An errrr eventful evening of cooking

Rotty · 8 Nov 2012 at 01:09

Well a boring starter, think I have posted this here before

a mixed tomato salad (olive oil/red wine vinegar/basil and dill dressing) with seared scallops and crispy chilli/lemon/herb crispy breadcrumbs

followed by Beef Wellington made with a duxelle of chestnut/s hitake/oyster mushroons and morelles, 21 day dry aged filet, served with gratin dauphinoise/carrots and a red wine jus (looks silver in pic for some odd reason)

finished off by the big challenge, chocolate souffle, totally from scratch, made own creme pattisierre, ganache etc

was really chuffed as they are supposed to be hard to make, very light with moist centre

and the eventful bit, a trip to A+E mid prep ( yes I know I wasn't going to die but the missus made me go

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Rotty · 8 Nov 2012 at 01:57

Doohickey said:
Holy crap, how deep was the cut?

How's the finger, and how many stitches did you get?

Hope you're alright! And your meal looks bloody amazing, well worth the injury!

5 disolvable stiches

, that happned at start of prep but got back for 7.30 and completed the cooking

Rotty · 8 Nov 2012 at 01:57

Woden said:
That meal looks delicious. Not sure its worth losing a finger over. More careful next time!

not the first time !!! I will learn

Rotty · 8 Nov 2012 at 08:52

Agree,, I would have liked the beef a little more rare

Rotty · 8 Nov 2012 at 13:01

Marvt74 said:
Might seem a silly question but how did you make the crispy crispy breadcrumbs? Is it just a case of oil and fry?

yes, breadcrumbs, thyme chilli and lemon zest, fry for about 4 mins in a very small amount of oil

Rotty · 8 Nov 2012 at 23:27

Mark3h said:
Couldn't have said it better. Did they see you right away cause it was still bleeding?
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was in there just over an hour

Rotty · 9 Nov 2012 at 09:37

dexter27 said:
Souffle looks really nice, well done. Whats the reasoning for leaving the green, grass top, on the carrots? Just for aesthetics or do you actually eat it too?

just to look nice

Rotty · 9 Nov 2012 at 09:38

BaZ87 said:
I done the exact same thing to my finger 3 weeks ago but being more of a man than Rotty I didn't go to A&E, not until 4 days later when it was too late to stitch anyway. 3 weeks on, my finger still looks the same as it did the day I cut it and I've got no feeling on the tip of my finger

oops, not sure how mine will turn out, got to keep it covered for a week