Masterchef 2019

[Mistyavalon]

mmmmm tim's sound good wait pork crackle in a dumpling???
poor tessa....... gary hovers strawberry jelly in a glass... and a pile of other stuff.... gary suggests too much... maybe fresh fruit?
Derek redoing the same dish.... just better.. lamb, sprouts in lamb fat
they think Simon has the toughest ...um he won with it last time...duh

30 mins to go

Lari is doing savoury...... marron in a verblanc bobo ghanoush.... cravat hovers and approves...just says one sauce is enough

Nushies is doing dessert

Christina some sort of pasta

Tati has lost me!!!

Derek seems to be doing parsnips in cream and milk mmmmm lamb

15 to go

tim seems confident... but hell I would hate to make them.. I coud see the mess if I did it!!!

gary hovers and says lari you have three sauces... she insists she is cooling t he marron in the butter... he mutters something about throwing it away nd she demurs

[Mistyavalon]

now she doubts herself she tastes them and decides to combine them.....
Derek is on fire ...everything is done
tessa is plating in a glass
and time is up
Simon first mm looks delicious poached crab in peanut cream
I must get the recipe for that
Lari next love marron not sure about the rest of it..... gary loves it.... cravat is practically licking the plate

and derek well they just love this.. derek goes straight through

invention test... b ring us a dish inspired but a moment in time
60 mins everyting is in play al dishes tasted. best t hree fight for pin and bottom three go to elim

[Mistyavalon]

Chris larb
Nushie wont tell
Tim paella cos it reminds him of teaching
Nicole peking duck pancakes inspired no time so hoisin sauce is gonna help
Nushie sour cream pastry with cherries... there is no way she will have time
Lari is doing something with peaches.. parfait
Nicoles sauce is getting there cravat says taste it.. she does and asks is it okay is it getting there.... cravat says getting there.. she decides to add some plum to the hoisin

simon is doing a mussels and aspargus dish he and his partner find it special
tati is doing something she and her husband like
tessa is doing thai something
cravat hassles Tim about the way he makes paella
not sure what nushie is doing..... cravat sticks his nose in.......looks like something on a building site... how helpful! she is making a sauce calls it a xmas smell...

Lari checks the peaches.. needs more adds raspberry shards parfait still in blast chiller
10 mins to go
Nushie cuts it... if it doesnt work there is nowhere to hide...she has a piece on the plate... not really set but holding together

tim is listening to the rice
lari checks parfait.. not setting properly..... back to blast chiller.... out it come.... not set,,, so serves as is

time is up

[Mistyavalon]

simon up first...... describes the story and the dish...both love it
Nicole five spice duck and the famous hoi sin sauce....... better rolled up they agree.....both agree something is missing.. no thought to how it should be eaten

Tim...... cravat wonders if rice is cooked is there a crust.. done is such a short time..... they dig through it snarking away..... gary it is not exciting.. pedestrian... says cravat... nothing wrong just not special

Tessa mmm looks gret.. mee yang spelling is probably wrong gary is not impressed

Tati chook and mushroom noodles.. gary it is okay.. not my favourite

Lari......nice quenelle said gary....... tis is a dish which remindsme of my childhood.. eating peaches on the farm gary loves it..... summerly glow. peaches and cream

Nushie a dish her uncle cooked.... Gary said it doesnt look good.. it looks average.... they try it.. gary loves the syrup.. the rest I dont like... oh shut up gary!!!!

Christina great looking salady thing great herbs impossible to eat says cravat
but they really like it

so top three are Lari Simon and Christina
bottom three tim Nushie and tati...off to elim tomorrow
not perfect but lovely. Cravat likes it too

[Mistyavalon]

so tim Nushie and Tati are up for elim
gutsy away again
challenge It is Kirsten Tibbals Apple pie. bloody hell it looks weird... nothing like a pie..if you want to know look at t he site.. I cant describe it
Templates to follow in order to construct the dish. Thats going to be hard
they taste it it is like a pie but ramped up..3.30 hours to recreate

[Mistyavalon]

Tim reading the recipe, so many pressure points you must follow it measure it perfectly...

Nushie nine pages..... she is gonna go step by step..bench covered in flour but in her head she feels good

tati starts on shortbread...so many ingredients

tim trying too hard i think as bowls fly everywhere

onto the apples now Tati seems okay Nushie is good too

gary urges them on
tati falling behind.. they say measure it she rereads recipe and has stuffed it.... put all the apple on the heat instead of 60 grams...that is why i never mess with these sort of recipes

[Mistyavalon]

she restarts it and gets it right....... and Tim is wielding the rolling pin

both tim and Nushie have the pastry in the tray

tim onto the caramel and then moves onto the vanilla cream while caramel is cooking or whatever it does

tati is doing two steps at once and hs stuffed it again...and she ignores it

tims pastry has sunk in the corner cos he didnt cover it with enough rice

[Mistyavalon]

Tati is really starting to struggle now and is making silly mistakes because she is rushing
Nushie doing okay I think

so what can Tim do... patch it.... blind bake it again....seems to have worked...he starts to fill he puts the dome in and keeps going.. into the fridge

Nushie recreates the crumble it needs to be light but well structured so it holds
either she or tim is reading it wrong cos they are doing different things says Lari

Tim has stuffed the domes and starts again.. filling is different.... into blast chiller.

Tati doing the filling for the domes

half an hour to go

[Mistyavalon]

Nushie finds her crumble is too crumbly she used a normal oven insted of turbo oven Nushie hasnt done the domes... she missed a page.....she calmly works out where she is and feels she can do it go Nushie

tatis crumble not so good

Tim calmly working... but maybe on the wrong things
Nushie works out the choc spray
15 mins to go

Nushie running out of time domes are great though
tati has no time to do choc spray she does the domes ,looks good

Nushie has placed her crumb over the domes and it looks great....
Tim too
tati sort of domes are sticking out

that is it

[Mistyavalon]

Tim is up first... he said it was hard.. questions if he did enough
cravat said you look like you were on an absolute high... he admits he is proud of it

right time to taste they agree it looks good when they slice it and they enjoy eating it

Nushie is next...worried about the crumble.... so let's see what it looks like inside....... gets the nod...everything is there. It is a triumph said cravat. they do agree the crumble is a bit overdone but cravat said top it with custard and you would never know.

Tati next no choc on hers and doesnt look anywhere as nice as the other two...no comment when it is sliced they try and say nice things.. but it is bitter. Tati is in trouble

flavourwise tims stood out, you are safe
Nushie was my pick but we all know what a favourite tim is Nushie is safe
bye bye Tati