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Mother of Glastonbury
{Nicholas}: "The name is Mother of Glastonbury, and it is inspired by Jean Eavis, the co-founder of Glastonbury Festival, obviously a Somerset institution." {Nicholas}: "I'm cooking a dish which is based around cider and mushrooms, both things that might be consumed at a festival." {Nicholas}: "Staples. Got some amazing lion's mane mushroom and king oyster mushrooms. They're going to be the centerpiece of the dish. I'm actually going to fry the lion's mane in a cider tempura batter, and then I'm going to make a ragu with trimmings of the king oyster and some spelt." {Nicholas}: "I'm gonna make a veil out of cider vinegar pickle brine, which I'm gonna dot with food coloring so it almost looked like a kind of kaleidoscope effect on the top." {Nicholas}: "The only acidity I've used throughout the whole dish is cider vinegar." {Nicholas}: "I think there is a really good balance. I think there's a lot going on, but I think they marry together really well." {Nicholas}: "It is quite in the background, but that was intentional. The star, if you like, is the lion's mane in tempura." {Nicholas}: "I kind of wanted it to have a creamy, luxurious mouth feel. I didn't want it to be too thin and milky." {Nicholas}: "It is there for sweetness and acidity. The base of it is a pickle brine." Self-score: 8. Peer scores: 7, 7, 7.
Judge: "Presentation was colorful and playful. The psychedelic cider jelly didn't quite work for me. It had acidity and sweetness, but the acidity is needed through the whole dish, not just on the top. The tempura of lion's mane was a real delight. I really thought that was the tastiest part of the dish. The spelt mushroom ragu, well, I thought that was slightly under seasoned." Judge: "There's a lot on a very small dish, you might do with taking one element off even." Peer: "I think the sauce is really nice. It had a nice nuttiness to it." Peer: "It felt a little bit weird on the palate. I'm not such a fan of a coldish jelly on top of a warm dish." Peer: "I think just pairing it back a tiny bit." Final Score: 6
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