- [Man] We are Sorted,
a group of mates who have your back
when it comes to all things food.
From cooking battles,
to gadget reviews,
and cookbook challenges
to a mid-week meal packs app.
We uncover the tools
that will help us all
cook and eat smarter.
Join our community,
where everything we do starts with you.
(upbeat music)
- Many of us around the world are
currently in lockdown.
It means that our favourite pubs
and restaurants are closed,
it means that we can't see friends and family,
and to be honest,
it sucks!
So we thought now is the perfect time
to reach out to the ones that we love.
Our friends and our family,
and tell them we miss them.
Unfortunately,
none of the people I wanted to talk to were available.
So I'm stuck
with these two muppets.
- Charming.
- I am 90% hair.
(laughs)
- Boys its time to cheer each other up,
with some lockdown food gift deliveries.
We've each been tasked to choose a foodie gift
from a local business
that's perfect
for brightening up our days
in self-isolation,
and we're going to start with
a classic show-and-tell session.
(upbeat music)
Right first up
I bought a gift from me
to you
and your wife.
- Oh right okay.
This is what I've got,
it's very weighty.
Okay.
- What I've got you,
is the pancake feast box
from London restaurant
Where the Pancakes are.
We've been there before,
we know that they make amazing,
fluffy pancakes.
Whilst they can't accept people
into the restaurant,
they can still send pancakes to people
in the form of ingredients.
So you have everything there
to make 20 amazing pancakes.
- Okay,
wow,
oh my goodness!
It just keeps on giving.
I don't want to say that I ever underestimated you
but this is amazing!
I'm fascinated cause I don't normally use buttermilk,
so I'm really
interested to see
the difference that all of this makes
to the end result.
I'll see if this is easy putting it together
and if its as fun as it makes out
then I'm very much looking forward to this.
(guitar music)
- Jamie,
obviously for you,
we know you're a barbecue man--
- There's a cow.
There is a sticker that says 'Patty&Bun'.
- So J this is the lockdown,
DIY kit.
Everything you need
to bring the Patty&Bun experience
into your own home,
and when I say everything I mean
everything except for the lettuce
and the tomato.
- I'm sure Lucy bought some salad at some point.
I've never used it,
but I'm sure its there.
(laughs)
Classic burger patties.
- They look exceptional.
- Oh this is incredible,
there's smoky Patty&Bun mayo,
and even better
it actually tells me
exactly how to construct the burgers.
HG Walter,
is that the butcher that they use?
- Yep so it's all of their same suppliers.
You've got the same ground meat
from the butcher they would use,
your brioche buns
from Beread Head Bakery
that's who they used.
- Wow that is cool!
That is a good gift Ben!
- So obviously J you're a family of four,
so that's 1 each,
or two for Mummy and two for Daddy.
(laughs) Or.....
(upbeat music)
They say size doesn't matter.
- [Jamie] Oh my goodness!
(laughs)
There are two of them!
(laughs)
- This is the original craft box
from Crosstown Doughnuts.
Its a variety of artisanal food supplies
including all the essentials,
fresh fruit and veg,
and that I'm not going to say most importantly but,
very importantly,
six
Crosstown Doughnuts.
The very doughnuts that I used to propose
to my wife,
who wasn't my wife at the time.
- And you've sent me six,
what does that say?
- Oh I don't know!
(laughs)
- I love Crosstown Doughnuts,
I think when we did London's best doughnut it was
my favourite choice,
and then all this produce as well,
wow!
- So what stood out to me about this gift
is the collaboration between
Crosstown,
but also Millers Bakery and The Estate Dairy.
Its what they call the Crosstown Collective,
and its just a load of great food suppliers
finding a way to come together
and get all their amazing produce still out to people
even though their shops and restaurants are closed.
- That's so good.
- There's quite a lot of food there.
(laughs)
Are you gonna be okay?
- I could literally do 101 things with this,
cabbage, potatoes, carrots, onions, bread
coming out my ears and,
so I'm going to have a bit of a play.
- Looking forward to this.
(guitar music)
I do not have a bowl,
so I am using a saucepan.
I like it vanilla-y!
Am I?
Yes I am.
(groan)
Let's melt some butter.
Oh that didn't sound good!
Melted.
Very interested as to how Jamie
and Ben are gettin' on.
