Day 12 - Foundations III

Today we made beef consomme, beef ravioli, gratin dauphinoise, grilled rib eye, creamed spinach and onion rings.   We had about an hour and 15 minutes to make and plate all the recipes....  First we made the gratin dauphinoise as it needed to cook the longest, then the beef consomme.  Beef consomme is pretty easy to make as long as it doesn't break.  The ravioli was pretty neat - we made the pasta then the beef filling.  We cut out the pasta in circles then filled them with the beef filling and topped them with another layer of pasta.  Boiled them in salted water and to serve, put them in the bowl with the beef consumme.  Following that we made the creamed spinach, onion rings and finally grilled the rib eyes.  To get the grill marks on the steaks (or chicken for that matter) always start at 10:00 then pick the meat up with tongs and move clockwise to 2:00.  Grill for about 7 minutes for medium rare.  Turn steak over, follow the same procedure for the second side.  Again, grill 7 minutes - remove steak to rest.  Below are the plates... ravioli in beef consumme, rib-eye and onion rings, creamed spinach and gratin dauphinoise potatoes...