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HUGOS Restaurant Recipes – Berlin, Germany

by Debra C. Argen
Thmoas Kammeier of Hugos Restaurant, Berlin, Germany - Cook Book
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Chef Thomas Kammeie of HUGOS Restaurant, Berlin, GermanyChef Thomas Kammeier of the Michelin-star, 18 GaultMillau rated HUGOS Restaurant at the InterContinental Berlin provides a taste of Germany with his delectable 4-course menu.

 


I met with Chef Thomas Kammeier after having dinner at his restaurant, Hugos, in March 2008, where we discussed among many things, the changing Berlin culinary scene over the past 12 years, and the bond between the "10 Michelin brothers" (Thomas Kammier, Matthias Buccholz, Kolja Kleeberg, Christian Lohse, Tim Raue, Michael Kempf, Bobby Brauer, Thomas Neeser, Michael Hoffman, Thomas Kellerman), which he feels increases business for all of the restaurants.

Chef Kammeier has an enviable position in Berlin creating an intriguing menu high above the city of Berlin on the 18th floor of the InterContinental Berlin, where guests have a stunning panoramic view of the city to pair with his luscious cuisine.

He enjoys traveling, and two years ago, he and his wife took a driving vacation touring Italy and Austria, and of course, spent time looking at the hotel and restaurant scene. Besides cooking and creating new recipes with an Asian flair for Hugos and spending time with his wife and 18-month old daughter, Helene Marie, he has also found time to write his second cookbook, Thomas Kammeier The Cookbook. After receiving requests for an English version of first cookbook, his new cookbook is available in both English and German. This elegant 4-course menu with recommended wines is from Thomas Kammeier The Cookbook.

The Menu

Canadian Lobster Tartar, Blood Orange, Saffron & Chili Ice Cream
Bavarian Char Confit, Ginger & Wasabi Cucumber
Shoulder of Beef, Parsnips, Carrots, Perigord Truffles
Valrhona & Olive

Chef Thomas Kammeier of HUGOS Restaurant, Berlin, Germany

Canadian Lobster Tartar, Blood Orange, Saffron & Chili Ice Cream
Serves 4

Lobster Ingredients:

2

Each 600-700 grams

(1.3 – 1.5 pounds)

Canadian Live Lobsters

1

Chamomile teabag

Method: Bring a large pot of water to the boil and add the chamomile teabag. Tie the two lobsters together at the tail and hold tem in the water so that their heads and pincers are covered. Cook for 2 minutes. Then plunge into the water and cook for a further 3 minutes. Allow to cool, break out the pincers, and cut the tail meat into thin slices.

Tartar Ingredients:

1-2

Tablespoons

Crème fraîche

10

Grams (2 teaspoons)

Chives

1

Lime

Salt, Piment d’espelette (Basque pepper)

Method: Chop the pincer meat to a fine tartar and season with the crème fraîche, the chives, juice of the lime, salt and piment d’espelette.

Blood Oranges Ingredients:

6

Blood Oranges

30

Grams (2 tablespoons)

Sugar

200

Ml (6.7 ounces)

Juice of Blood Orange

0.25

Vanilla Pod

1

Star Anise

Some Cornstarch

Method: Peel and fillet the oranges. Caramelize the sugar in a pot, quench with the orange juice. Add the vanilla pod and the star anise and reduce to 100 ml (3.4 ounces). Thicken the caramel with some cornstarch, add the orange fillets to it and allow to cool.

Saffron-Chili Ice Cream Ingredients:

500

Ml (16.9 ounces)

Orange Juice

1

Gram

Saffron

125

Ml (4.2 ounces)

Milk

125

Ml (4.2 ounces)

Cream

25

Grams (0.8 ounces)

Glucose

35

Grams (1.2 ounces)

Sugar

2

Egg yolks

1

Egg

125

Grams (4.4 ounces)

Mascarpone

Piment d’espelette (Basque pepper)

Salt

Method: Heat the orange juice with the saffron and reduce to 125 ml (4.2 ounces). Mix the milk, cream and glucose together and bring to the boil. Beat the eggs together with the sugar in a Bain Marie and slowly add the milk and cream mixture until it starts to thicken and leaves a trail. Stir in the mascarpone and the orange-saffron juice and season the whole with the piment d’espelette and some salt. Allow the cream to cool and freeze in the ice cream maker.

To serve: Arrange the ice cream on plates with the blood orange fillets, the lobster tail meat and the lobster tartar.

