I thought I would start a thread to ... ahem ... show off some of my creations
Stuffed quail with lentils. It's a bit more complex than it appears. The quail was tunnel boned - meaning the entire skeleton was removed with the skin and meat intact. I stuffed the cavity with mushroom duxelles and herbs then sowed up the incision with 5-0 surgical suture. 5-0 suture is thinner than hair, and once it is sown using interrupted sutures it is indistinguishable from meat. The quail was then glazed and smoked. What you see on the plate looks like an intact bird, but when you cut into it ... it is boneless
Keith's Fried Chicken. Not much technical skill involved, it's just my take on a classic Southern Fried Chicken.
Soft cooked nest egg. The egg was cooked so that the white was set and the yolk still runny. It was placed on a "nest" made from fried corn silk and flavoured with paprika, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, pepper, and salt. Here it is cut open to prove that the yolk was runny
Soft cooked egg yolk ravioli with mushroom and truffle. Again, cut open to show the runny yolk.
Stuffed quail with lentils. It's a bit more complex than it appears. The quail was tunnel boned - meaning the entire skeleton was removed with the skin and meat intact. I stuffed the cavity with mushroom duxelles and herbs then sowed up the incision with 5-0 surgical suture. 5-0 suture is thinner than hair, and once it is sown using interrupted sutures it is indistinguishable from meat. The quail was then glazed and smoked. What you see on the plate looks like an intact bird, but when you cut into it ... it is boneless
Keith's Fried Chicken. Not much technical skill involved, it's just my take on a classic Southern Fried Chicken.
Soft cooked nest egg. The egg was cooked so that the white was set and the yolk still runny. It was placed on a "nest" made from fried corn silk and flavoured with paprika, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, pepper, and salt. Here it is cut open to prove that the yolk was runny
Soft cooked egg yolk ravioli with mushroom and truffle. Again, cut open to show the runny yolk.