cook like heston blumenthal

[Zhukov]

Just watching Heston cook Steaks and Burgers...WOW!
All these years Ive been doing it wrong,and I thought I was a half-decent Cook

Cant wait to cook like Heston..Weve been to the Hinds Head at Bray..we are big fans...Go!Heston..your food is Superb!

[sherrardk]

Just started watching it, don't fancy leaving a steak, uncovered, in the fridge for two days though.

[ummmm]

What did he do?

[sherrardk]

He 'aged' his stem by leaving it uncovered in the fridge for two days and then had it hanging round the kitchen for six or so hours to come up to room temperature.

[ummmm]

Not sure I'd leave it uncovered.

[sherrardk]

It had to be uncovered in the fridge to dry it out, not sure if it had to be uncovered in the kitchen (seems a lot of faff though).

[beattie819]

I had to order a meat thermometer, and I will have to buy some ribeye when it comes :)

[beattie819]

Not sure I will leave it uncovered in fridge though, but the rest of the instructions were simple to understand. I have waited for years to learn a simple correct way to cook steak, I hope I have found it now !!!!

[DTCwordfan]

Most good steak restaurants such as the Capital Grill in the States have their own "aging" room, a partly refrigerated room that aids the drying out.

The steaks, if properly cooked and rested (another challenge to get that over there - esp if you eat them "saignant" as I do), can be delicious.

[sherrardk]

I have recently started resting any meat that I cook and it does make a huge difference - also frees yup the oven for the yorkshires, etc.

[Anngel123]

Also means you are not cooking roasties in a moist atmosphere, which makes em nice and crispy.

[LoftyLottie]

I do leave rib on the bone uncovered in the fridge for a couple of days. I was always taught that beef should be left uncovered in fridge and that any wrapping should be removed.

[mccfluff]

how did he do the burgers?

[EcclesCake]

I like to let my meat dry out, it definitely makes a difference if you are having roast pork and want decent crackling.

I really enjoyed the programme and liked the fact that they didn't edit out the bits were HB stumbled over his words.

[vodkancoke]

I always bring steaks to room temp, but I have never thought of leaving them in the fridge uncovered for a couple of days. I may have to give it a go :)

[EcclesCake]

Fluff, once the meat had been mince he kept it in the strands and rolled onto a long, fat sausage before chilling and then cutting into burgers.

The theory being that you are not messing with the grain of the meat.

[mccfluff]

cheers, not sure if that will work with bought mince

[EcclesCake]

I rarely buy mince from the supermarket but from memory the strands in Waitrose are fairly continuous so it could work. The other option is to go to your local butcher and tell them what you want.

I had a burger at The Crown in Bray this week, it's his other pub in the village. I looked upon it in a different light after watching last nights programme.

[Davethedog]

I'd love to go but my wife is Veggie and he doesn't cater for them :-(

[EcclesCake]

Dave there are veggie starters and mains on the menu this week and there have been on my previous visits.