Masterchef 2019

[Mistyavalon]

ah it is good to have you back... I just eat food, you know how to cook it... while there is such a thing as fruit, blue steak and peanut butter I wont starve!!!

today we are going through the nonsense of the immunity pin... YAWn
the whole idea is ludicrous... but we get Curtis so I can deal with that!!

so no elim everybody cheers

Tim Jo Dee and Mandy

curtis will cook and they copy

sounds easy enough huh? NOt
oh do shut up on the dacks joke. surely it is inappropriate in a kitchen!!!

[Mistyavalon]

no recipe no dish under a cloche w atch Curtis and listen and keep up with him.. you have 10 secs leeway

Curtis said stay calm and keep your benches clean... that keeps you on track....

steak and chips with bearnaise sauce.... now I can cook that
get out t he ingredients
make a reduction for the bearnaise pan on the heat..... white wine vinegar one cup and half a cup white wine and one shallot 1/4 bunch of tarragon through it into the reduction... bring to boil let it reduce for 15 mins

now pickling juice mandy having a heart attack
he gives the measurements.... tim puts the sugar in the reduction instead of the pickling liquid.. um even Misty knows that is w rong

omg a beautiful piece of grass fed porterhouse... oh I can taste it
remove the sinew he says fat is fine sinew is not/ Find the chain down the side and remove it.....

flip it over and remove the fibrous sinew Jo and Tim no so good at it..... omg Tim has cut off so much of the fat... no!!!! that is the best part,

[Mistyavalon]

all right then we have to slice the steaks... mmmmmm
my god he makes it looks easy... all perfectly similar..... hub does it but uses a tape measure.. my hub is a typical Virgo!!!

Mandy uses a knife
Joe's are huge
Curtis has 13 steaks and only the tiniest bit of waste which I would fry up

Tim gets the nod with size
Curtis says place the fat on the grill ..when it flares move it...
everyone has their own way... Jo is so behind

now blanch the shallots
then the chips peel them cut in half and then into big wedges...then slowly cook them
remove steak from grill and rest

omg looking at Jos steak... I want it.... it looks fantastic I dont care if he is doing all wrong!

[Mistyavalon]

Most are with Curtis except for Jo Curtis wants it medium rare.. blue .. the steak is perfect why burn it??

Mandy is very happy to be keeping up

back to bearneaise reduce by more than half Curtis adds vinegar.

Jo says if it is overreduced... add still water
then take cloth and get ready to strain''
put two egg yolkss in bowl.... add some reduction and whisk then over boiling water.. keep whisking...have a gentle roll, do not scramble your eggs...never stop whisking.........

[Mistyavalon]

damn sure it wasnt t his hard when I did it..or maybe it was and that is why I never do it... on and off the water says Curtis

Tim not happy with his
when it looks like mine remove water from pan and add clarified butter
Tim is making a terrible mess.. Curtis tries it...hmmm Tim has to restart the mess

take the muslin cloth put it over the bowl and pour in the sauce, then squeeze it out

Curtis makes the dressing.... olive oil into bowl dried chilli and lemon est.. place broccolini on grill and do something with chips...into the heat again
Tim has caught up...

time to slice the steak...Mandy has it right but they say o's is indercooked.. looks the same to me

people get ready to plate.... panic stations
Tim happy with steak
Jo slicing
take chips from fryer and plate up vegies and chips and pickles
mmmm I am starving again.

That's it folks

[Mistyavalon]

Judging

try Curtis first to get the benchmark
of course it is wonderful... like they would say if it weren't!!

Tim is up first they all note the stuff up with the bearnaise cos of the sugar.. Curtis can forgive it... Gaz chips and steak are lovely
gutzy loves chips so does cravat..... but the bearnaise is wrong

Dee steak is wonderful but forgot mustard. Gaz says bearnaise is fatty not enough tarragon it looks great,

Jo beef looks undercooked but the rest looks lovely... beautiful presentation. chips are a hit that steak looks great.. it is not undercooked... broccolini lovely Cravat not that keen on chips

Mandy gaz and curtis love the bearnaise...steak nicely caramelised. gutsy says meat undercooked. Cravat says nothing wrong but nothing special

[Mistyavalon]

so who won?

for mine it wuld be Jo cos he cooked the steak the closest to the way I like it.. but the brief was Medium rare...

Tim wins........... even with t he fucked up Bearnaise.. I think Mandy should have got it. her Bearnaise was perfect.....

these pins are so silly, especially at this stage

[Mistyavalon]

so what a re we doing tonight I wonder
of course the silly looking mystery box.. I have never understood what this is all about... shrugs... dont matter much now

well each judge has chosen an ingredient

everybody goes oo
guts lemons tarragon calamari
gaz spatchcock mango tamarind
cravat brussel sprouts fish sauce spring onion

75 mins must use at least one staples under bench
5 most appealing dishes
best goes into immunity challenge.. boring..

huda is excited.. lemon icecream tarragon crumbs disgusting
Larissa is making cocktails
Abbey spatchcock and jus sprouts a few different ways
someone is doing moneybags
tim who bores me endlessly is doing spatchcock and apile of stuff
seriously this is so boring.... just typing out oohs and ahs.. and now one is telling me she has tried the same brand of fish sauce at the factory... um
so cravat is keen to try her fish sauce caramel... with chook...
an hour to go

[Mistyavalon]

gaz said huda you can do more changes it to savoury..... chicken pie and mango

and Anusshka is so excited and wont stop talking..... I know there is tamarind loltessa chook sprouts caramelised something... seriously it is so pointless... tamarind glaze.......

I wish they all had different ingredients

anyway eough of this..

lets see who they pick

[Mistyavalon]

oh no Anusshka is panicing over t he caramel... is it overset... she tries to fix it .. it looks messy

now the first dish is Stephs She made fried chicken with tamarind and fish sauce caramel and pickled sprouts..... looks nice enough there is licking of fingers.....

Tessa She made fried chicken with tamarind and fish sauce caramel and pickled sprouts..it looks very pretty,,,they pick on th eplating but I love it...they enjoy eating it though

Tim Panfried spatchcock with roasted sprouts and crispy chicken skin and mango puree they love the plating I think it looks dreadful.... he took the skin off Gutsy says a waste

Anushka Mango sorbet with tamarind and fish sauce caramel, lemon cream and tamarind crumb well it does nothing for me... but they love it and ate the lot

Abbey pan fried spatchcock and jus looks nice.... nothing wasted. Gaz it is a chicken dinner dream cravat loves the texture and the competing flavours

so... there is disagreement between three... for technique and deliciousness was Abbey... no more cooking today..safe