Heston & Hospital week…
by girlinafoodfrenzy
Edible Garden Salad, recipe from Heston Blumenthal at Home
This week brings two big events. The first one will be a trip to the hospital, (not me!) but my loved one who goes under tomorrow to have his wisdom teeth removed. Therefore, it’s safe to say I’ll be blogging about soups, jelly, ice-cream and stews for the remainder of the week, getting excited aren’t you?
The second event is a one night only ‘Live’ Theatre event, with my favourite culinary genius of all time Heston Blumenthal. I’m not sure as to what will be happening, but it’s a fair certainty he’ll be cooking, entertaining and hopefully letting us in on the secrets to being a Michelin superstar chef. Sadly as I live on the other side of the world here, it’s no.1 on my Foodie Bucket list, so fingers crossed I’ll get there one day to sample their fine food in the UK (note to self, buy lottery ticket)
Here’s a little more on The Fat Duck and a few inklings into the creative genius behind the restaurant!
Which brings me to the next question…have you ever wondered what a Three Michelin star chef might cook at home? Here’s a little intro by the man himself to his latest cookbook Heston Blumenthal at Home
In honor of this great chef and the fact it’s my (sweetheart’s last solid meal for the next few days) I endeavored to tackle no less than three recipes from his cookbook. The results were greatly appreciated and I hope you’ll forgive that I’m trialling these for the first time so they’re not picture perfect, but hey, you know what they say about practice…
mise en place vegetables, from this…
…to this, Heston’s edible garden salad of Gribiche Sauce, olive and (walnut) soil and baby veggies
Now we love our chippies in this house, but why cook them once when you can thrice cook these beauties! They’re described as having a “crisp, glass like interior,” yes please!!!
Triple-cooked Chips
And lastly but not least, a beautiful dish, so lovely I was surprised by its simplicity too. Vanilla butter & Sea Perch. Vanilla butter & Seafood is my new vice!!!
Hope you enjoyed my little experiments and stay-tuned for more recipes coming your way from Hospital & Heston week soon!
Giaff x
Beautiful! I like the trowel. Heston is quite a guy, isn’t he?
I really am amazed and delighted by the incredible food he creates. It’s art and whimsy all rolled into one! I’m seeing the show on Tuesday night so will definitely be posting about it before the end of the week!
Hurrah!
Oh, and best of luck to your other half for the extractions…ouch!
Thanks Lorna, he would be going under right about now! I’ll be scooting to the hospital after I finish my emails etc…
My fingers are crossed that everything goes smoothly.
Just been cooking up a storm for him, carrot purée, cream of chicken soup & scrambled eggs, not very gourmet though, lol
Aw, you’re so sweet!
Extractions are painful!
But it’s a great excuse to have ice cream for all three meals… :p Can’t wait to see more posts on jellies and ice creams!
I was only thinking I’ll have to make a recovery from hospital trifle or something, any excuse for dessert….
waaaaaahhh… i detest the dentist!! haha.. I’ve always had dental phobia and that sounds sooooo scary! lol. So sweet of you to lend your loved one lots of support!
Lol, support and soups
I have to try and cook things which aren’t too tasty and crunchy or crisp, going to be a hard week for both of us…
The triple-cooked chips look yum!
One bowl of crispy chips coming right up & you can provide the beer, lol
ha ha sounds like a plan!
Vanilla butter and seafood… this is a new one to me but sounds like it could indeed be wonderful. Have some tilapia in the fridge… hmmm
Do it Deb!!! It’s really an amazing combination. There’s something about the floral scent of the vanilla that truly comments the sea tones of the fish. In the cookbook (Heston) describes the first time he tried it with poached Lobster and once my patient can eat a proper meal, I’m thinking of using the left over butter for poached lobsters and vanilla too
Also white chocolate and sea scallops is another combination…
I could never have come up with those combinations on my own… but I can sure try to recreate them in my kitchen. Thank you giaff, and Heston
I think all the credit can go to the latter! I can’t wait to see what new techniques I learn on Tuesday night at his cooking demonstration/Live show! I used to get excited by costumes & now I get excited by other chefs!
I lost 5kg in a few days after having my wisdom teeth out! Still can’t eat jelly, had such a glut of it after having the teeth out. Your edible garden is so pretty, you are very clever.
Wow! 5 kg in a week- that sounds like a lot of tooth pain! As for jelly I secretly love the packet stuff and my patient seems to have a penchant for the Lime flavour. I was definitely pleased with the edible garden, it didn’t look perfect but it sure tasted good! That’s the most important thing at the end of the day!!!
Loved every bit of this post! Heston is a genius…or maybe even more than that! I don’t own any books by him. About time I think! Thanks for the inspiration!
I’d always bought his books and series for other folks, such as my dad and brother (books) and my mum (the dvd’s) then one day a really kind friend bought me one as a birthday gift and then I realized I had to beef up my collection! (no pun intended)
I’m seeing the show tonight so will have a post up and running after that
I can’t remember which year it was, probably last year or the one before, Heston’s Christmas Special blew my mind! I watched every re-run of that episode. He is a magician!
Our Food Network doesn’t have him on this year. Think I need his book so I can at least have him in the house?