During the period of social isolation, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, many people miss their routines, and even moments of leisure and hobby.
Go to a restaurant to taste your favorite food, made by a chef famous, or even get smeared with the fast food chain hamburger favorite, it was replaced by delivery services or by trying to improvise even at home.
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However, in the midst of chaos, some fast food restaurants and chains decided to spread solidarity and divulge recipes, some kept secret for years and under lock and key. The action aims encourage people to stay at home, get closer to customers and also, as a rule, do brand marketing.
But it is worth noting that many people have already tried to replicate the famous recipes at home and even teach others to reach a similar result. However, it is known that there were several attempts and errors, demonstrated even on YouTube channels.
Now with the original recipes in hand or on the screens, you can start practicing in the kitchen!
Burger King Secrets
O Burger King of France published, at the end of March, a poster listing the ingredients of its Whopper sandwich. But the recipe was adapted with products that can be purchased at the supermarket and by anyone, so you can reproduce it at home.
“Your Quarantine Whopper”, as the campaign suggests, includes bread, onions, pickles, ketchup, hamburger, mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato. With the list of ingredients, but without the method of preparation, that was the image. Afterwards, the network added other well-known sandwiches.
En attendant l'original. pic.twitter.com/BehZf0qBFQ
— Burger Klean France (@BurgerKingFR) March 30, 2020
Queen's food
And as the competition doesn't want to lose its position, it didn't take long for the McDonalds, one of most popular fast food chains in the world, announced the step by step ofhow to make your egg and sausage McMuffin.
It didn't take long for him to be the subject of social network Twitter, with users discussing how to reproduce the recipe at home.
Sausage and Egg Mc Muffin – McDonald’s
Ingredients:
- english muffin
- 75 grams of sausage meat
- 2 eggs
- 4 slice of American cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method of preparation:
- Bake the muffins until they are golden brown.
- Season the sausage meat with salt and pepper and then form a ball.
- Mash the balls so they are the size of a hamburger and grill on both sides for about 6 to 7 minutes.
- Brush a metal rim with oil so the eggs don't break in the pan (and stay just like Mc's).
- Place the rim in the skillet and crack the two eggs inside it.
- Assemble the snack with a slice of bread, a slice of American cheese, the sausage patty and the egg on top, covering with the top of the bun.
Big Mac Sauce – McDonald's
However, this is not the first time that the network has made its famous recipes available to the public. In 2012, the executive chef of McDonalds, Dan Coudreaut, recorded a video teaching how to reproduce the Big Mac sauce. The video got nearly 7 million views.
After the initiative of these networks, others followed suit and decided to make their public revenue, creating a solidarity wave in gastronomy. In England, for example, the Pret A Manger released the recipe for their chocolate chip cookie.
Chocolate Chip Cookies – Pret A Manger
Ingredients:
- 110 grams unsalted butter
- 170 grams refined sugar
- 85 grams brown sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 190 grams self-raising flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 120 gram dark chocolate chips
Method of preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Melt the butter in the microwave or in a pan and beat it with the two types of sugar.
- Add the egg and beat for 10 to 15 seconds, but not too hard.
- Add the flour and salt to the mixture and incorporate until it forms a smooth dough.
- Done that, add the chocolate chips and mix with your hands.
- Form eight balls of dough and place them on a lined or non-stick baking sheet – make sure there is plenty of space between them, otherwise they will stick together.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let cool for 30 minutes before serving.
Even in England, the Wagamama shared the recipe for the famous Chicken Katsu Curry, a breaded chicken curry.
Chicken Katsu Curry – Wagamama
Ingredients:
Sauce
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 2 cm peeled and grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon saffron
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 300 milliliters (ml) chicken or vegetable broth
- 100 milliliters (ml) coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Dish
- 2 skinless chicken breasts
- 50 grams of wheat flour
- 2 lightly beaten eggs
- 100 grams panko breadcrumbs
- 75 milliliters (ml) vegetable oil, for frying
- 120 grams of cooked rice
- 40 grams mixed salad leaves
Method of preparation:
Sauce
- Heat the onions, garlic and ginger in the pan until softened.
- Add the curry, saffron and continue to stir on medium-low heat for one minute.
- Add the flour, which will help thicken the sauce, and continue to mix for another minute.
- Add the chicken or vegetable broth and, as soon as it reduces, add the coconut milk – the amount is up to you, but the more, the creamier the sauce will be.
