Saturday, July 23, 2022
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Hollywood actor Robert De Niro was the special guest at the Madrid Fusion event in the Spanish capital, and tasted food prepared by a select group of chefs, including Argentine Mauro Colagreco. When it came to criticizing the food, he destroyed the cooks in the program.
The tasting of dishes for the twentieth anniversary of the event was composed of a menu consisting of 16 steps. The food was prepared by Colagreco and the world’s elite chefs, such as Martin Berasategui, Juan Roca, Carles Tejedor and Quique Dacosta.
For more than three hours, Robert De Niro enjoyed a “priceless menu” in the royal suite of the Mandarin Oriental Ritz in Madrid.
The first course consisted of acorn-fed Iberian ham and Olavidia cheese, then a slice of salted meat and diced tomato in a salty atmosphere, contessa of white asparagus and truffle, caramelized smoked eel mil-feuille, and strawberries with cream and sea continued with. Porcupine
He then served red prawns from Denia steamed in sea water and smoked eel with peas, soy tears and cracklings and heck tacos with cocoa, coffee emulsion and paprika flakes were the main dishes the Taxi Driver actor tried.
At dessert time, a dish called “Naranjo en Flor” and “Lactic Dessert” is made by Joan Roca with sheep’s milk ice cream, sheep’s curd foam, sheep’s curd and dulce de leche with cloud.
At the end of the meal the actor said, “It’s not food. It’s something incredible that I would recommend anyone to experience.”
Mauro Colagreco is an Argentine chef who won three Michelin stars for his work at his Mediterranean restaurant called Mirasur in Menton, France. In Argentina there are several restaurants called “Carne” located in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Olivos and Mendoza.
