Foundational Techniques | Jorj Morgan

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Pearl onions in hot water, their papery skins loosening and peeling back, glistening ivory bulbs emerging.

Peeling and cooking pearl onions

A large ginger root being grated across a fine microplane, juice and fiber running down the blade.

Peeling and mincing ginger

A Y-peeler drawing a long translucent ribbon of asparagus skin, the pale ivory stalk exposed beneath.

Peeling asparagus

A blanched peach with its fuzzy skin peeling back in a single long sheet, vivid golden-pink flesh revealed beneath.

Peeling peaches

A raw egg broken into a bubbling crimson tomato sauce, the white just beginning to set.

Poaching eggs in sauce

A salmon fillet submerged in pale saffron court bouillon, dill fronds and lemon slices floating around it.

Poaching salmon

Crisp iceberg lettuce being torn over a ceramic bowl, water droplets scattering in warm light.

Prepping lettuce

A vivid orange carrot purée spinning in a blender, a deep vortex pulling the surface downward.

Pureeing veggies

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