
Tuscan Kitchen's Jim Rogers shows how to jazz up a classic fried restaurant appetizer at home with a little Italian flair. Calamari rings and tentacles are dipped in half & half along with thin slices of fennel. Toss them in coating, fry those babies up, and serve them with Jim's tangy-spicy Lemon-Crushed Red Pepper Aioli. It's like fried calamari from a seafood shack — but Italianicized.
Make Aioli
Bread & Fry Calamari
Jim Rogers caught the restaurant bug at age 13, starting as a dishwasher, with aspirations of becoming a restaurant chef. He started at a small bistro in Newburyport, MA in 1980. This inspired the quest for a culinary degree, and eventually led him to work his way up in the restaurant ranks. Jim traveled around the country learning culinary skills and techniques until connecting with Joe Faro at Joseph's Pasta. Jim served as Executive VP Chief & VP of Operations for ten years before Jim and Joe made a move to open Tuscan Kitchen in Salem, New Hampshire where Joe believes the culmination of all of his culinary experiences lie.
Tuscan Kitchen's Jim Rogers shows how to jazz up a classic fried restaurant appetizer at home with a little Italian flair. Calamari rings and tentacles are dipped in half & half along with thin slices of fennel. Toss them in coating, fry those babies up, and serve them with Jim's tangy-spicy Lemon-Crushed Red Pepper Aioli. It's like fried calamari from a seafood shack — but Italianicized.
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