Gregg Wallace Cookery Demonstration - Patatas Bravas

[Johnnyjueves]

He obviously hasn't eaten them in Madrid.

[TerrySleeper]

Nice to see the big fella cooking and not judging.

Go, Gregg - go!!

[chrish12345]

this is the thing with Spanish food, it sounds often such unlikely combinations, you think it will never work cos its missing 'something' BUT the recipes do work, often better than the times when you feel the recipe looks better 'on paper'.

[chrish12345]

sea salt DOES dissolve (i agree rock doesnt)

[MrGordonbleu6]

I see a blue plaster,

I had one that went on a pizza and the customer ate it.wow

[MrGordonbleu6]

Fantastic .,I'm doing masterchef live

Nov 2010 London.

I'm going to win

[zurriagazo71]

THAT-IS-NOT-PA-PA-TAS-BRA-VAS

[modmcr]

knobhead

[quiktime]

NOT being able to estimate measurements is surely the sign of a worse cook..? Listen to what Raymond Blanc says about getting used to measuring by eye. IMO if you have to use scales for everything then you're a worse cook than the guy who can do it just as well by eye. And to be fair to Wallace he's never claimed to be a chef..

[padsax1]

He has zero skill as a cook. Cant handle his (orange plastic handled) knife. he's reading his recipie and he's guessing measurments.

[Selveyman]

Having a knife with a plastic handle - regardless of colour - doesn't make you a bad cook (besides, its clearly not his kitchen).

Being unfamiliar with a recipe doesn't make you a bad cook.

There is an argument for cooks who are unable to estimate measurements - and relying on measuring tools - being bad cooks.

[chrish12345]

@padsax1er excuse me but I always had this strange idea recipes were menna be 'read', plus the best cooks don't rely on exact measurements, they use their nose. Plus I can't see how you can say he's reading the recipe and guessing measurements, obviously he knows it very well and just uses it as a rough guide OR as setting an example to others.

[davidmontoyamora]

menuda mierda de patatas bravas....eso son bravas?¿?¿pues no quiero saver k seran los toros para vosotros!

[rumbillas]

thats not even simmilar to the spanish way to cook them. And i say this cause u said its a spanish recipe

[chrish12345]

with garlic i never feel the need to remove the root, plus why do they all crush the garlic into a pulp as if they're scared of it, just slice it up thinly and be proud of it as an ingredient.

[KWalsh554]

Slicing garlic really thin takes longer than to just squeeze it with a garlic press. If your just trying to throw a dinner together and don't want to spend a lot of prep time then the garlic press is a really handy tool.

[chrish12345]

yeah i now see i said something similar a year ago :/ the problem is I guess that they're hard to wash up. People say they're expensive but they're actually quite reasonable when you consider the time they save, even if you don't, they're still cheap.

[spikerooney011]

I'm sure Gregg would be the first to admit that he's not the greatest chef, but his knowledge is encyclopaedic. His book "Veg" is outstandingly good - one of my all time favourites and I've had a few hundred cook books in my time.

[txusti]

I'm spanish and I can tell you this is NOT how we cook this, as long as this recipe has several versions, depending on who the cooker is. But I think I'll try this one, looks good.

[hankpank101]

Do you know of a link or video that explains the real Spanish way to make this?

[minimal1975]

yeah, but before hes even put anythin on the stove hes already done it incorrectly!!! hes missed out THE most important ingrediant and substituted an ingrediant for another, so how dare he name it patatas bravas, when hes created something far removed from it

[R2tag]

Great to see our Boss cooking his favourite food dish, maybe he will do it for us workers one day on the farm..

[1chairman1]

This guy aint exactly a chef. he may know his fruit+veg but he aint no chef. Just look at his knife skills! apalling!

[tellingcreations]

Fresh, UK tomatoes were out of season hence the use of tinned.

[chrish12345]

yeah I'm just surprised that he doesn't promote fresh ones from other places, being a greengrocer

[chrish12345]

plus apparently the chilli heat is in the membrane surroundin the seeds

[chrish12345]

I'm surprised Greg advocates tinned tomatoes, what with him being a greengrocer.

[chrish12345]

The recipe at the end leaves out the red wine vinegar :/ plus I'd find a garlic crusher a lot easier than doing all that to it, especially now that you can get ones that self-clean. I've never used rock salt but how about sea salt ? - its a lot healthier and much tastier...