Sunday 8 January 2012

Welsh Rarebit Week - Part 6 of 6 - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall


Hugh Bingley-Bongley! He’s mainly a Meat man, so how will he manage with a cheese task?
The Good Life wannabe did quite well but fell in the same hole that James Martin did - too many flavours! Less is more you celebs, less is more! KISS (keep it simple, stupid). A nice, simple-to-make offering this time, but how did it measure up?
You can find the complete recipe here : httphttp://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/perfectwelshrarebit_13772.shtml
Nice try all the same…..
Taste - 2.5
Overpowered. How sad that in a dish based on cheese, top chefs try to dominate the cheese with their own combinations of strong flavours. Why couldn’t they add a couple of delicate, COMPLIMENTARY flavours? Hugh’s meal tasted very confusing, was I meant to taste the cheese or the additions? They were, definitely, exclusive.
Presentation - 2
It looked orangey/brown. With a hint of something worse. Is this good? It’s cheese on toast. But it looked like something different. Disappointing.
Ease/Effort - 3
This was a really easy method to understand, but a little difficult to follow. “Warmed beer”? What does that mean? I warmed mine in a pan for 10 minutes. Right or wrong? Who knows?
Scores On The Doors:
Sue Marchant - 13
The Foody - 11.5
Delia Smith - 11
Country Life Dot Com - 9
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - 7.5
James Martin - 5

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