Recommended Wine: White Burgundy, Spätlese Dry, Vineyard Pawis, Saale-Unstrut.

Bavarian Char Confit, Ginger & Wasabi Cucumber - HUGOS Restaurant, Berlin, Germany

Bavarian Char Confit, Ginger & Wasabi Cucumber
Serves 4

Bavarian Char Ingredients:

600

Grams (1.3 pounds)

Bavarian Char fillets

Salt

Piment d’espelette (Basque pepper)

Olive Oil

Aluminum foil

Method: Trim the fillets carefully, cut into thin slices and season with salt and piment d’espelette. Roll up the fillets, drizzle with olive oil and wrap tightly in the aluminum foil. Steam the rolls for about 9 minutes at 50° C (122° F) in a convection oven or a steamer.

Wasabi Sauce Ingredients:

1

Shallot

2

Cucumbers

Some Olive Oil

0.5

Teaspoon

Wasabi paste (available in Asian grocery stores)

20

Ml (0.6 ounces)

Poultry stock

Salt, Pepper, Vinegar

1

Teaspoon

Leek paste

Method: Chop the shallot into fine cubes. Peel and dice the cucumber (do not remove the seeds). Glaze the shallots in a little olive oil. Add the cucumber cubes and the wasabi paste, cover with the poultry stock. Bring to the boil, add seasoning to taste and puree. Strain through a fine sieve and color green with the leek paste.

Cucumber Ingredients:

2

Cucumbers

1

Shallot

10

Grams (2 teaspoons)

Pickled Ginger

20

Grams (1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon)

Butter

80

Ml (2.7 ounces)

Poultry Stock

5

Grams (1 teaspoon)

Wasabi paste

Method: Peel the cucumbers and cut into little bars. Finely dice the shallot. Chop the ginger very fine and sauté in butter together with the diced shallot. Next add the poultry stock, then the cucumbers and the wasabi paste, season and cook until soft.

Asian Dressing Ingredients:

2

Tablespoons

Rice Vinegar

2

Tablespoons

Soy Sauce

2

Tablespoons

Ketjap Manis (Available in Asian grocery stores)

2

Tablespoons

Honey

2

Tablespoons

Strained Sweet Chili Sauce

2

Tablespoons

Oyster Sauce

10

Tablespoons

Sesame Oil

1

Lime

Piment d’espelette

Some Wasabi paste (optional)

Method: Mix all ingredients together to make a dressing.

Herbs Ingredients:

Wild herbs and flowers as desired

Method: Marinate the herbs in the Asian dressing.

To serve: Place the bars of cucumber precisely next to one another on the plates, set the Bavarian Char between them and decorate with the sauces and the herbs.

Recommended Wine: 2005 Chenin Blanc, MAN Vintners, Stellenbosch.

Shoulder of Beef, Parsnips, Carrots, Perigord Truffles - HUGOS Restaurant, Berlin, Germany

Shoulder of Beef, Parsnips, Carrots, Perigord Truffles
Serves 4

Beef Ingredients:

1

Kg (2.2 pounds)

Beef (from the shoulder)

20

Ml (0.6 ounces)

Vegetable oil

60

Grams (2.1 ounces)

Diced Carrots

60

Grams (2.1 ounces)

Diced Celeriac

100

Grams (3.5 ounces)

Diced Shallots

60

Grams (2.1 ounces)

Diced Leek

1

Clove

Garlic

100

Grams (3.5 ounces)

Diced Tomatoes

300

Ml (10.1 ounces)

Red Port

300

Ml (10.1 ounces)

Red Wine

1

Clove

6

Black Peppercorns

1

Juniper Berry

1

Bay Leaf

800

Ml (0.8 quart)

Veal Stock

Rosemary, Thyme

Method: Trim the sinews from the piece of beef shoulder, brown in some oil and lift out of the roasting tin. Put in the carrots, celeriac, and the shallots, and roast until golden brown. Next add the leek, the garlic, and the tomatoes, and continue to fry gently. Pour in the port and the wine gradually. Put the spices in a muslin bag and add to the pan, put the meat back in and cover with the veal stock. Cover and cook in a preheated oven at 120° C (250° F) for 4-5 hours. Take the meat out of the roasting tin, strain the sauce and reduce it somewhat. When the meat is relaxed, cut into pieces.

