Perfect spaghetti bolognese tonight BBC 2 8.30 PM

jcr16

i never saw this. although i did see it on sky listings. and thought um a whole prog on spag bol ?????? odd.

they did come to my house i make the prefect spag bol. hehe. well my family thinks it is , so thats count's.

so who is this chap then that spends weeks preparing for a meal ? does he not have ajob or is that his job ?

studentphil

jcr16 wrote:

i never saw this. although i did see it on sky listings. and thought um a whole prog on spag bol ?????? odd.

they did come to my house i make the prefect spag bol. hehe. well my family thinks it is , so thats count's.

so who is this chap then that spends weeks preparing for a meal ? does he not have ajob or is that his job ?

He owns and runs the world's best Cafe or something it says at the start.

Quasar

Proper Italian pasta sauces can take time to prepare. That's why the genuine article is so tasty. My mum (in Italy) starts at 10 am to prepare lunch for 12. Well not everyday of course, but a Sunday meal takes practically an entire morning. She makes enough sauce to use for another meal the next day. Good cuisine cannot be fast.

fairenoughclough

This bloke makes Gordon Ramsay seem reasonable, he's clearly an obsessive/compulsive.

Eight hours cooking time for Bolognaise sauce (ragu he calls it), I call it Ar (anally retentive) and that where he can shove it.



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Quasar

Eight hours is excessive. Us Italians don't take that long for a bolognese.

stefejb

didn't watch it but isn't he the snail porridge bloke - nuff said!

tr3mor

It's his job, of course he spends the whole week cooking!

He's pretty good at his job, he's got three Michelin stars, his restaurant was voted the best in the world and I'm sure he's bloody loaded!

He was searching for the best bolognese, not the best bolognese you could knock up in 20 mins. It's not like he spent 8 hours standing by it either - loads of you lot spend 10 hours cooking stuff in the slow cooker!

I thought the recipe was reasonably easy to follow.

Fry some onions, carrots, celery and add to a casserole dish.
Fry some minced beef and finely diced pork, add to the casserole dish.
Caramelise some onions with star anise and add them too.
Chuck in some wine, milk, water, sherry vinegar and leave to simmer for 6 hours.

Peel and seed some toms.
Cook them through in a saucepan.
Whilst doing so salt the skins/seeds to extract the juice and chuck it in.
Add a cup of olive oil and fry it off.
Drain some oil (to use on salads) and add tomatoes to casserole.

Simmer for another 2 hours, season and eat.

It's hardly a complex recipe and perfectly achievable in your own kitchen.

thriftlady_2

That's actually pretty close to what I do. I'm surprised he didn't add chicken livers to his though, I recommend them.

kathyd_2

tr3mor wrote:

He was searching for the best bolognese, not the best bolognese you could knock up in 20 mins. It's not like he spent 8 hours standing by it either - loads of you lot spend 10 hours cooking stuff in the slow cooker!

It's hardly a complex recipe and perfectly achievable in your own kitchen.

Know what you mean tr3mor but you can put the slow cooker on and then go out to work. I wouldn't leave a saucepan on the hob all that time, so you do need to be there while its cooking. I'm sure it tastes wonderful though.

Louisepp

I love watching Heston Blumenthal at work. He really looks outside the box. Never trained as a chef and cooks in such a unique way. Would love to go to his restaurant:j

I don't think the idea of these programmes is to show you how to make it! It's for pure entertainment value.