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Getting Started: Meat Cuts and Quality

Thomas Keller

Lesson time 10:06 min

Chef Keller walks you through the grades and variety of cuts of beef, pork, and poultry. Learn the difference between choice and prime, the meaning of marbling, the purpose of air-drying meat, and the benefits of dry or wet aging

Students give MasterClass an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars

Topics include: Understanding Cuts of Meat • Build a Relationship With Your Purveyors • Aged Meats • Birth of the True Ribeye

About the Instructor

As a follow-up to his first MasterClass, Chef Thomas Keller devotes his second cooking class to beef, duck, chicken, pork, and veal, and the techniques he uses to prepare them. Learn to sauté, pan and oven roast, braise, fry, and grill, and how to select the best cut of meat for each technique with confidence. Then, learn to make the stocks and sauces that are essentials in Chef Keller’s restaurant kitchens.

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Thomas Keller

Chef Thomas Keller returns with a second MasterClass to teach the essential techniques for cooking meats and making stocks and sauces.

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