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In the fridge today we level up with scrambled eggs.
And Buzz… -What?
Get your coat, we’re going home with two chefs.
But first,
Biggie vs. Two pack. Clinton vs. Trump. Ellie vs. Frazier.
All massive battles in their own right,
but nothing compares, nothing compares to Ebbers vs. Curry.
I first met Ben in Culinary School.
I first met James, a little rugged Scottish guy.
He was a few years above me
but he was struggling a little bit,
so I was helping him out.
He came knocking at the door looking for a chance,
and I wouldn’t say it’s charity, but we gave him one.
I basically come up with all the recipes
that Ben takes credit for.
James he’s come in, he’s kind of supported my role.
And actually I guess you’d call him Sous Chef.
He’d agree with that! -What?
Who is the better chef? -Me.
I mean we could argue about this
until the Coute Buff comes home.
But actually there’s probably only one way we can settle it.
We’ve got to have an Ultimate Chef battle.
What a day we have for you today ladies and gentlemen.
Two culinary juggernauts go head to head
to prove themselves in the ultimate battle.
Right gentlemen.
I want nothing but a fair square fight.
You’ll have ninety minutes to create
what is in your opinion the Ultimate Chefy dish.
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Too many cooks will spoil the broth.
Whoever first spills the milk will cry.
Let’s get it on.
This may not look like it,
but this is a Coute de Buff Smoked Bone Marrow map.
The drawing really isn’t my forte, cooking is,
and that’s why I’m going to win this battle.
I’m going to start by tossing some potatoes in oil,
salt and pepper and baking them.
I’m going for the familiarity,
the kind of food people what to eat.
Chicken, chips and slaw with a twist.
It’s going to be a quail, which we know is fiddly,
but I’m going to get rid of the bones, going to solve that problem.
A healthy Asian pear slaw, lotus crisps.
I’m going to start with the stuffing for the quail,
that’s shallow garlic, ginger.
Sweat it off in the pan, go nice and sweet
before adding in smoky bacon to go crisp.
Barry Taylor with me, I’m Michael Huttleston.
Barry how are you feeling today?
I’m excited to say the least.
Honored to see what these two have to offer.
Okay, I have just peeled some potatoes and put them to boil.
That is for my crispy rice potatoes,
they’re going to be super crispy
because I’m going to mash them as they’re in the oven,
as they’re cooking. It is amazing.
Other flavors going into my sausage meet stuffing
is going to be some dried figs,
but I’ve macerated them in Sake:
so a fermented rice wine Japanese style and some chives.
So I’ve made some beef stock last night
and I’m just reducing it down so it’s really sticky Jou.
Now, I’m going to move on to my mushroom puree,
shitake mushrooms, chestnut mushrooms,
porcini mushrooms, shallow, garlic and double cream,
and a little bit of Sambal
just to add a little bit of spice.
Sambal wasn’t he in the Lion King, Michael?
Either that Barry, or it’s a South East Asian hot sauce.
I mean if you would have seen this dish
on a menu would you chose it?
I just don’t know think you necessarily
have to go and buy the most expensive
cut of meat to impress the chef battle.
You can get quite a lot at one pound fifty a pop. -Right.
Then do something with it.
But that’s just a little chicken isn’t it?
It’s a Japanese quail.
So first of all the neck of the bird. Get rid of that.
Secondly, wings.
If you’re not a chef,
maybe don’t try this at home.
Or get your butcher to do it.
And the crowd goes wild.
This is my bone marrow.
I’m going to roast this for 15-20 minutes
until all the fat runs out and it’s kind of like jelly.
And then that’s going to get thrown on that.
Sounds great.
If you take your time on it, this is what you’re left with,
a bird with a bag of skin
but the only two bones are the legs.
And inside of the bag we stuff our meat.
Did he just call it a bag?
It’s a bird bag.
This is actually one of the most
disgusting things I’ve ever filmed in my life.
Well there’s such a high level of detail,
James just seems to be making Beef and Totties.
I don’t really like what he’s doing. It looks a bit... grim.
The stock that I’m making to make my sauce
is going to have all the bones from the quail
plus regular mirepoix.
I haven’t got time to cook a stock without the pressure,
so we’ll brown off that a little bit, add in some wine,
a bit of water, whack on the lid
and cook it under pressure for about 15 minutes.
Now you’ve promised me this isn't a bedroom toy.
it is not. It’s a kitchen toy. -Okay, good.
It’s like race car now, isn’t it?
James is going for the smokes milk there, Michael.
There’s a fine line between
smoky deliciousness and an ash trash.
So he’ll have to watch himself here.
Oh, my pressure cooker is about to explode.
Always keep an eye on the pressure cooker.
Okay skipped on my baked potatoes,
put them in a pan with butter, milk, bone marrow
and now I’m adding my smoked milk.
Ben one pound fifty of quail able unsheathing
his three hundred pound chef’s knife here.
I’m not making potatoes chips, I’m making lotus root crisps.
This has been peeled, it’s not going to be boiled in miso stock.
Later one we’ll slice it into thin slices
and deep fry to make them crispy.
At which point we’ll toss them in seaweed salt.
Quails eggs room temperature going
into boiling water for ninety seconds.
