The star chef Erik Videgård has become a well-known face around the cabins and he is currently featured in “Kokkarna kamp All Star” which is broadcast on TV4. He periodically appears in Nyhetsmorgen where he is a recurring guest during the weekend broadcasts.
In addition to cooking, he also shares his opinions on what you should and shouldn’t do in a kitchen, and there he takes a toe-to-toe to say the least.
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Erik Videgård. Image source: Marcus Ericsson/TT
For example, Erik saw béarnaise sauce in a jar for the simple reason that he does not believe that they do not contain real tarragon.
– It’s a tarragon flavored mayonnaise. It has nothing to do with béarnaise at all. Urk, he has previously said in Nyhetsmorgon.
Recently, he also talked about how it stings his eyes every barbecue season when he sees many people grilling hamburgers.
– Grilling a hamburger is the worst thing you can do. Mince contains fat. When you grill the burgers, the fat melts and runs out. And then it’s logical, without the fat the burgers will be dry. You also don’t get a nice, caramelized frying surface, which many people have probably noticed themselves, he said at the time.
But now he has thrown another truth – and this time it concerns the popular dish stewed macaroni.
Erik Videgård: “You’ve been cooking stewed macaroni wrong all your life”
Erik Videgård recently guested on the food podcast “The Ingredients” and there they took up different ways of stewing macaroni.
Erik Videgård guested on the “Ingredients” podcast. Image source: Acast
– I measure the macaroni with exactly as much water as there are macaroni. Then it boils to get the starch out. Then I add milk, boil, top up, boil and then when I get the right texture of the macaroni in relation to milk so it’s so creamy and lovely, then I throw in a dollop of butter, salt, white pepper and nutmeg.
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– It’s goosebumps… then really hard-fried falu sausage… and after that you can go with how much sweet and strong you want, points out Philip DeGiorgio.
– Haha yes, you absolutely get that, says Erik.