Pedro Miguel Schiaffino
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Pedro Miguel Schiaffino is a
Amazon jungle and Amazonian cuisine
.
Schiaffino's restaurant in Lima, Peru is called Malabar.[1] He is also executive chef aboard the M/V Aqua.[2] Schiaffino is known as the "jungle chef" and has been compared to René Redzepi.[3]
Schiaffino graduated from the
Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, in 1997 and did Masters work at the Italian Culinary Institute. While in Italy he at Dal Pescatore under chef Nadia Santini and with Piero Bertinotti at Ristorante Pinocchio.[1]
Ingredients he uses include kushuru (Andean caviar),
aguaymanto.[4]
His menu offerings have included dishes such as:
- Tuna Viagra)
- Fish ceviche with tumbo
- masato and black tapioca
- Arroz con pato (Spanish rice with duck)
- Copoazuand green melon
- Lucuma and deep fried "truffles"[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Malabar".
- ^ David Kaufman Chef Pedro Schiaffino Archived 2012-01-01 at the Wayback Machine; The Jungle Cook Outside: Go
- ^ a b Necia Wilden What a Catch March 05, 2011 The Australian
- ^ October 2002 Events James Beard Foundation
- ^ Peru's Chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino '97 to Showcase the Cuisines of the Amazon to Students at The Culinary Institute of America's San Antonio Campus; Diners are Invited to Attend Two Unique Dinner Events at NAO on July 6th and 7th San Antonio, TX, June 28, 2012 Culinary Institute of America Newswire