Masterchef week beginning 14/06/2020

[Mistyavalon]

Cured trout with apple granita, sour milk dressing and pickled beets
Taking a risk today
Not his style, fine dining modern australian/french
10mins down
Poh doing a tart too
And second guessing herself....there is a surprise
She looked like she didn't have any idea as to what she was going to do.

The sceptic in me could say she does know how to get the cameras to give her air time by playing these games.

says apples are too sweet

Thinking about the trout now
Poh sticking with the tart
Golden raisin burnt butter tart

And mustard ice cream?

Well that sounds disgusting.
Tessa making smoked trout with charred apple vinegarette

[Mistyavalon]

Laura making trout with beets and charred
Reynald aiming top 5 then trophy
He is making caramelised rasin ice cream, frozen liquid sablay and poached apples
Experimenting a bit now
When doesn't he?
Emilia apple tartatan is in the oven to cook the apple
Lining her pastry tins too
Emilia trying to sell lemons as golden rather than yellow
Adding a salted caramel to help with the sweetness
30mins down 30mins to go

Reece has his pastry cooking
And he burnt his raisins
Apples, apples and more apples.

Come on Reece.

[Mistyavalon]

Picked the best raisins from the top
Blitzed to puree and into his ice cream
Reece says he isndown to the wire
Tart in oven with 18mins
Normal cooks it low and slow
Callum is worried about what everyone else is doing
Adding a gold leaf praline to his dish
Brendan stealing reeces paper towels
He is sweating trying to get his dish up
Really out of his comfort zone
He wants time to finese
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Vinegar and milk.....he is right it sounds wrong
Tessa feeling good about her dish
Smoking her fish
10mins to go
Emilia stressing on her tart shell not cooking
Laura plating
Oh not quite yet

[Mistyavalon]

Someone throwing pepper grinders around
oh Poh

So do Poh and Reece have the same dish?
Poh doesnt like her ice cream
I can’t pick a winner tonight. Some of them sound revolting.
if Brendan nails his he will be top 4

Emilia worried she wont be done
Has to take the shells out
They are still raw and have stuck

[Mistyavalon]

Ditching sides of the shell and just using the baae
2mins

Most people plating
Brendan being so delicate
I bet half will be in elimination after tonight
I think so.
Poh blow torching
That is SO blowtorched to almost look burned.
Reese just pulled his tarts out
Times up

[Mistyavalon]

Tasting
Mel loves he redid the dish. Ice cream silky smooth. Loved the golden crisp on top
Good start

Poh now
Her tart looks burnt on top
I've had a lot of Brule's and I wouldn't want to eat that because it looks so burnt.
Andy interested in the ice cream
. Bruelle worked
Filling silky smooth
Ice cream punchy
Not most pleasant flavour but work well together
Jock didn't like the ice cream

Reece next
Looks like old school dessert
Why isn’t Reece’s ice cream melting when his pie just came out of the oven.
Andy says it will need to be spot on
Andy interested in the ice cream

Andy says it will need to be spot on
Jock says looks can be deceptive
Delicious, super crunchy tart
Made him smile
Mel just looks for the dishes that make her go thats bloody brilliant

Well reece is top

[Mistyavalon]

Laura now
Andy says not blowing him out the aater but well executed
Mel loves the textures but could be more
does anyone think Mel does not sound well??? Like she is losing her voice or something
Emilia now
She isnt happy with it
Mel says no getting around it was an ugly plate
Jock loves the flavours, and cant help but imagine what it would be with the pastry
Andy says she needs to stabilise these ups and downs.
Reynald now
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He used a gold bowl

Andy says ice cream, apples and skin he loved. The frozen liquid sabloy he isnt a fan of
Thats it on feedback

Tessa now
Not a lot of people with lots of positive feedback. Only Reece and surprise surprise Poh
Jock says a clever dish
A good dish
Andy loved the smoke on the fish
So reece and tessa top so far maybe callum too
Poh as well, other than Jock wasn't fond of the icecream.

Brendan next
It doesnt look like a Brendan dish, very dainty... He looks terrified
Jock says it is a belter
Sour milk with the greens oil is delicious

A clean unsuspecting delicious plate

Brendan dish of the day?

[Mistyavalon]

Cooking for immunity
Brendan
Reece
Callum
Tessa

[Mistyavalon]

Callum talking about his 2 wins and Reece talking about his. callum loves being able to watch the others as they cook. reece hopes to go back to back

I really want tessa to win just to annoy mel

there they are all on white...........
and instead of cloches are lots of white cloths covering food. immunity is on the line.. no need to cook on sunday

ingredients get revealed e very 5 mins cook whenever you want but can only use what is there when you start. so time or lots of ingredients.. good lord you have no idea if w hat you want will turn up

first pantry staples.. reece can makes lots with that
callum passes as do they all

if you wait till the end you will only have 40 mins

85 mins and beef and bones are revealed
noone looks keen to rush in.. Tessa says ingredients are more important

callum echoe that no acidity

next gin and juniper... mmmmmm Jock teases reece an old fashioned steamed pudding
reece wants a lemon tart....

75 mins roots and allions... onions carrots leeks spuds
no one moves
70 mins... orchard fruits... reece cant see lemons..... he grabs it
quince and juniper..... a baked gin tart with quince puree and a short bread pastry

[Mistyavalon]

65 mins and noone moves for leafy greens
60 mins grains and tessa jumps in..what will she cook? she picks some steak elevated meat and three veg.. a rib eye with sauce and seasonal vegies.. does a sofrito in the pressure cooker...

Callum and Brendon left 55 min left and herbs

Both waiting

Reece getting air bubbles out of his tart mixture.. it will be so silky he is determined not to collapse this season.....
Put 2 tarts in oven 1 is full and 1 3/4 full in c ase he runs out of time

Next quails and Brendon goes for it no more wasting his time he isnt going to use them
Quails, what a waste. going t make pot stickers dumplings

callum still waiting spices seafood and here comes seafood in 45 mins... lovely shellfish... mmmm I so want it.... callum has a mussel dish but not all the ingredeints... an escabesh... sp seafood cooks so quickly but he needs the carrots and other things to give flavour... smoked oyster mayo.... oh shut up andy who says had you waited you would have had the herbs for the vinegar

last box is the garden brendan is almost in tears.... oh shut up mel
Jock said had they waited all the garden seafood a nd meat.. surf and turf... mmmm