- ♪ Burger burger burger! ♪
Flipping bacon one handed is really hard.
That's smoky.
Burger meet grill.
Mother Theresa,
that looks,
amazing.
- This is fun,
it's like Ready Steady Cook.
Oh, (laughs).
Take the bay leaf out before you blend it.
Oh...
(string music)
Its going to drive some people mad
but I live on my own
so I don't care if I get crumbs on it.
(sniffs)
Just checking its cinnamon
and not Chinese Five Spice.
(string music)
(upbeat music)
- Boys,
how did we get on?
- This,
is what I made!
- Oh mate!
- [Ben] They look so thick
and fluffy!
- [Mike] They're two C's thick!
- [Jamie] What a cross-section.
- [Mike] Yeah pretty decent, eh?
And I halved the ingredients
because the package said it makes 20
so I thought,
I could probably just eat 10 now,
But I'm really happy with them.
So in terms of the actual making process,
it was really straight-forward
because the flour mix had not only the flour,
but the salt,
sugar
and raising agent.
I started off with wet ingredients.
Two egg yolks,
along with
buttermilk.
(groan)
It smells tangy.
Vanilla essence,
whisk that together,
then the flour mix goes in.
I folded it all in,
it went a bit lumpy.
Then I added melted butter,
and then all the lumps just seemed to disappear.
Then,
this is the interesting bit,
you whisk up the egg whites
that you separated earlier
into stiff peaks
and then fold those through
ever so carefully,
and I think that's where the big,
fluffy sort of thickness
of these pancakes comes from.
I love blueberry pancakes,
so I'm going to put a handful of these through the batter.
(upbeat music)
Give it a flip.
That is looking very very good!
In the mean time let's get some bacon on.
Last one on you go.
We're gettin' the streaky bacon on.
Oh hello,
I mean they look incredible.
Let's see if all that hard work
pays off.
Oh yeah.
They're absolutely delicious!
I've never made pancakes this fluffy
at home.
It is genuinely a really,
really excellent
stack of pancakes.
Definitely a box for a family.
And actually
really fun and quite simple
to put together if you want to
put together if you want to cook
as a family too.
(upbeat music)
Lovely,
thank you!
- Glad you liked it.
- J how did you get on?
- I made burgers.
So I got on quite,
quite well.
I started off by seasoning the patty,
getting it into the pan.
Now the only thing the instructions didn't say
was about adding any oil into the pan,
what that meant was it got very smoky very quickly
in my kitchen.
Oh yes look at that!
The instructions said
to cook
the patty for 4 minutes on each side
if you want it pink and juicy in the middle.
Obviously because this was meat
from a butcher,
I went pink and juicy.
- Too right.
- Once that's frying I can cut up my lettuce.
It said baby gem,
I've got romaine,
and I can chop up my tomatoes.
I have cherry tomatoes,
we'll see how they work.
So patty cooked,
brioche bun sliced,
in the toaster.
Once the patty was done,
slice of (mumbles) cheese on top.
You need to go into the grill
to get even more yummy.
In the mean time crisp my bacon up.
Everything came together
and it was just a construction job,
and the instructions had
the exact way to construct it.
- This is the thing that I'm interested in.
- [Jamie] Bun,
ketchup,
baby gem lettuce leaf,
one to two slices of tomato,
beef patty with cheese.
Oh yes!
Alright top bun,
first up,
smoky Patty&Bun sauce,
caramelised onions,
and I'm going to cut the bacon in half
so I can cris-cross it.
Top (laughs).
Look at that!
That's a burger!
- Ooh!
- That is fantastic mate,
good job!
- You're going to ask me to be an Ebbers
and cut it in half aren't you?
So you can see inside?
- [Mike] Absolutely yes.
- Bom bom!
- [Mike] Ah good colour.
- That is looking good
you got all the layers.
- [Mike] Right and going in.
- I actually salivated as you put that in your mouth.
- Honestly,
that is better than any burger I could make at home.
I don't think its as good as having
the Patty&Bun burger
in the restaurant.
- Okay.
- But I'm okay with that,
and the chef's there make burgers all day every day
they know exactly what they're doing,
they know exactly how long each patty goes on for,
how much seasoning to add.
That is nearly there,
compared to the restaurant.
But it is such a step above
how I would usually make a burger at home.
- [Mike] You've made a
Spaff very happy Ebbers.
