Eric Ripert

By Food & Wine
Updated January 19, 2017
From delicious roast monkfish in sake broth to Indian-style shrimp and rice pilaf, chef Eric Ripert shares his excellent recipes.
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Eric Ripert's Surf and Turf

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This luxe surf and turf features escolar, a deliciously fatty fish, and extravagantly marbled Kobe or wagyu beef.

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Roast Monkfish in Sake Broth

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A dish like this, combining deeply flavored ingredients (turnip, miso) with delicate ones (monkfish), calls for a wine that's neither too subtle nor too bold.

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Shrimp and Rice Pilaf, Indian-Style

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Octopus with Black Bean-Pear Sauce

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Chef Eric Ripert is a master at weaving together unexpected ingredients, like this tender charred octopus with a sauce of salty fermented black beans and sweet pear. Finding a wine pairing for such a complex dish, however, is a challenge. "It needs a very aromatic wine, just to stand up to all the flavors,"says wine director Aldo Sohm.

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Monkfish and Chorizo Kebabs

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Tostones with Smoked Salmon

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Tostones—fried, smashed plantain slices—are a great variation on the toast used for the familiar hors d'oeuvre of smoked salmon and herbed cream. Soaking the plantain slices may seem like an unnecessary step, but it helps remove some of their starchiness and keeps them white.

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Seared Tuna with Chimichurri Sauce and Greens

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Lemon Confit

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"I add lemon confit to so many dishes—from broiled fish to pork and beans," says Eric Ripert of New York City's Le Bernardin. He blends his lemon confit with butter to add a pleasantly pungent flavor to broiled snapper. Before broiling, he dots some of the lemon butter on the fish, then serves more lemon butter on the side. Lemon confit can be refrigerated for several months, but if you don't want to make your own, jarred Moroccan preserved lemons are a fine substitute.

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Scallops with Orzo, Tomatoes and Ginger

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Smoked-Salmon Carpaccio with Brioche and Caviar

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Eric Ripert pounds smoked salmon paper-thin, like beef carpaccio, then serves it with brioche and salmon caviar.

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Pigeon Pea and Calabaza Stew

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In Puerto Rico, cooks use fresh pigeon peas, which aren't readily available in the mainland United States. The dried variety can take up to two days of soaking, but you can substitute 1/2 pound of brown lentils, which can be cooked right out of the bag in only 45 minutes.

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Banana Soufflés

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These simple, airy soufflés are the perfect marriage of Puerto Rican ingredients and French technique. In Puerto Rico, Eric Ripert pulled a couple of bananas off a tree to make this dessert.

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