Masterchef 2019

[Mistyavalon]

this is about spices
one hour sweet or savoury open pantry least impressive dish is going hom

Abbey tries to rally chinese spice salt and pepper squid..... they all approve

Lari pear and ginger cake ice cream
Christina turmeric flat bread and mussells

45 mins to go

Lari seems on track Gary thinks she is in trouble the anglaise is taking forever to cool.. should she ditch it

[Mistyavalon]

she changes it to a custard
30 to go
Abbey sounds confident but the others watch on worried for her
Christina also seems good Gary approves...
Again Abbey talks confidently
Chritina is so carful to present the best musells cleaning them carefully
he bread is still too thick so she has another go
5 mins to go

Lari is ready to plate.. the cake is good

Now Abbey is nervous..... Cravat says stop panicing.. you know you can do it but she seems to be stuffing it up.. she says she has no idea what is on the plate

[Mistyavalon]

so Christina is first and it looks great and it seems lovely but it is way too hot for Maggie... they all love the sauce, the mussels, the flatbread..she as done well

Lari is next... looks fantastic... they eat it maggie loves the cake and sauce but there is no joy... not enough too little.... it is a good cake but doesnt hero the ginger

Abbey is in tears she fears the worst.. they eat it.... maggie said no spice Garry no heat gutzy says fatty Gary said good fried food is not greasy, this feels greasy

Christina a great dish now Lari or Abbey... bye bye Abbey

[Mistyavalon]

this week is heston week or sweets work... you kow I cant handle that... so I am not bothering with it
the task was to make a sweet dish using breakfast cereals
Top 3 are Ben, Tim and Anushka
And into elimination will be Derek, Steph and Simon. No surprises with any of those

[Mistyavalon]

Pressure test starting straight after invention test
Noone can believe the length of the pressure test
Steph cant imagine what would take that long
Longest pressure test in MC history

Kate Reid setting her chocolate croissant as the pressure test tonight
The french must hate that she has the best croissant in the world
Black forrest croissant. Looks sooooo yummy
Lots of layers
Have to follow the recipe to the letter. It isnt just a recipe but science
Dough is premade and the dough recipe is top secret
They wont share the recipe for anyway

90mins to prep the croissant so it can proof over night
Measure the dough into a rectangle. Precise size
There is a dough laminator?! WTH
Boys are using the machine already
Steph is still pressing out her dough She is finally working out how the machine works
60mins left to prep the croissants
Derek is doing his first folds with butter
As is Simon Second fold now for Simon. This is the one to make the honeycomb inside of the croissant Simon is ahead right now

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Derek has done the wrong type of fold. Too late now he has put it in the laminator
Re-reading the recipe her realises it is wrong
Going to be hard to come back from there now
30mins to go

Steph only just doing her first fold She is catching up now
Prooving oven lets the temperature and humidity be controlled
Simon is prepping his dough cuts now 1st one done for Simon
5 mins to go
Quick quick everyone

Derek isnt sure his will rise with the folds wrong
He is resigned to going home
time is up
They all have something in the prooving oven

next step
vBack in the kitchen
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2hrs 45mins...go
Steph first to get hers out. They have risen nicely
She is relieved
Simons now.... His also look good. He has 2 trays worth

Dereks turn now. His have also risen which has made him so happy
He has hope

Now they are in the oven it is onto the chocolate mousse
They all look so determined

[Mistyavalon]

Simons croissants are out and look lovely.
Stephs are out too. Toasty brown They actually cook twice

2hrs left
Derek is making sure he follows every step He is onto his jam
Everyone is at the same spot

Stephs mousse has gone wrong its lumpy
She is told to remake it and seems very distressed about this but is redoing the mousse She is cooling it more this time
90mins left
Simon is into the chocolate frangipan
Derek used the wrong attachment and has to start again
Need to get the croissants back in the oven for the second baking.
Simon has his prepped and in the oven
Steph is feeling good
Oh who is correct Steph or Simon?
Steph put the tops back on her croissants whilst Simon put his back in the oven as 2 seperate parts
Derek is falling behind
Derek is only doing 4, he wont have any spares if something goes wrong

[Mistyavalon]

I cant tell if he put the tops on or not
30mins to go
Simon has his out and it Looks great..now have to get them cooled down
Steph pulling hers out Steph realises she has done it wrong by baking them put together
Derek did his seperately too
Poor Steph. How will she fix this?
Her frangipan is still runny as a result and She is unravelling a bit now
Putting the bottoms in the blast chiller to try and set it

Tempered chocolate time
12mins to go!
Derek only just got his out of the oven He is still behind
He is struggling to get his chocolate down
Using ice- Will it set in time?
8mins to go and noone has started assembling
Simon is first to start piping Not perfect but at least he is assembling
Steph is rushing Her tempered chocolate has worked

[Mistyavalon]

1minute!

Omg derek is only just starting to assemble
His chocolate hasnt set hurry up Derek
Time is up
The only person who had no issues is Simon
Steph's looks ok but will her oven issues work ok?
Derek had so many issues. He is missing elements on his plating
are we gonna say good bye to Derek

Tasting time

Simon is first he is so nervous
1 each for the judges
Simon says it was a rewarding challenge
Good colour. Looks crispy. Very delicate decorations
You can see the layers
Some crispy bites
Gary likes the flakiness. Yummy. Gooey
A nice balance
George is in heaven

Gary is making faces mmmmmm, Simon set the standard
Steph now.. Hers also looks good
They say it looks good Good layers
Some crispness there
Alas her frangipan is raw
Not as crispy and Simons...almost like an uncooked pudding

[Mistyavalon]

Dereks turn now.
Will his lack of some things be his undoing?
He takes pride in attention to detail and the mistake with the folding could send him home
Very dense
Not the same shattery flake as Simons
Slightly heavy but has some crispness
Flavours delicious
Still good layers definition
Good assembly even missing the chocolate shards
Looks like steph will be going home Her flavours were wrong

All 3 are holding hands
Steph your frangipan was undercooked which is why you are going home

everyone is guttered .. people liked her... the facebook page is going ballistic.. a very popular contestent... but no one is saying she was robbed... just unlucky