How would you improve this brunch plate? I made this and am being told I’ll be doing it again on Christmas Day for my in laws. Would love the input of ck in order to improve the vittles on display in both appearance and flavor.
What before you is a ny strip, poached egg over asparagus and homeMade hollandaise and home fries. Merry Christmas ck
id put some dried parsley on the taters and cut off the last 1/3 of the asparagus, after it's been cookedLooks great anon. I'd eat
>>21750937I agree it definitely looks delicious and I would eat it.My only critique is photography related: the lighting makes it look ugly, but that hardly matters in this case >>21750926>for my in lawsDo they deserve such a sumptuous brunch?
If you chop your own parsley fresh you can dry it out yourself so it still has some herbal floral qualities, if you cant find a jarred dry parsley that smells good.The 'bite' of fresh green parsley can throw things off sometimes, depending on where it's used, and its why i think dry is better than fresh on potatoes here
what is that on the asparagus
>>21750940i should've said the "chew" of fresh parsley. It's kinda fibrous, and if you chop it ultra tiny, it starts to turn into paste, both things that don't happen with dried flakessorry for being autistic about parsley
>>21750926the potatoes look a bit dry and overcooked. the steak I'm sure tastes fine but it doesn't look appealing, might be more attractive if you pre-sliced it but then you'd want to serve it immediately. less sauce on the asparagus, just put the rest in a bowl and let people add more if they want. also I would go with rectangular plates.
>>21750951also as an alternative to parsley maybe try some rosemary with the potatoes. some chopped onion wouldn't hurt either.
>>21750937>on the tatersdamn I thought those were mushrooms>>21750926learn how to make good breakfast taters
>>21750941poached egg and hollandaise sauce
>>21750926I think something I would do is to trim the steak before cooking, and plate it sliced instead of in one piece.
>>21750926some fruit for color
>>21750926>How would you improve this brunch plate?I would listen to it.
>>21750926>ai slopremove that fucking yellowy goop, you fucking disgusting person.stop eating fucking poison.
>don't overcook steak or asparagus >fry potatoes in more oil so they are crunchy not hard/burntmove egg off asparagus, towards potatoes also how do you decide who gets the nice half of the strip?
>>21751118Stop spamming every thread with "ai slop" and go take your meds. >>21750926Smaller plate OP, will make for a better presentation. Dollop of sour cream or some shredded Reypenaer cheese and chives on those taters.
>>21750926Adding some chopped peppers and onions to the potatoes would add a bit more zest and color to the dish.The poached eggs with asparagus looks good, but I would personally go with fried eggs with steak. Just my preference though.Otherwise, it looks good.
>>21751149I didnt even notice it was a knock off until you flamedhim, roflthought it was just some seasonal or random mountain dew flavor
>>21750926>being told I'll be doing it againPut some WHIPPED cream on it
>>21750926Why do you need four separate plates? Wouldn't it be convenient if you put it all in a singe bowl and ate it out of that?
>>21750926It mostly looks fine. Find a better cooking method for your potatoes. They look sad and parched. Add a pile of sautéed mushrooms to each plate. Maybe a salad plate for each person with a green salad to balance the heaviness of the meal. Btw I don't mean to be rude, but are you all great big fat people? Steak, eggs, potatoes, and 'gus is a hefty lunch and I assume you're all eating an even bigger Christmas Day dinner later after that massive lunch.
>>21750926>vittles
Agree with the comments on the potatoes, I’m sure they taste fine but I’d prefer them with more oil and either rosemary like the other anon suggested or garlic, or alternatively a baked potato
>>21750926A side of fruit would be nice.
>>21750926by not burning the potatoes
>>21750926something's off about the plating, it looks cluttered and empty at the same time
>>21750926The choice is simple.Ketchup. For the bold and adventurous, mayonnaise.
>>21750926>am being told I’ll be doing it again on Christmas Day for my in lawscuck
>>21750939>Do they deserve such a sumptuous brunch?t. divorcee
>>21751012Let me guess, you have a pride flag swinging in your kitchen as we speak.
>A side of fruit would be nice.
>>21750926potatoes are burned as fuck and its a weirdly large amount of asparagus which also looks like it hasnt been prepared that well and would be super stringy. ive never made hollandaise but that looks too runny
>>21750926use smaller platesand those potatoes look dry as fuckshould have made scalloped potatoes instead.
>>21750926>3/4 of a steakwhy? where did the rest go?
>>21750926some kinda sauce for the steak and the potatoesalso less brown potatoes, these look burnt
>>21752133Large plates, way too close to the edges. Steak needs a garnish and the potatoes need more effort, like peppers or sour cream and chives. Besides that the portions are oversized and every thing on the plate is dense. Would swap the potatoes for a red slaw, and you'd cleanse your palate.
>>21750926I would add peas mixed with diced boiled carrots.