Are you counting James? -Ohh,
I would have gradually let those in, with a spoon or something.
I think every single one of those cracked as they went in.
He’s probably going to use some stunt eggs.
Can we get a close up?
I’m almost surprised at how well it’s going.
But not surprised because I’m great.
I’ve got my little babe quails eggs, I've pealed them
and now they’re going to go into seasoned flower
and seasoned egg and our panko bread crumbs
which I’m adding Japanese 7 spice.
How are you going to cook that because it’s thick.
So what I’m going to od I’m going to put it in the pan.
Because it’s thick it will never really overcook.
So I’m going to put it on a medium heat with butter.
Get lots of caramelization because I can cook it
for like ten minutes in the pan, 10 minutes in the oven, done.
Pressure released.
Ohh!!!
It’s just science.
So in total how much do you reckon this dish will cost you?
This cut of beef was around 20 pounds.
You really don’t want to be getting that wrong do you?
And no you don’t want to get this wrong.
One pound fifty a quail.
Beef.
My stock has reduced, now I’m going to add in
three flavours, miso, honey and soy to season it.
So I’m going to make my slaw
from peeled carrot, cucumber, dicon and pear.
Plus I’m making a dressing from Uzu juice, sesame oil,
and rice wine vinegar. What matters is the precision.
Some great takers there. Absolutely blinding takers.
There is one minute remaining.
One minute.
Welcome to the new bar area.
While those guys plate up, we thought we would get super nerdy
in a new feature we like to call Level Up
and today we’re talking scrambled eggs.
Level up is all about taking some really basic dishes
and with a few tips and tricks that are really easy to apply
we take them up to the next level
because the three of us aren’t chefs, we’re normal.
First thing, chuck some butter in a pan
and heat it up till it’s like an foamy.
Boom, a handful of spring onions go in
and we’re just going to heat those up.
That was first twist that’s going to transform these.
Second, cracking eggs
into a bowl first, whisking them up.
This is what is going to give your scrambled eggs
a lovely texture and a great rich deep colour.
Use a spatula to combine your eggs
and once it starts coating the bottom
bring the pan off the heat.
Stir it, combine all the eggs,
get it back on the heat and repeat.
Once you’ve got a lovely lumpy, creamy mixture
you want to throw in a tablespoon of crème fraiche
to stop the cooking process
and now's the time to add in a pinch of salt and pepper.
Got a taste of it down there. -It was pretty good.
Serve on some toast and if you fancy it, throw in some Siracha.
And there you go, that is my way of levelling up scrambled eggs.
Cool, see what you think.
I’m just going to go straight for the eggs.
Mmm! It tastes cleaner,
fresher and it needs that spice.
I’ve got to be honest mate I got slightly distracted by my beer
halfway through your recipe.
Where can I get the full recipe for this?
You can find the whole of this recipe on Sortedfood.com.
Fair to say, Scrambled Eggs levelled up?
If we thumbed it down?
Is it time to go back to the chefs and pick it up again?
Yeah let’s do that.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
gentlemen step away from the counters,
step away from your plates, that is it you can do nothing more.
I must be time to bring on the sexies.
Chefs it’s come to that time where the pressure is now
building because it’s time to critique your dishes.
You’ve done very well so far, you’ve both kept calm.
Annoyingly calm, but Ben, do you want to go first?
So We’re going to carve the quail.
So the beautify of this is it looks like a whole bird,
but if you carve through.
That sausage meat filling is something else. Okay.
Now in contrast, visually it jumps off the plate,
it's jumping out off the plate at you.
I can’t fool the mash whatsoever.
The same with the puree.
That is so meaty for such a stupid little bird.
Boys we need to make a decisions
you’re either going to pick up a team Curry t-shirt
or an Eberbs Squad t-shirt.
The good news is there’s three of us
so one way or another we’re going to get a majority.
I’ve decided, you can turn around now.
NOOO!!! -Yeahy!
Sounds weird but I feel like I tasted more technique in Ben’s.
James I felt at times you may have gone a little bit overboard.
Oh.
It feels quite sad that we had to have a loser,
but the loser was James.
If you disagree with our choice,
then you can comment below, give us abuse,
but also we put a poll on YouTube so you can vote for yourself.
I think that was a very good Chef Ultimate Battle
and I think that maybe there should be some more in the future.
Oh! -Oh!
How have we got this far
and not mentioned this is a brand new show?
Because we’ve been doing the brand new show
rather than talking about the brand new show.
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Well that FridgeCam had everything.
It had actually a fake referees outfit.
Yeah. That was actually quite convincing. -Is it?
It also had one of the nicest and kindest battles of all time.
It was really lovely wasn’t it?
Yes it was, and a brand new show. -Of course.
And a brand new show.
We’ll see you Wednesday as we do three things
with apples and it’s not what you think.
Good bye.
Oh hey this is our after take.
Oh we’ve done it. Firstly
The show’s almost done.
Your beauty was robbed.
You were robbed.
Sorry mate. -It was very very close.
So how deep into your homes do we go?
Well we don’t get to decide
because these guys ask the questions.
Oh no. -All I can say is,
I shared the contents of my top drawer.
Oh. -Nobody should be asked to see that.