How to cook like Heston?... Anyone watching?

[fizz47]

First few minutes are really good and teach how to cook steak properly. Some really interesting stuff...

[Gretchen]

I've got this on. Thought he had a cow in his garden at the French doors for a split second at the beginning.

[caz_manc]

Just going to watch it on +1, is it worth it?

[Rooster]

excellent, having now started attempting ideas from Albert and Ferran adria I am looking forward to understanding Hestons molecular cookery.

[Bobby_Mac]

I really enjoyed it, its definitely worth a watch. His Chilli looked fantastic.

[miniman]

I am definitely going to pick up some oxtail this weekend, that pud looked awesome.

[williamp]

how dare he deviate from the Pistonhead standard steak cooking orders. What would Chris Harris say??

[Dunclane]

Watching this on +1, really interesting stuff! Good to actually see the reason to rest meat after cooking.

[Chrisgr31]

Flicked it on on +1 and missed the steak cooking so how did he do it?

[Dunclane]

Chrisgr31 said:

Flicked it on on +1 and missed the steak cooking so how did he do it?

Age steak out of the packet on a cake grille in the fridge for 2 days.
Allow steak to come to room temp before cooking.
Smoking hot pan.
Only season steak with salt to start with as pepper will scorch!
Flip steak every 15-20 secs, middle of steak should be 45 degrees C for medium rare
Rest steak for 5 mins

[Roger645]

Dunclane said:

Age steak out of the packet on a cake grille in the fridge for 2 days.
Allow steak to come to room temp before cooking.
Smoking hot pan.
Only season steak with salt to start with as pepper will scorch!
Flip steak every 15-20 secs, middle of steak should be 45 degrees C for medium rare
Rest steak for 5 mins

Decent amount of oil in pan as well

[Roger645]

Since watching Heston some time agoI have used a pressure cooker for dishes like stock, oxtail, ox cheeks etc and they are brilliant.

[dazco]

Roger645 said:

Since watching Heston some time agoI have used a pressure cooker for dishes like stock, oxtail, ox cheeks etc and they are brilliant.

can you tell me this because it confused me.

I thought the advantage of pressure cookery was to cook food at higher temperatures than unpressurised, but on the programme he said about cooking it on low. how does that work?

[Roger645]

dazco said:

can you tell me this because it confused me.

I thought the advantage of pressure cookery was to cook food at higher temperatures than unpressurised, but on the programme he said about cooking it on low. how does that work?

I guess he meant low pressure, on the pressure cooker he was using you can run it at two pressures. Meat is normally cooked at high pressure. The way you release the pressure affects the outcome as well.

[caz_manc]

Might have to go out and get a few steaks this week.

[Dunclane]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

I enjoyed the Baker Boys afterwards too

Me too, my sort of food! Rough, ready and rustic!

[FunBusMk2]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

I enjoyed the Baker Boys afterwards too

So did my missus but not just for the food.

Just tried getting into HB's Fat Duck but no joy on most recent 'release' of dates (6th on waiting list for Saturday dinner). Watching this whets the appetite I suppose.

[mcex]

There were some solid cooking tips n this. I quite enjoyed it.

[mattdaniels]

Chrisgr31 said:

Flicked it on on +1 and missed the steak cooking so how did he do it?

Available on 4 On Demand here: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-cook-lik...

[mattdaniels]

Some nice tips about cooking steak but I don't really want to have to plan two days ahead when I want to eat a steak for dinner.