Chive oil
- 800g Chives
- 1 Litre Rapeseed oil
Chive oil
Blend both together until it reaches 70°c in the thermo for 3 mins.
Leave to hang in muslin.
Chive emulsion
Place egg yolks, water and vinegar in the thermo and blend for 1 minute.
Slowly drizzle in the oil and season.
Mushroom Dashi Infused Stock
Bring all ingredients to the boil and infuse over night.
Dashi
Gently warm the infused stock up and pass through muslin cloth.
Add the other ingredients and pass through muslin again.
Mushroom ketchup
Roughly dice the mushrooms and finely slice the shallots.
Sweat the shallots in butter then add the mushrooms and cook out.
Add the sugar and vinegar and reduce by half.
Add the cream and reduce by half again.
Blend, add the xantham and pass.
Chicken fat and yeast crumb
Break the fresh yeast into crumbs and place on a baking mat. Bake at 210ºC until its crisp, then leave to cool and blend to a powder.
Heat the chicken fat in the pan then toast the panko until golden brown.
Mix the panko with some of the yeast powder and salt to taste.
Serving
Chiffonade the pak choi then cook in foaming butter.
Break the hen of the woods into 50g portions. Gently fry them in oil then baste them in foaming butter.
Spoon the yeast crumb on top of hen of the woods and a sprinkle of chives
In this industry, we look out for each other. That’s what being a chef is all about - shared graft, shared passion, shared success. And for the past 17 years, The Staff Canteen has been your space to connect, to learn, to be inspired - a tribe built by chefs, for chefs.
• 5,000+ recipes to sharpen your skills.
• 2,000+ videos to fuel your creativity.
• 1,000+ features sharing the real stories of this industry.
• Daily industry news as it happens.
• Hospitality’s largest social media platform - connecting over 560,000 followers worldwide.
We know times are tough, and every kitchen’s feeling it. But if we stand together, we’ll get through it - and we’ll come out stronger.
Think of it as buying the community a coffee - just £3 to keep us going.
Your support keeps this space free, independent, and dedicated entirely to you and your industry. Together, we can keep inspiring chefs everywhere.
Chip in £3, drive us forward, and keep the community strong. Thank you.
We’re in this together. And together, we move forward.