Kitchen Practical 26/6/10

Hey peeps
This time it's BEEF


Here's my dishRoasted Beef Tenderloin
Accompanied with Potato Croquette, Glazed Carrot, Mushroom & Capsicum Puree
Served with Bordelaise Sauce




Pros & Cons :


I was planning do present with okra
But there was no okra,
had to replace with carrot =/
It was a last min thing,
Ruin d presentation i had in mind =(

I failed my capsicum puree as there were lumps
And i used olive oil
Failure
=/

Also there were too much mushrooms on my plate
D shiitake was planned
But the mushroom sauce thingy is not..
I thought it looked empty
so i jus added the creamy mushroom sauce
...
Chef said 1 type is enough
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I LOVE MUSHROOMS!!

It was my 1st time making potato croquette
Guess wat..
Chef said it's good!!
Hehe..

And he said my beef marination and doneness is good too!!!!
:D

Potato croquette ingredients:
Mash potato
Milk
Salt
A little nutmeg
Egg yolk and eggs for coating
Breadcrumbs for coating

Beef marinade:
Wholegrain mustard
Salt & pepper
Thyme
Sage

Correct capsicum puree is
Blend with water
Not olive oil
NOTED!

Here are the winners for d day
Foo Haw
BEST presentation according to chef
And i think so too

Syafiq
It look nice
His capsicum puree is a super success
Look at that red liquid
Cool

Kah Wai's
I think that her presentation is nice
Unfortunately her beef was a lil dry

Alrite
That's all for now =)
(",)/

10 Jun Kitchen Class

Hello
Back again

(Especially to Nigel ;D)

This time our dish is
And here is my dish
Stuffed Chicken Breast accompanied with

Roasted Pumpkin,Ratatoiulle

& Risotto and

Served with Brown Sauce

Pros & Cons:

My presentation improved

Only problem was it's not centralised

D dish should be in the middle =/

The plate used was too big

Making the portion look small

My raratouille was not red enough

Chef said i should use more tomato paste

Major problem occured :

When i was about to plate d chicken

I lifted it up with a tong
Din grab it properly

It FELL on the FLOOR

Devastating event!

As that chicken that dropped was d bigger and nicer piece

LUCKILY i made 2!

But d other was smaller and less pretty..

(picture)

However,

Chef said my chicken taste good

=)

Ingredients for Stuffed Chicken :

Marinade with thyme, garlic,butter

Stuffed with blue cheese, spinach, garlic and chopped mushroom

This time my organization and timing

were abit out...

I did d roasted pumpkin last min

Resulted a "not really cooked roasted pumpkin"

Alright,

Here are the good platings

By Janet

It was the best,

chosen by chef

By Carmen

Although slightly too large portion

But i think it's nice

More to come soon

(",)/

Comments appreciated

27th May Kitchen Practical

Back with more food =)

This time it's LAMB
Either
Lamb Rack
or
Lamb shoulder
My dish was

Roasted Lamb Rack With Yoghurt Sauce,
Accomodated with couscous,
Braised Celery, Stewed Carrot & Biyarni

Pros & Cons:
I have 2 admit
This time my organization improved
In terms of timing and presentation
Though d presentation is stil not there yet
But it's "Finer" than my other dish
Thanks to Henry Lai and Yew!

D yoghurt sauce
Was my 1st time making it
DANG, IT TASTED GREAT! =)
2 bad chef did not try it =(

Yoghurt Sauce :
Garlic
Onion
Thyme
Lemon Juice
Yoghurt
Probably if i added some curry powder
The taste would be enhanced

It was also my 1st time making Biryani
This was a really troublesome 1
There were several arguments bout d spelling
Some is Baryani/Balyani
So hard 2 find out d real name and do a research on it
Until now i'm stil not sure if Biryani is rite or wrong
Basically it's just stacked vegies

Biryani :
Layered yellow and green zucchini sauteed
With curry powder
Chopped mushroom and parmesan cheese in between
Baked

I almost manage to french d lamb rack by myself
ALMOST!
But it wouldn't be correct with d help of
Anson & Janet =)
Thankx if u read my blog =/

Now for d nice presentation
Nik's
I like how d middle is neat
D lamb standing is cool
But d tomato was abit lost
I stil like it
Even more if d tomato wasnt there

Carmen's
I love her sauce in d tomato!

Anson's
It's nice 2 me
Jus that d portion is slightly big
If it's smaller it'd be perfect

That's all for now
(",)/