Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes at a photo shoot? A couple of weeks back the Game Farm were kind enough to invite me to sit in on the shoot for their next cookbook. Photographer George Mourtzakis showed us the ropes during the cookbook shoot in his Redfern studio. In case you didn’t already know it’s all about lighting. Oh and he’s got some pretty good camera kit too.
Here’s one of the recipes that food stylist Janet Mitchell cooked up fresh for the camera. It will be in the next Game Farm cookbook. Here’s your preview, the recipe for Chicken Fettucini with Creamy Pesto Sauce, oh and a chance to win 1 of 10 of the cookbooks generously provided for our readers by the Game Farm. By the way these are my photos (not those of professional photographer George) – just in case you couldn’t tell *wink*.
Chicken Fettucini with Creamy Pesto Sauce
Serves 4
500g Game Farm Corn fed Chicken BreastsSea salt and ground pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
500g fettuccine
1/2 cup purchased Rocket or Basil pesto
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2/3 cup creamPlace corn fed chicken breasts between two pieces of plastic wrap. With a meat mallet or rolling pin pound the corn fed chicken to an even 1cm thickness. Season with salt and pepper.
Heat the oil in a large nonstick pan and cook the corn fed chicken over medium heat until golden brown and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Slice each piece across the grain into 4 or 5 strips; cover and set aside to keep warm.
Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package instructions. Reserving 1/4 cup cooking water, drain the pasta and return to pot.In a small saucepan, heat pesto and grated lemon zest over low heat with cream.
Toss pasta with reserved cooking water and half the sauce. Divide among shallow bowls; top with corn fed chicken.Drizzle with remaining sauce.
The Game Farm are giving away 10 of their recipes books to lucky Inside Cuisine readers. For your chance to win 1 of 10 copies simply email insidecuisine@gmail.com (subject WIN GAME FARM) with your name address (and twitter handle if applicable) and in 25 words or less why you would like to win this cookbook. Double your chance by tweeting (or retweeting) the Inside Cuisine recipe link with #GameFarm. The giveaway is only open to current email subscribers of InsideCuisine.com (if you’re not already subscribed – see the top of the right hand column to enter your email address and receive the Inside Cuisine newsletter) and closes at midnight Australian EST on Sunday 10th July.
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June 08 2011 at 5:08 am
delicious dish[es]
June 08 2011 at 7:45 am
nice shot of George’s butt
hoping to blog about my experience soon too.
June 08 2011 at 9:13 am
Simon I think @kiwilayla also meant George’s butt when she said dish(es) *wink*
June 09 2011 at 10:39 pm
Bad week for me to try to lay off the carbs… SO tempting!
June 10 2011 at 9:29 am
Getting great ideas from Inside Cuisine will give my family a greater range and appreciation of my cooking from the book’s great culinary suggestions.
June 11 2011 at 6:32 am
thanks for including the link from Inside Cuisine on your site
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