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Chef Marti's Kitchen

My name is Chef Marti Cerrito and I am the head chef at The Steakhouse at Harrah’s Tunica Casino and Hotel. I have heard from many of you that you love to cook and try new and exciting recipes. This got me
thinking . . . why not share recipes that folks can
try in the luxury of your own home?


Harrah's Chef Marti Cerrito shares some of her favorite

Thanksgiving Recipes    Click here

Other Recipes from Chef Marti Include: (just click on title or scroll down)
Picnic Potato Salad
Filet Cerrito
Shrimp and Tomato Cappellini
Salmon with Tomato and Black Olive Vinaigrette
Salmon Capperro
Scallops in Tarragon Cream
Spicy Garlic Eggplant Linguine
Eggplant Parmesan
Honey Broiled Shrimp
Mediterranean Sauté
Roma Tomato and Cucumber Relish
Snapper Cerrito

Pears Cerrito

Chef Marti Shares her Recipes for Thanksgiving. Click to see.


Picnic Potato Salad
2 lbs. red new potatoes, cooked and cooled
1/2 lb. green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
3/4 cup low fat plain yogurt
2 tspn. orange juice
2 tspn. grated orange peel
1/2 cup pecan halves
1 tspn. chopped garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure: 
Cut potatoes into 3/4 inch pieces. Place in a large bowl. Steam green beans until tender (5-10 minutes). Rinse in cold water: drain and add to potatoes. In food processor combine parsley, cilantro, cheese, yogurt, orange juice, orange peel, and garlic. Process until smooth. Pour dressing over potato mixture, mix gently. Season to taste. Cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours and serve.

Filet Cerrito
Two 6 oz. Beef Filets
¼ cup Onion
¼ cup Bell Pepper
¼ cup Tomato
½ oz. Cracked Pepper
½ oz. Heavy Cream
½ oz. Worchestershire Sauce
1 oz. White Wine
Dash Lemon Juice

Coat the beef filets with cracked pepper. In a skillet, melt a little butter. Add the filet and sauté until cooked to desired temperature. Remove filet from skillet.

In the same skillet, sauté onion and bell pepper until tender (add more butter if necessary). Add heavy cream, dash of lemon juice, white wine and worchestershire sauce. Reduce heat until sauce begins to slightly thicken. Return filets to sauce and add tomatoes. Cook for one more minute. Remove filets and top with vegetables. Pour cream sauce over all.


Shrimp and Tomato Cappellini
1 lb. Angel hair pasta, cooked
1 lb. (16-20 Count) shrimp, peeled and deveined
Two 16 oz. Cans Italian stewed tomatoes
1 small onion, diced
2 tbsp. Garlic, chopped

In skillet, heat tomatoes, onion, garlic, and shrimp until shrimp are plump and tender. Add cooked pasta and simmer for about 4 minutes and serve.


Salmon with Tomato and Black Olive Vinaigrette
Four 6 oz. Salmon filets
1 cup peeled diced tomatoes
½ cup sliced black olives
1/3 cup sliced green onion
1 clove minced garlic
2 tbsp. rice vinegar
1 lb. Snow peas, trimmed
2 oz. Olive oil
Broil salmon in oven at 375° for approximately 8 minutes on each side. Reduce oven heat to warm and leave fish until needed. In a saucepan, sauté all ingredients until onions are translucent and snow peas are hot. Take fish from oven and pour vegetable mixture over salmon and serve.


Salmon Capperro
Two 8 oz. Salmon filets
10 oz. White wine
2 oz. Chopped garlic
4 oz. Capers
4 tbls. Butter

Poach salmon in white wine. Add garlic and capers. Cover and simmer about 7-8 minutes. When wine is almost all reduced, add butter. Just let it melt, it should be "frothy". Serve with your favorite sides.


Scallops in Tarragon Cream
8 oz. Scallops
4 oz. Cream
1 oz. Chopped onion
½ oz. Chopped garlic
1 tbsp. Chopped tarragon
1 tbsp. Butter

Melt butter in skillet. Add in onions and garlic. Sauté over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add scallops, cream and tarragon. Cover and cook over low to medium heat until cream reduces by half and scallops are cooked. Serves two.


