Masterchef 2019

[Mistyavalon]

Nushie and derek are up next
they lift the lids
Anushkas shards are so much bigger than Dereks but otherwise they appear pretty close in appearance

How will they taste? apparenty they are quite different.. will this mean elimination? teills sorbets and mousses are differen

Tati and Tessa now...they look so different to me
tatis short bread is a lot smaller as it broke
sugars are very different
tessa is really caramelly and tatis is barely melted
the dishes both look and taste different... tatis is stewed which is off putting and the biscuits are different too

Chritine and Nicole are up now this is looking much better.. it looks the same and it tastes the same gutzy says he feels like he is eating one dish he does note one has more apple... gutz!

now simon and sandeep.. big commuication problems communicated in weights not volume... or handfuls
let's look at them actuall they are quite close cravat nit picks tis one has no nuts the fruit is more spread out gutzy says only the berried are the same they dont eat it and tell us

Chris and Nicole are safe
Lari and ben are safe

the rest have to fight it out

[Mistyavalon]

In elimination is Derek, Anushka, Sandeep, Simon, Tessa and Tati
essa still has a pin. Will she use it? She would be crazy not to And of course Tessa plays the pin
After tonight we will have this years top 10

Showing the average amount of sugar each Australian eats in a day, week, month and year
Bring us a sweet dish without processed sugar or added sugar
All of Dereks preparation just went out the window
75mins to bring a sweet dish without refined or processed sugar
Derek and Simon look petrified
Derek went straight for sugar then laughed because he cant use it
So many things have sugar that they want to use
George saying use the fruits
Raw honey is good
Such empty baskets
Derek always has honey in the house - Honey and ginger breakfast pannacotta for derek
All the traditional dishes are out of the window
Sandeep loves to eat desserts but not make them - He is doing indian rice pudding
Simon is doing roasted figs but not a full idea yet - Not having a clear idea is always obvious route to disaster

[Mistyavalon]

5mins down and people on the gantry are worried about Simon
He is trying to turn honey into honeycomb by boiling the honey.. that ain't the way
Tati is making sticky rice balls with coconut ice cream and uses Honey, coconut and yoghurt ice cream interesting she is frying her pineapple

Sandeep is doing a rice pudding - I love fluffy boiled rice.. but rice pudding blah gluggy stuff

Christina telling Matt ideas she would do for this challenge

Anushka is doing lady fingers
Filo pastry with cream and verjuice she is making herself...cos the store bought one has sugar

Derek has his panacotta in the fridge
Derek tried to use cornflakes.....what do you think isin those things?

Judges are concerned they are just getting bits from Simon and not a whole dish

Derek has found his stride now

33mins to go

Sandeep is worried that the rice isnt thickening..should have used a different rice he says

[Mistyavalon]

oh h aha Nushie has covered herself in flour! but is happy with flavour

Tati's rice ball filling is ready. She is making the balls now and then Wraps them in banana leaves and steams them. She is using a pineapple boat for plating

Sandeeps dish has thickened but doesnt have enough flavour
Dereks granola is roasted and he adds honey And back into the oven
Cooking his bananas now
Simons figs are done- Honeycomb hasnt worked. It is chewy
Noone knows where Simon is going - including simon

12 mins to go

Simon is in a panic. He isnt happy...

Sandeep is aware of how strong saffron can be.. he tries not to overpower the rice

Dereks granola is looking good. stirs it and back in oven moves to caramelised bananas

Simon makes a twill.. he has to have something crunchy on the plate
Nush is ready to deep fry the lady fingers...they are looking good.

sandeep uses a pile of ghee... and makes flatbread.... he feels his rice pudding is okay

Derek's first panna is wobbly big smile as he sees how the bananas look like sausages

simon takes the twill but not really right... he will mess with the edges

plating is a disaster for Simon
time is up

[Mistyavalon]

derek is up first
oh it looks lovely breakfast panncotta orange syrup banana and granola...
gutsy serves it out
and they eat.... delicious says gary so sweet no need for sugar says gutzy

sandeep is next... cravat said Not a big leap making rice pudding with honey instead of sugar
Sandeep is scared to do something out of his comfort zone. He fears making a fool of himself. Rice is cooked well.
But not sweet enough and is overpowered by the saffron

Tati next
Tati next She doesnt know if its enough
Gary is worried about her dish
they eat it.... Matt likes a lot of it.. not keen on yoghurt and the syrup is straight honey
It is A sweet and heavy dessert with some great t hings but really it is
Just odd things to eat

Nushie cravat asks he if she is scared yes she says

she pours sauce over it and they eat lovely not overly sweet crisp and
delicious. Gutsy said and she made it herself....

