Uni Black Barley Mole
As seen on TV
Which Show?
Who made this dish?
Russell Jackson: "Not my first trip to the rodeo. I've been professionally cooking over 40 years. I've probably forgotten more than most of these guys have learned. Simplicity is probably my best choice. Keep it simple, stupid."
After time: Russell Jackson: "I committed the cardinal sin of leaving an ingredient off. I didn't put the potato on. I can't have a potato mole without a frigging potato. Look at the amateur."
To judges: "Uni, black barley mole done with Japanese koji, roasted mushroom, charred onion."
Wiley Dufresne: "Did this come out the way you wanted it to?"
Russell Jackson: "I wanted to put the potato on."
Michael Cimarusti: "The dish confuses me."
Padma Lakshmi: "I agree with Michael, which doesn't always happen, but had you not told me this was a mole, any kind of mole, I would have never known."
Result: Score 25. Lost head-to-head to Kim Alter (43). Proceeded to elimination round.
