Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today

[Bridger]

Very cool @Chap - sounds like a great shared interest for you both

[Giles]

Paula is away, and Kira has to leave for London earlier than @Alex , so I'm cooking for me and him.

Thought I would try another Fallow recipe. I love these guys, they give out so many Jeez-why-did-I-not-know-that cheffy tips.

I doing their Ragu and Gnocchi.

And this in one of those great tips. Normally I'd think the mince was done when it was grey and soggy, having boiled in the liquid it gives off.

They say to boil off the liquid on super high heat, then lower the heat and cook, scraping the bottom of the pan regularly, until it's dark brown from the Maillard reaction...

[Chap]

@Giles said in Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today:

They say to boil off the liquid on super high heat, then lower the heat and cook, scraping the bottom of the pan regularly, until it's dark brown from the Maillard reaction...

Brilliant, I always have issues getting a good Maillard with minced meat and can only achieve it when roasting bit by bit in small quantities

[Chap]

Soy sauce marinated boneless chicken thighs for lunch

[Giles]

@Chap said in Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today:

Brilliant, I always have issues getting a good Maillard with minced meat and can only achieve it when roasting bit by bit in small quantities

This technique worked a treat

[Giles]

Won't be getting many plaudits for my Gnocchi They taste good, but I think the dough was too wet, so I found it very difficult to handle, and you are supposed not to work it too much, so I left it as is....

[Chap]

@Giles the baking the potatoes on salt in the oven technique like you did it for the mash on the pie works great for gnocchi dough too.

[Giles]

That is what I did. BUT, I did not put them on a bed of salt, which may have extracted more moisture from them....

[Chap]

@Giles said in Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today:

That is what I did. BUT, I did not put them on a bed of salt, which may have extracted more moisture from them....

Can also depend on what type of potatoes you used. I always do need more or less extra starch depending on the potatoes although I always work with the same recipe. That’s why Italian grandma‘s don’t use recipes, they feel the dough

[Giles]

Not made Italian grandma status yet…..

[Tago Mago]

@Giles we're all rooting for you

[Giles]

That is kind of you....

[motojobobo]

Coincidentally, last night I had a superb gnocchi ragu at my local (hole-in-the-wall) restaurant. No pics sorry…
They only make it on weekends. If it isn’t sold out, by Monday it tastes even better.

[Alex]

Gyudon

[Giles]

Almost the best part of making mashed spuds from bakers, is that You can do this for breakfast.....

[Giles]

@ItalianGrandmother mode not enabled.....Tried a variety of shapes, and I am crap at them all.......

[Chap]

@Giles they don’t look that bad and I beg they taste fantastic

[Giles]

Thank you. And yes, they taste great.....