Simon looks a lot better than I thought Gary said not really you... are you worried yes Gary loves the molasses.. wants to paint his walls with it but the dish has no crisp crvat the harry potter of molasses

Gary calls nushie and derek both dishes were loved and then Simon is called.. somewhow he made the cut..... these three are safe

Sandeep and tati are up for elim Gary wanted tati to go cravat said Sndeep gutsy has to decide and he picks Sandeep

[Mistyavalon]

Every day this week they looking for the best dish from the top ten
Each day the best dish goes straight to immunity challenge
No pressure test this week
mystery box is filled with coles best selling ingredients.
Beef mince, salmon, corriander, soda water, strawberries, tomatoes, onion powder, coconut cream

Tessa is doing confit salmon with a coconut sauce
Nicole is doing a thai salmon
Derek is using the salmon too
Salmon is the most popular item so far
Anushka is making confit salmon too

Lots of confit going on
Larissa is doing pancakes with a corriander and coconut ice cream
Ben is doing tortellini using the tomatoes
Tati is doing corriander noodles

[Mistyavalon]

Derek is doing egg noodles with coconut tomato broth and salmon
Judges have him questioning himself Derek trying to work out how to maximise his flavour
30mins to go
Larissa isnt happy with her pancake
Judges are asking everyone where are you getting your flavour from
Anushka is trying to tampura fry the salmon skin
Anushka asking Matt to try her strawberry and tomato element. He doesn't and tells her to trust her palette
Christina is making salmon dumplings
Tim is being very methodical today
10mins to go
Derek pan frying his salmon
He is worried as last time he cooked fish it was raw, when rick stein was in
Matt is worried that everyone is diluting their flavours with the coconut milk
3mins to go
Nicole isnt happy with her broth
She wants something acidic but not the vinegar


Nicole adding tomato seeds to her broth
Everyone is plating now
Has Derek cooked his salmon perfectly?
Final touches - 2mins to go
Larissa has some large quenells of ice cream Her pancake worked this time
30seconds
And times up
they are only tasting three dishes
1st dish to be tasted is Anushka
Confit Salmon with tempura skin and strawberry and tomato salsa
Nicely cooked salmon
Judges like it They really like the tempura skin

Next up is Derek
Pan fried salmon with noodles and tomato and coriander broth
Salmon is cooked nicely
A delicious dish
Will be a hard one to beat
Bags of flavour
You wobbled last week but dishes like this prove you deserve to be top 10
Final dish will be Nicole
Confit salmon with tomato and coriander broth and crispy noodles

Heaps of flavour They love her dish- You out brothed Derek
Matt is torn between the 2 dishes



And first to immunity in best of best week is Nicole

[Mistyavalon]

Invention test must feature either Milo, Vegemite or Rosellas Tomato Sauce

Only Tati says she doesnt like vegemite...not a great fan myself!
She doesnt like Milo either
Not a fan of milo either and I prefer bbq over tomato sauce ....but as a kid I used to smear tomato sauce on my peanut butter basic sate - not that I knew what sate was
Judges are just eating the milo out of the tin

Charge! To the pantry we go

Tessa is making banana malt tart tatan with milo
Simon is making roasted cauliflower, using black garlic and vegemite
Matt says it is a dangerous and brave idea. He does love the idea
Tati is doing chilli and black pepper crab with the tomato sauce
Tessa has heaps of sugars on her bench. and Milo ice cream with her tart
She is pushing it for time with her pastry
1hr to go
Larissa is making milo and mascapone mousse with ice cream, tuiel, crumble
she has a lot of elements
Ben is using the milo
Derek is making donuts - He might be crazy - He would usually take 2-3hrs to make the donuts
Judges say he has lost the plot

Tim doing a duck ragu with vegemite
Anushka is doing a milo panacotta

35mins to go
Tessa has her ice cream churning but no tart cooking yet
Derek mocking Nicole in good humour
30mins left

Lots of running around

And Larissa stacks it

Christina and Derek check she is ok
Derek naking a milo creme pat Has used about 1/2 tin of Milo in it

Judges are worried about Tessas dish It is finally in the oven

Simon is on track. He has a sherry caramel for his cauliflower

Derek is smoking out the room

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Christina is doing ribs with the tomato sauce
Will Tati make her dish too spicy?
Simons dish is something he could see himself putting on his smoke house menu
Anushkas pannacotta hasnt set
Derek has fat plump donuts
3 mins to go and they are still cooling. He cant fill them until they are cool enough
Tati pulling her crab out
Ben says his dish has childhood memories
1 minute to go and Simon is in the garden
Tessas bananas stuck and did not come out cleanly but still looks nice
10 seconds to go and Derek is finally filling the donuts!
Judges dragged out the count down a bit. No way Derek would have finished other wise
Some good looking dishes
Tati first
Chilli peppercorn crab they love the lightness of the broth. Very light. Good interpretation. Heat is from the pepper not the chilli
They love the dish

Tessa next with her tart and milo ice cream
Is the pastry cooked?

[Mistyavalon]

Alas, the pastry is under cooked
They love the dish.... if only the pastry was good
Anushka next her panacotta is unset... but at least ittastes good

Tim with duck ragu. Too much pasta in the dish..... try and be bolder
They say Christinas ribs are okay tasty but more effort required at t his s tage of the competiton

Simon next his dish looks interesting. they call it a delicious dish, realy clever combinations. if you are going to cook like this a t the vegan house, count us in


Ben up next
Concept is cracking open the milo tin...brilliant idea
They love the ice cream dunked in the milo
George says his kids would basically love it... all the judges do, greedy gutzes

Larissa next
Holding the twill up to the lights...heavens knows why..
Judges love the flavours... they just work so well together.. and the plating is lovely


Last up is Derek
judges are curious to see if they taste better than the custard tarts but derek has only 2 donuts for three greedy judges
They feel light..but.look a little dense.
The milo element is beautiful but not enough filling.. not bad.. but this doesnt deter the others from pinching bits of doughnuts


Dish which stood out was because it incorporated the ingredient in an new and exciting way....Simon
So Nicole and Simon will cook for immunity

No pressure test tomorow just another chance to join the immunity cook
Tomorrow night they must use native ingredients in their dish