TGC Plus – Delicious Dishes for Every Taste

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TGC Plus – Delicious Dishes for Every Taste

Take your cooking to the next level as you follow a master chef from the Culinary Institute of America to create 13 delectable and accessible new recipes featuring a variety of vegetables.

1: Broccoli Rabe with Orecchiette

Broccoli rabe—from the turnip family—has found a new following in recent years, showing up in haute cuisine and everyday meals alike. Chef Briwa walks you through the creation of a colorful, delicious, and easy-to-make recipe pairing this bitter green with sausage and pasta in a way that complements and enhances the flavors of each ingredient.
10 min
Kabocha Squash with Miso Honey Glaze
2: Kabocha Squash with Miso Honey Glaze

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Kabocha squash can appear intimidating; thus it is often overlooked. But this sweet, velvety winter squash is a delicious stand-alone treat. Watch Chef Briwa prepare a unique and delectable dish by grilling kabocha squash and adding a simple yet elegant glaze made of three ingredients.
15 min
Duxelles on Crostini, and Mushrooms Sliders
3: Duxelles on Crostini, and Mushrooms Sliders

The texture and savory umami flavor of mushrooms make them an acquired taste. Many adults are biased against eating mushrooms from their childhood. Chef Briwa shares a recipe for a delectable crispy bread, cheese, and creamy mushroom mix (duxelles) appetizer that utilizes and showcases both the consistency and taste of mushrooms in a fun way that even kids will give a try.
11 min
Hand-held Salad Rolls
4: Hand-held Salad Rolls

Vietnam is known for a hand-held, rolled sandwiches. Chef Briwa offers a new twist on this traditional dish with both conventional and innovative salad ingredients and a variety of three dipping sauces. With a careful attention to details, you’ll learn how to arrange the components, roll, and cut these delicate sandwiches in a way that doesn’t mean you’ll lose half your lunch.
8 min
Tatties and Neeps
5: Tatties and Neeps

In this Scottish-inspired dish, you’ll cook potatoes and turnips (rutabaga) in a dish that is both simple and delicious. While similar in appearance to mashed potatoes, the taste is much more complex and provides a different texture that adds a variety of layers you won’t find with plain old mashed potatoes.
6 min
Wrinkled Potatoes
6: Wrinkled Potatoes

New potatoes (or sometimes known as marble potatoes) are typically boiled. Chef Briwa demonstrates an alternative method, adapting the Spanish cooking technique that adds lots of salt and then rocks in the water to first boil, then steam the potatoes for a fun, easy, and tasty new way to enjoy them.
5 min
Rhubarb-Strawberry Limeade
7: Rhubarb-Strawberry Limeade

Vegetables are incredibly versatile and don’t necessarily have to result in entrees or side dishes. Chef Briwa creates a colorful, sophisticated, and refreshing drink from strawberry-rhubarb puree that is perfect for warm summer days. As a bonus, he suggests an alternative mix for turning this fun drink into a cocktail.
2 min
Escalivada
8: Escalivada

This Spanish salad has similar ingredients to ratatouille, but is prepared in a different way. Escalivada uses vegetables that were roasted over an open flame or in an oven, bringing a wonderful smoky flavor-base to your salad. In addition, Chef Briwa prepares a flavorful dressing and provides helpful hints for working with and serving roasted vegetables, which can often be tricky due to the soft flesh.
14 min
Beet Salad with Grapefruit and Vanilla
9: Beet Salad with Grapefruit and Vanilla

Beets often get a bad rap because of the overwhelming earthy flavor. Chef Briwa demonstrates how to counter this taste with seasoning as he creates a lovely salad dish featuring red and golden beets. He walks you through a citrus vinaigrette with a surprise twist ingredient to bring out the high notes of flavor and provides useful tips when cooking with fruits and vegetables.
10 min
Corn and Quinoa Salad with Portobello Mushrooms
10: Corn and Quinoa Salad with Portobello Mushrooms

Quinoa is a super grain that has a plethora of health benefits. Chef Briwa breaks down the perks of this whole grain and demonstrates how to best cook with it as he adds grilled mushrooms and fresh corn to create a mouth-watering dish that is as nutritious as it is delicious. Plus, learn a fascinating trick to bring out the best smoky flavor from a blackened chili pepper.
19 min
Red Snapper Hash
11: Red Snapper Hash

What we know as “hash” has several variations around the world, including the French salipicon—which references ingredients that are diced up and held together with a sauce. Chef Briwa teaches you how to master the art of cooking with jalapeno chilies and South American spices as he leads you through the creation of a Mexican-inspired Salpicon de Huachinango—a tomato and pepper salsa served with fish.
12 min
Dry-fried Chinese Long Beans
12: Dry-fried Chinese Long Beans

In China, the long bean is a green bean that can grow up to three feet long, so it’s no wonder one of the most unique and delectable ways to cook green beans comes from China. Chef Briwa walks you through cooking with Asian flavors to create a tasty, crispy, and fun way to eat your greens (beans).
11 min
Fridge Pesto
13: Fridge Pesto

Pesto is a staple of dining as it can be used with almost any dish—pasta, meat, vegetables, bread, and more. Chef Briwa shows you how to create a tasty homemade pesto out of the greens you may already have in your fridge. This versatile recipe allows you to utilize vegetables that you may not have a use for otherwise (carrot tops, beet greens, etc.) or that may be on the verge of going bad.
7 min

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