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Weike

Great British Menu 2026 (Season 21)

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Beetroot tartare with horseradish tofu cream

Beetroot tartare with horseradish tofu cream, pickled beets, blood sauce and seaweed cracker

Inspired by the 1970 film Count Dracula, parts of which are set in Whitby, Yorkshire. Components: a finely diced beetroot tartar at the center; horseradish tofu cream made with yuzu juice and mirin; a blood-colored sauce reduced from beetroot juice and mustard stock, a recipe from Weike's mother; yuzu-pickled golden and red beetroot slices; roasted hazelnuts; red vein sorrel. Seaweed and rice paper crackers: nori sheets layered with rice paper, seasoned with garlic powder and chili, dried with a heat gun (to speed up the overnight drying normally required). The blood sauce is served in a theatrical blood bag at the pass.

Weike on her sauce: "It's the beetroot juice and a mustard stock."

Weike on her pickled beetroot: "Mainly used yuzu juice, mirin and sugar."

Paul on the master stock: "I love master stock. Is this a family recipe?"

Weike: "My mom's recipe."

Paul: "I think this is a great use of ingredients. I think it's a lovely link to the brief."

Weike on the crackers: "So that seaweed and rice paper. And season with a chili."

VETERAN ROUND: Paul at the pass: "Okay, Waker, let's start with the beetroot tartare." Cal: "Just a bit one dimensional." Paul: "Is the horseradish coming through enough for you?" Weike: "I can taste the horseradish. However, I think I can put a bit more." Host: "That tofu horseradish is lovely." Paul: "The cracker." Weike: "I'm happy with the cracker. I think it's crunchy, and I have a little bit of heat from the chili." Jamie: "I like the cracker. I think it's got a nice spice to it." Cal: "I had six in my head. It just doesn't feel finished. Doesn't feel like there's enough there." Ryan: "I think it looks great, but I am a little bit underwhelmed by it." Peers scored it 6. Paul at formal scoring: Score 6. "Waker, for your dish, The Blood is the Life. The drama at the pass, fantastic. You focused on beetroot tartare. Unfortunately, just having diced beetroot and sliced beetroot, it just wasn't great to eat. Horseradish and tofu cream: I couldn't get any horseradish flavor." Host: "If you get to cook this again, you will have to work out what is missing, because there's something missing." JUDGING ROUND: [To be completed when judging round transcript is received]

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