recipe for "buttered mocha emulsion."

Cilantro-Mirin Vinaigrette

A refreshing vinaigrette inspired by Japanese flavors, this cilantro vinaigrette goes great with any number of lettuce greens or vegetables.

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