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Recipe provided by Austin Personal Chef: Carlos Crusco Ingredients: 1 Pineapple – peeled, cored and sliced into 1/2 inch thick rings 2 tbsps. vegetable or canola oil –  to brush onto the grates and the pineapple Chef Crusco’s Homemade Dulce de Leche 1 Pint of Vanilla Gelato Strawberries or fresh Mint for garnish Directions: Preheat the

Recipe provided by Austin Personal Chef: Carlos Crusco Ingredients  2 Chicken breasts – sliced in half lengthwise 2 Chicken thighs – trimmed and cleaned 3-4 Fredericksburg Peaches (now in season!) – cut into quarters 6 limes – for zest and juice, 1 for wedge garnish 1/4 cup vegetable oil 3 tbsps. grated ginger 2 garlic cloves –

Recipe provided by Austin Personal Chef: Carlos Crusco Ingredients (serves 4) 1½ pounds boneless short ribs – About 3 or 4 12 sweet mini bell peppers – roasted and roughly chopped 1 green onion – thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves- finely minced 1/4 cup fresh parsley – roughly chopped 1/4 cup fresh oregano – roughly chopped

Recipe provided by Austin Personal Chef: Carlos Crusco Ingredients (serves 4) 4 Fillets of Swordfish (Halibut, Red Snapper, Branzino also work) – 6 to 9 ounce/each 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsps. extra-virgin olive oil 1.5 cups mixed cherry tomatoes – rinsed, cleaned and cut in half 1/2 cup drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes – roughly chopped

Recipe provided by Austin Personal Chef: Carlos Crusco Ingredients 1 cup chopped fresh parsley (for cooking and garnish) 2 bay leaves 1/2 cup dry white wine (an Italian Soave would be good) 3 lemons – 2 cut into halves & 1 for the zest and juice Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper 2 whole artichokes