Ebbers,
what on earth did you cook
with that plethora?
- Well,
it took some thinking.
So I started off
with a doughnut
and a Caravan coffee.
(brewing)
Best day ever.
This is such an awesome box,
For like a family of 4 maybe?
Eggs and fruit and bread,
veggies and potatoes to go around.
Doughnuts to share.
Its a pity I'm going to have to eat them all myself.
- It's a good start.
- And then I thought,
what can I do that celebrates,
the fruit and veg in the box
that will change I think from week to week.
So,
I made a soup.
So its a sweet potato soup.
I sweated off some onions and garlic
I had in the fridge,
bay leaf I had outside,
added the sweet potato,
half veg stock
and half of that Estate Dairy milk.
The Estate Dairy
is like a collective
of dairy farmers who,
they supply a lot of milk to
a lot of the restaurants
and top places in London,
Crosstown Doughnuts included.
Paired with the toasted rye,
and Cacklebean egg.
It's a gorgeous soup.
That,
is simple but celebrates what was in the box.
- I'm not gonna lie,
and maybe I'm stupid for saying this,
but I didn't expect you to make a soup.
Even though a soup is the most Ebbers thing to make.
But do you know what,
fair enough,
it looks amazing,
that egg looks so orange,
that's a chef-y bowl of soup.
- While this was bubbling away I thought,
why don't I make myself
something with the ciabatta.
- Yes!
- Oh well done!
- So I took the aubergine,
I sliced it,
I char-grilled it,
and then I marinated it in
balsamic, oil,
lemon zest,
some basil and mint from the garden,
salt and pepper,
roasted off some tomatoes,
charred the ciabatta,
I've got a tiny rind of Parmesan left,
some salad leaves,
and that is a pretty decent lunch.
- I'm so proud
that you made a sandwich,
like,
its taken lockdown to finally bring out
some Spaff in you and,
I think you're better for it.
- Its simple,
but it celebrates the simple flavours
that come in the box.
And then I thought--
- Oh more?
- A man who lives on his own
and now has 4 litres of milk should probably
find ways of using it.
So I just made a shake.
One of the bananas,
a little bit of cinnamon,
little bit of honey,
and I think that would make a great breakfast
with some of the granola.
And I've only just scratched the surface,
I've got so much stuff left,
its unbelievable.
Even put me fruit bowl out,
it's on the side
so I'm more likely to pick at that
than I will the sweet stuff,
except for today when doughnuts come first
'cause they're fresh.
- Well I had high expectations
and I think you've met them,
well done Ebbers.
That is a cracking line-up.
- [Ben] Do you know what,
I think it echoes what you've both said
and that's restaurants are awesome
because they have quality produce.
It means that not only are you supporting the 3 companies
but all of their suppliers,
and I question when this is all over
maybe we can achieve that?
By getting ground beef from our butchers.
(upbeat music)
- Definitely have to stress
that all of these individual products
are available only in and around London.
If you guys wanna have a look
just Google,
I'm sure there'll be stuff
in your area.
And I like that, you know?
Its a new thing for us.
- The people that run these kind of,
restaurants or food providers,
they're our neighbours.
And if you're in a position to support them,
then do it,
because,
you want them to be there when we get out of all of this.
Thank you very much lads.
- Thanks guys,
great gifts.
- Thank you very much for watching,
we hope that's given you some great
foodie-gift inspiration.
If you've been watching Sorted for a while
you probably already know all about the club.
We've actually put together some gift packages
that you can send to friends and family as well.
If you want to check them out,
head to sorted.club/gifts.
In the mean time,
give the video a like.
If you haven't already subscribed,
then make sure you do that.
Most importantly,
take care,
stay safe,
and we will see you soon.
Goodbye.
Oh awkward long wave,
I'm the only one that can cut the camera.
Bye.
♪ What a sexy burger, ♪
♪ in the sexies, ♪
♪ you put the burger in the sexies ♪
♪ and you make it all sexy. ♪
I'm already want to,
always want us to do like a focus pull.
If you pan and focus at the same time,
oh yeah its really hard,
so don't do that.
Oh we've never done a scene like this before.
Backwards,
forwards,
over the Irish Sea,
and then you're just like
pow crash zoom focus.
Sexies.
Oh this is gonna be in so many bloopers.