Episode
MasterChef Australia: Duck Two Ways Pressure Test
Overview
Their task was to recreate a dish by Australian food icon, Stephanie Alexander, a confit duck-neck sausage with grilled duck breast in sour cherry sauce, potato crisps and buttered spinach. Peter, being from Melbourne, was able to source ingredients from Queen Victoria Market quickly and make his way to the Langham Hotel first, followed by Carrie and then Jimmy. In the end, each dish had its problems: Peter's sauce was too floury, Carrie's sauce was too thin, her sausage grainy and she failed to plate up the spinach, and Jimmy's spinach was gritty and his duck breast overcooked.
Details
- Series
- MasterChef Australia
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 2010-05-24
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Duck Two Ways Pressure Test is Episode 31 in Season 2 of MasterChef Australia. It aired on 2010-05-24. The runtime is 46 min.
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