>>21750926You may not believe me, but I love boiled turnips. It was eaten all over Europe and loved until the Americans brought potatoes from the Aboriginal Americans. I would add boiled turnips. I can't prove that it's healthier than potatoes scientifically yet, but my ancestors ate turnips much longer and much more often than potatoes, and I believe my body has a genetic predisposition and adaptations to eating boiled turnips. I believe that eating boiled turnips is healthier for me than eating potatoes.
>>21750926>Hollandaise needs to be thicker>Sparagus doesn't need a poached egg on it>Steak is overcooked>Taters are burnedStart by fixing those things, and stop fuckin skimping on the food, son!
>>21752145>>21752160It's a brunch. It needs bread, cheese, fruit, charcuterie, honey, jam, coffee, smoked salmon, Champagne and chocolate rain.>>21750926Serve each item as a separate course. The poached eggs are overcooked. The hollandaise is too runny. Add fish eggs. Trim the ends of the asparagus on the bottom-left plate. The steak is overcooked as well. Cut the steak into smaller portions. Make them square or triangles. Give them pepper sauce or make your own ketchup. Cut your potatoes into cubes or a fry shape. Boil them before you bake them with fresh sage, garlic and rosemary. Serve them with sautéed wild mushrooms.Brunch is all about breakfast, lunch, keeping them nibbling and chatting, abundance, surprise elements and maintaining a fast pace throughout.
>>21752876>fish eggs>trim the asparagus>preboil potatoes>cut the steak smallerThe dish already racks a disciprine, and you want to add even more random complexity?
I would be mad if someone completely covered perfectly good asparagus with some thick looking sauce
>>21753516I hope you and everybody you've ever even seen in your entire life just gets blown up to death in a terrorist attack
>>21750926Put the hollandaise on the center of the plate under the asparagus and steak, then just a little extra hollandaise on the eggGarnish the egg with paprika or pimento and chives, not green onion or scallionRoast potatoes are too dark, maybe make scalloped potatoes or au gratinAdd a sliced tomato and minced shallot tomato salad for a little red, just salt, oil, and vinegar, maybe cracked pepperDecorate the steaks with a little scoop or quenelle of compound butter on top
>>21750926It's nigh perfect. There's a bit of a gray line, but if no one's that picky about their steaks, it's as good as you can get. Maybe spring for actual Mountain Dew, it's Christmas after all.
>>21750926Looks good to me but maybe chop up some onion and bell peppers for the taters like some home fries type thing. Either way I'd get down
>>21752138Horseradish sauce for crazy adventurous
>>21752776Talkin shit and you cant even cut an onion properly. Sheesh
>>21753576Go easy on me I cut with a fuckin pocket knife
>>21750926>appearance- better disposition (mentally divide the plate by three slices and put every food in each sector)- potatoes look too dark- pre-slice the steaks (pretty thick oblique cuts, against the grain) and arrange the slices by overlapping them on the plate- you can make a pan sauce and pour a few tablespoons of it under the steak
>>21750926smaller plates, a bit more care taken with the hollandaise (looks a bit thin, but I'm talking about the splatters). The steak could be sliced and spread, maybe placed partially atop the potatoes to play with some of the angles and make the plates appear fuller.
>>21753576The rest of it looks mint, but yeah... jesus... they're so bad they're good.
I remember 'mint' being used on the playground back in the '80s, weird to hear it again lately.
>>21753927It's almost 2,500 years old, give or take, in the exact same context>persephone
>>21753945Shit, I meant 3,500 years old, I took a bunch of asthma meds today and my fingers don't work real good
>>21750926those potatoes look like utter shit, more burnt than crispy and dry as a bone. Next time fry them in oil and put on some rosemary or something.
Those potatoes look fuckign terrible
>>21750926Add 1 slice bacon per plateAdd 1 slice white bread toast with butter per plateSmall fruit salad (melon, kiwi, banana & berry)Don't do roasted potatoes, make homefries and top with pepper-jack cheese, melted.Filet-Mignon instead of the current steak cut, and 4-6 oz. per plateReduce the amount of asparagus to like 3 spears per plate.Coffee or Tea.You have too much on the plate for breakfast which isn't palatable in the morning or easy to digest.
>>21752145i like fruit with breakfast. a little sweetness brightens my day.
>>21750926Those taters look vile. Shame on you.
>>21753590>>21752776anon are you trolling us?
>>21750926replace fried potatoes with christmasy gratin
>>21755501Corrr
>>21750926Some green leaves with red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.
>>21750926smash the plate on the floor and assrape you with the largest shard.
Where the fuck is there a schnucks in chicago? Biscuits and gravy is your only choice
Add bacon to asparagus, maybe.
I would use a smaller plate
>>21750926Steak should look more like this, but I'd still eat it
>>21750926Needs a little more color.Can you do like...a red Jello?
>>21758042might as well just cook the whole thing in aspic
