4 Fresh, Sensational Recipes to Try in Delaware This Summer - Delaware Today

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Try out light and bright recipes from the pros this season with these recipes from Delaware chefs and restaurants.

Come warmer weather, chefs switch up their menus to showcase seasonal ingredients. These recipes can help you create your own farm-to-table concept at home.

Macadamia-Encrusted Black Bass

Caffe Gelato’s executive chef Jeovany Valle creates a light summer dish with sea bass fillets encrusted in macadamia nuts./Photo by Christina Peters

When it comes to summer dishes, Jeovany Valle is all about color and texture. The executive chef at Caffe Gelato in Newark pairs this fish with sweet peas and carrots (side dish recipe available online) for a vibrant dish that is simply beautiful.

Serving: (serves 2)

Ingredients:

For the fish

2 7-ounce sea bass fillets, skin off (can use halibut)
2 to 3 tablespoons grapeseed or blended oil
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 sprig of fresh thyme
1 cup of chopped macadamia nuts, toasted

Method:

Add oil to a sauté pan and heat to medium. Sear the bass in the pan for 6 minutes. Do not flip. Add butter and thyme. Cook, basting the fish with the warm herb butter, for 3 more minutes or until done. Set aside. Sprinkled with the chopped macadamia nuts. (To toast nuts, put them on a preheated dry pan over medium-high heat. Stir until aromatic.)

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Barbecue-Spiced Duck Breast

Many people think of duck as a fall dish, but for Andrew Gaffney, duck is a preferred summer meal. “It’s something I still cook and want to eat on a warm day,” the executive chef of Palate in Rehoboth Beach says. “It won’t weigh you down.”

Serving: (serves 2)

Ingredients:

For the spice rub and duck

10 grams coriander seed
10 grams fennel seed
10 grams smoked paprika
20 grams brown sugar
10 grams granulated sugar
20 grams salt
2 duck breasts, about 8 ounces each, trimmed
Oil for sautéing

Method:

Toast the coriander and fennel seeds in a medium-hot pan for about 2 minutes until they’re aromatic. Transfer the seeds to a mixing bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. Mix together. (You can use a spice grinder if you wish.) Season the duck with the spice.

Preheat a sauté pan and add a light amount of oil. Heat to medium-high. Once the pan is hot, add the seasoned duck breast with the skin down. While the duck cooks, it will render fat. Continuously baste the meat with the fat. Cook for 7 to 8 minutes. Flip and let if finish for 90 seconds. Remove and reserve some of the duck fat for the chard

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Insalata Caprese Alla Toscana

Brighten up the dinner table with Dan Butler’s Insalata Caprese Alla Toscana. The Piccolina Toscana owner’s rendition includes watermelon radishes for a little extra color and flavor./Photo by Christina Peters

A caprese salad celebrates fresh ingredients enjoyed at their peak, says Dan Butler, owner of Piccolina Toscana in Trolley Square and Brandywine Prime Seafood & Chops in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Traditionally, the recipe focuses on tomatoes, buffalo milk mozzarella, basil and good olive oil, but Butler likes to dress it up to “make it extra special.”

Serving: (serves 6)

Ingredients:

1 pound fresh, ripe local tomatoes, cut into cubes
1 pound heirloom tomatoes, cut into cubes
1 pound burrata (an Italian cow milk cheese made from mozzarella and cream) or fresh mozzarella, cut into cubes
1 head radicchio, torn
1 bunch (4 ounces) arugula, torn
1 bunch (2 ounces) fresh basil, mostly torn but reserve some whole leaves for garnish
4 ounces extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
3 watermelon radishes, sliced for garnish

Optional:

16 1-inch focaccia croutons
12 ounces cannellini beans
12 ounces sweet corn, stripped from the cob

Method:

Combine tomatoes, burrata, radicchio, arugula, torn basil and any of the optional ingredients of your choice. Drizzle with olive oil. Season to taste. Garnish with radishes and whole basil leaves.

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Chimichurri Grilled Prawns

For Brenton Lyman, grilled food is the perfect summer fare. The executive chef at Bluecoast Seafood Grill + Raw Bar in Bethany Beach isn’t limited to meat or poultry. He also grills prawns and serves them with a spicy chimichurri.

“The flavors in this dish are complex but not overbearing,” he says. “It’s easy to execute and will wow guests at a dinner party.”

Grilled prawns paired with a spicy chimichurri make for an easy and flavorful dinner, created by Bluecoast Seafood Grill + Raw Bar executive chef Brenton Lyman./Photo courtesy of SoDel Concepts

Serving: (serves 2)

Ingredients:

For the chimichurri and prawns

1 bunch parsley
4 ounces oregano
1 bunch of green onions — save 2 inches of the white ends for side dish vinaigrette (recipe available online)
4 cloves garlic
2 to 3 red jalapeños, cut in half and deseeded (green jalapeños are fine)
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
¼ cup red wine vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pound of prawns or the largest shrimp available

Method:

Add all the vegetables to a food processor and pulse five times. Add the red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. Pulse five more times.

Slowly add the olive oil into the food processor and continue pulsing until it reaches the preferred consistency.

If you do not have a food processor, finely chop the ingredients and mix the vegetables in a bowl. Slowly add the vinegar and then olive oil.

Meanwhile, wash the prawns or shrimp in cold water. Use scissors to cut the back and remove the vein.

Add enough chimichurri to the shrimp to marinate them. Reserve enough of the sauce for presentation and to use as a dip. (You can also use the extra on meat dishes.)

Grill the shrimp, being careful not to overcook them. (If you do, they get rubbery.)

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