- Finish with a little sugar and soy sauce.
Dish
- Divide the chicken fillets and dip them first in a bowl with flour, then in one with beaten eggs, and finally one with panko.
- Deep-fry them in vegetable oil until golden brown.
- Serve with cooked rice, salad and sauce.
And in the month of April, a low-cost furniture store, restaurant and others, Ikea, published the recipe for the famous meatballs with Swedish cream served in their stores.
“Our recipes for 'real' meatballs and Swedish cream sauce remain a closely guarded secret, known only to our select cooks. However, we couldn't deprive people of their meatball fix, so we made an almost so delicious that it can be easily made at home”, highlighted Ikea's food manager, Lorena Lourido.
Swedish meatballs – Ikea
Ingredients:
Meatballs
- 500 grams ground beef
- 250 grams ground pork
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, crushed or minced
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs or breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 5 tablespoons whole milk
- Salt and pepper (in generous amounts)
creamy sauce
- 1 pinch of olive oil
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons wheat flour
- 2/3 cups vegetable broth
- 2/3 cups beef broth
- 2/3 cups thick cream milk
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Method of preparation:
Meatballs
- Mix ground beef and ground pork together in a bowl and break up with your fingers to get rid of lumps.
- Add chopped onion, garlic, breadcrumbs, egg and mix.
- Add milk and season with salt and pepper.
- Roll the mixture into small meatballs. Place on a clean plate, cover and refrigerate for two hours.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the meatballs and brown on all sides.
- Heat the oven to 180°C. Add the browned meatballs to an ovenproof dish, cover and cook in the oven for 30 minutes.
creamy sauce
- Melt the butter in a pan.
- Stir in the flour and stir for two minutes.
- Add vegetable broth and beef broth, stirring continuously.
- Add sour cream, soy sauce and Dijon mustard.
- Cook until the sauce thickens.
- Drizzle with meatballs and enjoy.
deluxe burger
Not only the restaurants surrendered to the idea, as well as the renowned chefs, who decided to share their recipes.
One of these is Nicolas Sale of the Ritz Paris, one of the most renowned luxury hotels in Paris, which decided to make public the way to prepare the hamburger with sweet potato fries serving for special customers.
Burger – Ritz Paris
Ingredients:
Hamburger
- 400 grams of ground beef
- 10 grams of minced garlic
- 1 sprig of parsley
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 espelette pepper (or red pepper)
- 1 milliliter (ml) olive oil
stuffing and salad
- 30 grams carrot
- 30 grams celery
- 60 grams lettuce
- spinach leaves
- olive oil and pepper to taste
- 40 grams mustard for salad
tomato confit
- 5 tomatoes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- enough garlic
- olive oil as much as you need
Potatoes
- 1/2 liter frying oil
- 200 grams of sweet potato
Mayonnaise
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- 10 milliliters (ml) oil
- 50 grams of cottage cheese
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- soy sauce to taste
- ketchup to taste
Assembly
- 4 wholemeal hamburger buns
Method of preparation:
Hamburger
- Mix the minced meat, garlic and parsley, add salt and pepper, Espelette pepper and olive oil in a bowl.
- Mix well and shape into meat balls in four equal portions.
stuffing and salad
- Peel and wash the carrot and celery, then cut them finely into strips.
- Combine with spinach and lettuce leaves. Season with the mustard sauce, olive oil and pepper.
tomato confit
- Remove the stalks from the tomatoes, blanch and remove the skin and seeds. Place the tomatoes in a large amount of olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper, in a very low oven at 60 degrees for 6 hours.
Potatoes
- Heat the oil and add the sliced sweet potatoes when the burger is done.
Mayonnaise
- Mix all the ingredients.
Assembly
- Place the burgers between the buns with the meat, the stuffing (carrots, celery, spinach sprouts and tomato confit) and the sauce. Serve with the fries and salad on the side and enjoy.
Idea in Brazil
In Brazil, the presenter of the program Mestres do Sabor, from Rede Globo, the celebrity chef Claude Troisgros, shared on his social network Instagram the recipe for the famous and delicious chocolate mousse. Dessert is served at his restaurants CT Boucherie and CT Brasserie, in Rio de Janeiro.
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As promised, recipe and step by step (drag to the right) of the famous Chocolate Mousse CT.. How delightful
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* With information from Uol
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