What the Masters did in an afternoon

I was fortunate to be part of a team who put together an afternoon of culinary solutions to our existing food service customers. That afternoon, the likes of culinary masters such as Chef Ariel Manuel, Buddy Trinidad, Rob Pengson and Heny Sison graced our humble demo kitchen to share new trends, recipes and tricks.

Here's a photo journey of what they have done with our products in such an innovative manner.

Tapas

Chicken & Mushroom Roulade in Adobo-Mushroom Sauce

Chef Rob was tasked to come up with Tapas - small plates of dishes meant to be enjoyed with your favorite drink. A simple roulade was done with chicken and mushrooms, very simple but it gave an interesting twist to the regular adobo.

Corned Beef Croquettes

Done the bechamel sauce-style, this is quite a tricky one since the mixture will be quite messy to work with. The secret; freeze the mixture prior to forming and breading.

Anything Hand-held

Pizza Roll

This pizzaroll by Chef Ariel used a thin pizza crust and used a white carbonara sauce and mixed it with various sausages and greens.

Sisig Pizza

While Sisig is any Pinoy's ultimate favorite drinking buddy, this one is served with a crust and topped with egg for that fabulous finish. Imagine your pizza crust as the sizzling plate; but this time, in an edible format.

Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Stack

Honeycured bacon that is baked and sliced mozzarella cheese was stacked in between slices of baguette; Paired with various crisp and fresh vegetables to make this hearty sandwich, it somehow balances the calorie guilt.

Desserts that conquered

Banana Brownies

Heny shared what Banana Schmutz is - a pureed mixture of fresh bananas with sugars and butter; and this heavenly mixture was used to ensure that the sliced bananas are securely placed on top of the round brownie base.

Russian Pancakes

Imagine your favorite pancakes cooked twice. This one's done ala french toast.
This version is cut up and cooked in butter(oh my!) and sugar and served with cooked strawberries.

Baked Blueberry Cheesecake

Who would have thought that this light and airy cheesecake is made from a base of pancake mix? This is sooo Heny as it is plated beautifully with functional garnishes - all edible up to the last piece!

Choco-Peanut Butter Brownie Parfait

Chef Buddy pleased us all with this brownie made extra special as it was served with peanut butter ganache and topped with ice cream. Absolutely not for the faint hearted.

Life's good. Food's never been better.