I loved this quickfire challenge – a great test of fundamentals – and tough. We do occasional blind taste tests for sport (cabin fever, it’s a looong winter here) and i find i use my eyes to “taste” more than i would have thought.
The elimination challenge was a fun opportunity to show off your chops. What’s with people not seasoning their food? My thoughts on the elements:
Earth: sauteed mushrooms, roasted root veggies, truffles – for an earthy salad – and i think a side of the suggested butternut squash soup would be ace – a soup and salad starter.
Air: mousse – foam – whipped cream? a souffle!
Water: how about poached fish for better flavour, rather than yet more sous vide cooking? Sushi – using seafood and seaweed. You could sculp a seascape – a seaweed salad, a clam shell holding a seafood morsel, couscous “sand”…..
Fire: something grilled; something spicy; something devilish – i thought these cheftestants nailed it, and i think they ended up with a better dish after arguing the details.
What would you cook?