Truffles Ingredients:

80

Grams (2.8 ounces)

Perigord Truffles

10

Grams (2 teaspoons)

Butter

40

Ml (1.3 ounces)

Madeira

100

Ml (3.4 ounces)

Truffle stock

Red Wine Vinegar

Method: Cut the truffles into pieces. Heat the butter in a saucepan, add the chopped truffles and sweat them lightly. Quench with the Madeira, pour in the truffle stock and reduce. Season with the red wine vinegar.

Root Vegetables Ingredients:

16

Carrots with their green leaves

4

Parsnips

1

Bay Leaf

Salt

30

Grams (2 tablespoons)

Butter

40

Ml (1.3 ounces)

Poultry Stock

20

Ml (0.6 ounces)

Truffle Stock

Method: Wash and cut up the carrots and parsnips. Cook in salt water with the bay leaf until they still have a bit of bite. Pour off the water. Heat the butter in a pan and glaze the vegetables in it. Add the truffle stock and reduce. The pour in the poultry stock and emulsify the broth.

To serve: Spoon the truffle sauce over the meat and serve together with the root vegetables.

Recommended Wine: 2004 Volnay, Chantal Lescure, Côte de Beaune

Valrhona & Olive - HUGOS Restaurant, Berlin, Germany

Valrhona & Olive
Serves 4

Mousse Ingredients:

225

Grams (7.9 ounces)

White Valrhona (very fine chocolate coating)

155

Ml (5.2 ounces)

Orange Olive Oil (available for example at Bos Food)

3

Leaves

Gelatin

4

Egg Yolks

4

Egg Whites

160

Grams (5.6 ounces)

Sugar

250

Ml (8.5 ounces)

Cream

Method: Melt the white chocolate with the olive oil in a Bain Marie. Soak the gelatin in cold water. Over a low heat whisk 80 grams (2.8 ounces) of the sugar with the egg yolk in a Bain Marie. Stir in the gelatin and slowly add the valrhona and olive oil mixture. Beat the egg white until it forms stiff peaks and fold into the mixture. Whip the cream to stiff peaks also and fold in. Set the mousse in a cool plate.

Chocolate Cake Ingredients:

75

Grams (2.6 ounces)

Dark Valrhona (very fine chocolate coating)

25

Ml (0.8 ounce)

Lime Olive Oil (available for example at Bos Food)

50

Grams (1.7 ounces)

Butter

1

Egg

1

Egg Yolk

20

Grams (0.7 ounces)

Sugar

20

Grams (0.7 ounces)

Flour

Method: Let the chocolate coating melt in a warm Bain Marie with the olive oil and the butter. Over a low heat, beat the egg, the egg yolk, and the sugar in a Bain Marie. Slowly stir in the chocolate-butter-oil mixture, sieve the flour and carefully fold in. bake in a preheated oven at 180 – 200° C (356 – 392° F) for about 6 minutes. Turn out onto a rack as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Olive Ice Cream Ingredients:

50

Grams (1.7 ounces)

Sugar

100

Ml (3.4 ounces)

Water

50

Grams (1.7 ounces)

Black Olives from Nice

500

Ml (16.9 ounces)

Milk

50

Ml (1.7 ounces)

Cream

25

Grams (0.8 ounces)

Powdered Milk

40

Grams (1.4 ounces)

Glucose

30

Grams (1 ounce)

Butter

4

Egg Yolks

120

Grams (4.2 ounces)

Sugar

4

Grams (3/4 teaspoon)

Modified Starch

Method: Put the sugar in the water and bring to a boil, simmer the olives in it for about 30 minutes. Marinate the olives in the liquid for a day.

Bring the milk, the cream, the powdered milk, the butter, and the glucose, to the boil. Beat the egg yolks, the sugar, and the modified starch in a warm Bain Marie. Add the milk mixture and simmer until it begins to thicken and leaves a trail. Allow the cream to cool and freeze in the ice cream maker. Finely chop the marinated olives and add to the ice cream together with the olive oil shortly before the end of the freezing time.

To serve: Arrange the cake, the mousse, and the ice cream decoratively on plates.

Recommended Wine: 2002 Domaine la Tour Vieille, Blanc Doux, Banyuls.

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HUGOS Restaurant
InterContinental Berlin
Budapesterstrasse, 2
10787 Berlin, Germany
Restaurant Telephone: +49 30 2602 1263               
Hotel Telephone:          +49 30 26020
Fax:                              +49 30 26022 600
Email:      
mail@hugos-restaurant.de
Email:      
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