The Star Kitchen book
Restaurant-star dishes, made easy
7 dishes drawn from the published methods of chefs whose restaurants have earned Michelin stars. Each one is fast, uses few ingredients, and is written so a home cook gets a restaurant result.
Soft Scrambled Eggs
Silky, custard-soft eggs in five minutes, with a pan trick that keeps them from going rubbery.
Gordon Ramsay · 6 min · 5 ingredients · free sample
Silk Potato Purée
The famous restaurant mash: potatoes riced fine and beaten with a great deal of cold butter.
Joël Robuchon · 35 min · 5 ingredients
The Simple Roast Chicken
One bird, salt, pepper and a hot oven. Crackling skin and juicy meat with no tricks.
Thomas Keller · 1 hr 20 min · 5 ingredients
Molten Chocolate Cakes
A little cake with a warm liquid chocolate center, ready in under twenty minutes.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten · 28 min · 7 ingredients
Sizzling Garlic Shrimp
Shrimp in garlicky olive oil with a little chile, finished in under fifteen minutes.
José Andrés · 18 min · 8 ingredients
The Butter-Basted Steak
A hard sear, then foaming butter, garlic and thyme spooned over the top. Steakhouse in twelve minutes.
Gordon Ramsay · 35 min · 6 ingredients
Crispy-Skin Salmon
Shatteringly crisp skin and a tender center from one pan in ten minutes.
Gordon Ramsay · 19 min · 6 ingredients
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Try the free sample first: Soft Scrambled Eggs.
These dishes are drawn from the published methods of chefs whose restaurants have earned Michelin stars. The recipes are written in our own words and measurements and simplified for the home kitchen. Lukas Dean’s is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any chef or restaurant named here or by the MICHELIN Guide. MICHELIN is a trademark of its owner.