Spicy Garlic Eggplant Linguine
3 tbls. Olive oil
12 oz. eggplant, cut into 1/2 inch dice.
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 (14 1/2 oz.) cans Italian-style stewed tomatoes.
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning blend
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 lb. cooked linguine
1/2 cup parmesan cheese

In a large skillet, heat oil. Add eggplant and cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently until softened and lightly brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
Add garlic, tomatoes, wine, Italian seasoning, salt and red pepper. Boil uncovered until sauce is reduced slightly, 3-5 minutes. Add cooked linguine and simmer until pasta is hot, 3 minutes. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and serve.


Eggplant Parmesan
One large eggplant
One can Italian plum tomatoes
2 cups Italian breadcrumbs
1 cup Green olives - finely minced
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup Provolone cheese
1/4 cup Olive oil
3 Eggs - well beaten
2 tbls minced garlic
Peel eggplant and slice lengthwise about 1 1/2 inch thick. Dredge the peeled eggplant in egg then cover in breadcrumbs and deep fry until golden brown.
Meanwhile, in a food processor, process Italian tomatoes, olives, Parmesan cheese, garlic and olive oil, adding the olive oil last.
Next, lightly spread mixture on eggplant, top with provolone and mozzarella cheese and bake in a preheated 375-degree oven until cheese melts and is slightly brown.


Honey Broiled Shrimp
2 doz. 16-20 count shrimp (peeled and deveined)
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup Louisiana cane syrup
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup sherry
2 tbsp. cracked black pepper
1 tbsp. diced tarragon
1/2 tbsp. dry basil
1 tbsp. chopped parsley

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a one-quart mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except shrimp. Blend well, using a thick wire whisk, making sure you incorporate all seasonings. Place shrimp on a baking dish and cover with mixture, making sure all shrimp are well coated.

Place in oven and bake 10 to 15 minutes or until shrimp are pink and curled
Place six shrimp on each serving plate, coat with cooking liquid and serve with your favorite vegetable or rice.

**Serves 6.


Mediterranean Sauté
Shitake mushrooms (sliced) 6 oz.
Portabella mushrooms (sliced) 6 oz.
Calamata olives 6 oz.
Sun dried tomatoes 4 oz.
Scallions 6 oz.
Olive oil 4 oz.
White wine 6 oz.
Chopped garlic 4 oz.
Fresh basil 3 oz.
Crushed red pepper 1/4 tsp.
Angel hair pasta 24 oz.
Feta cheese 8 oz.

Procedure:
1. Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan until hot.
2. Add mushrooms, scallions, sundries tomatoes, olives, garlic and spices and sauté for approximately 2 minutes.
3. Deglaze the pan with white wine and cook for one more minute.
4. Toss ingredients with pre-cooked hot angel hair pasta and place in a large bowl or several small bowls.
5. Top with crumbled feta cheese and serve immediately.


Roma Tomato and Cucumber Relish
2 cups of seeded Roma tomatoes (diced)
2 cups of seeded and peeled cucumbers (diced)
6 ounces of olive oil
2 1/2 ounces of honey
10 ounces of balsamic vinegar
Salt and white pepper to taste

Procedure: Mix the vinegar, olive oil and honey. Then add the cucumber and tomatoes, toss and season with salt and white pepper to taste. Refrigerate for one hour and serve.


 

Snapper Cerrito

1- 8 oz. snapper filet

1/4 cup flour

1/2 cup olive oil

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1/4 cup diced scallions

1/4 cup nicoise olives  (if you can't find them, ripe olives will work fine.)

2 tbls. white wine

1 tbls. capers

salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

Dredge skin side of fish in flour. Heat half of the olive oil in oven-proof sauté pan. Place fish skin side down in heated olive oil, and then place in an oven that has been pre-heated to 400 degrees. Cook for approximately 10 minutes or until cooked throughout.

  In a separate sauté pan, heat remaining olive oil. Add remaining ingredients to heated oil, and sauté until they are  heated through. Remove snapper from oven and pour contents over the fish.  I like to serve this with a wild rice and fresh steamed spring vegetables. Enjoy!


Pears Cerrito
1 large can Bartlett Pear halves
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 oz. Grand Marnier
2 oz. Amaretto
4 oz. chopped pecans
corn starch
Procedure:
Strain pear halves and reserve juice.
In sauce pan melt butter; Add brown sugar. Simmer, stirring constantly until sugar caramelizes. Take pear juice and add 5 Tbsp. corn starch. To sugar add Grand Marnier, Amaretto, pecans and pear juice. simmer about 3 minutes or until sauce is thick. Add pear halves and serve over vanilla ice cream. Serves 4.

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