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Betting on the blend

At FSD’s Culinary Council Summit, chefs created global variations on blended meatballs.

Patricia Cobe, Senior Editor

October 23, 2018

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At FSD’s Culinary Council Summit held earlier this month, three teams of four chefs created global variations on meatballs made with a blend of mushrooms and ground meat. The plant-forward blend uses turkey, beef, pork or chicken as a base, mixed in a 1:1 ratio with finely chopped fresh mushrooms. The mushrooms add moisture, texture and umami to the mix.

One group created a dish similar in profile to this recipe for Moroccan meatballs, in which cumin, coriander and fiery harissa impart a North African spin.

Click here for the recipe.

About the Author

Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

Pat plans and executes the menu sections of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She also contributes to the digital content of both RB and FSD and is editor of two weekly e-newsletters, Recipe Report and On the Menu. Pat’s weekly podcast, MenuFeed, covers a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.

Pat came to Winsight from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.

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