Rising up, chef Deb Mikhail dreaded consuming her mom’s khoresh karafs. The Iranian braised celery dish was once a staple of her circle of relatives’s vegetarian Shabbat dinners, however she hated it. “It was once identical to…a celery stew,” she says. However after making an attempt a “cool” dish of burrata and celery at Nancy Silverton’s Mozza Bar, she made up our minds to provide celery some other shot, asking herself “how do I flip one thing I don’t like into one thing I do like?”
In Nancy Silverton’s cooking magnificence for YesChef — a subscription-based streaming platform providing cinematic cooking categories taught through world-renowned cooks — she and Mikhail take on that query, and create a dish that turns out unattainable to dislike. Silverton peels fibrous celery (do you know you have been meant to peel celery?) and slices it at the bias, whilst Mikhail caramelizes onions in olive oil with some bay leaves to attract out their candy flavors. Then the celery is added, together with recent parsley and mint, dried Persian lime, and turmeric, which all serve to spotlight the celery’s refreshing taste and chunk.
The result’s a wealthy stew that may be greater than sufficient as a centerpiece for any dinner, served with yogurt or most likely, as a nod to Silverton, recent burrata. — Jaya Saxena
Stewed Celery With Herbs and Persian Lime Recipe
Serves 7
Substances:
2 bunches celery stalks, rinsed and leaves reserved
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil plus extra for drizzling
1 massive yellow onion, finely chopped
2 teaspoons kosher salt plus extra to style
Black pepper, freshly floor
1 bay leaf, ideally recent
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 cup water, plus extra as wanted
2 tablespoons floor Persian lime
1 bunch recent mint leaves
1 bunch recent Italian parsley
Directions:
Step 1: Peel the celery stalks and reduce them on a bias, about ¼-inch thick; put aside.
Step 2: Warmth a big sauté pan or solid iron tooth pot over medium warmth and coat with the olive oil.
Step 3: When the oil is scorching, upload the onion, salt, black pepper, and bay leaf.
Step 4: Cook dinner and stir till the onions are frivolously caramelized and golden, however no longer too darkish, about 10 mins.
Step 5: Stir within the turmeric till it’s integrated into the ovens and the colour is frivolously disbursed.
Step 6: Upload the celery and sauté till well-coated within the onions, about 1 minute.
Step 7: Pour within the water and scale back the warmth to low.
Step 8: Stir within the Persian lime and season once more with salt.
Step 9: Cook dinner, stirring continuously for five mins, till the celery is translucent however nonetheless crisp.
Step 10: Stir within the mint, parsley, and extra water, relying on how a lot water the celery has absorbed — chances are you’ll want to upload extra water just a little at a time. When you upload an excessive amount of the celery will turn out to be too tender, however in the event you don’t upload sufficient it is going to burn. It will have to be crunchy, salty, and acidic whilst you style it; all of the cooking procedure takes about 35 mins.
Step 11: Serve the celery within the pan or switch to an ornamental plate.
