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By Thomas Keller
Artisan - 2009

12th January 2013 (edited: 7th March 2013)

Chicken Soup with Dumplings : page 122

A really nice chicken soup! At first I thought it was just a bit too fat, but then I realized it was actually really velvety, which is due to the addition of the roux. We didn't cook it that much after adding the roux - it was thick enough as it was, and otherwise would have turned into a sauce rather than a soup.

DH thought that in making the broth, too much celery was used which gave the soup a slightly metallic taste; I didn't even notice. He also thought that the dumplings (which were really delicious, by the way), were too salty, as a result of which he added a lot less salt to the broth. I was actually quite happy with that outcome as I really enjoyed the contrast between the broth and the salty dumplings. I easily could have done without the pieces of chicken - just double the amount of dumplings, and you'll have less work, too!

It is a lot of soup - we made only half of the recipe, and it's enough for a midweek meal for four persons. If you served this as a starter, one whole recipe would serve 16 persons - seems to be restaurant quantity rather than for at home. It was nice enough for guests, though it lacked depth of flavour to make it perfect (or good enough for a 5 star rating in any case), and seems to be something you can comfortably prepare while you are actually busy with a different dish (i.e. a main course).

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1st December 2012

Chocolate Chip Cookies : page 326

I was about to make this recipe, as opposed to my usual recipe at The Joy of Baking, when I noticed they were nearly identical. Keller uses dark brown sugar instead of golden, as well as a 1/4 cup extra sugar, and two kinds of chocolate instead of one, and again just a bit more chocolate than the other recipe does. Yet, all in all they are surprisingly similar. And I'm still a big fan!

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28th October 2010 (edited: 18th June 2014)

Lamb Meatballs : page 176

Basically I liked the flavour of these, although it might have been a lot stronger. I didn't have any preserved or cured lemons so I used the zest of a fresh lemon plus a few tiny cubes of flesh. Perhaps I should have used more, as well as all the other ingredients.
Unfortunately, though, the meat turned out quite dry which made the whole idea fall flat. Perhaps they were too small, or in the oven for too long? Perhaps we should fry them instead of baking them?

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28th October 2010 (edited: 3rd April 2013)

Marinated Feta with Olives : page 174

I absolutely agree with theprevious reviewer - there are few ingredients, so it very important that you use high quality ingredients, especially with regards to olive oil. If you do, it'll be extremely delicious.

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27th December 2010 (edited: 8th July 2011)

Pomegranate-Glazed Quail : page 31

Difficult to rate this one - while the quails and the pomegranate molasses combined extremely well, the preparation just didn't work. He instructs you to grill the quails, first 3 minutes on one side, then 2 on the other. However, within 2 minutes on the one side and 2 on the other, the quails were burnt on the outside, but still raw on the inside, and we had to put them in the oven for another 20 minutes (at 180-200ÂșC).

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28th October 2010 (edited: 4th July 2011)

Sauteed Shrimp with Garlic : page 177

Excellent recipe! The only criticism I have is that there were so few of them. Be careful with the salt, though, ours were slightly salty, too.

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