There's no debating that McDonald's food is beloved all over the world, but you'd never go as far as to call it a gourmet dish. At least, not until today.
TikTok user @dannygrubs, along with chef Amy Brandwein, have officially done the impossible and have turned a McDonald's Happy Meal into a gourmet dish. Surprisingly, the whole process has left several "foodies" wanting more.
On average, Mcdonald's sells roughly 4500 hamburgers a minute. That's 270,000 every hour and 6.48 million every single day. That's a heck of a lot of beef.
The two that come to mind are of course Mcdonald's fries and their tasty Chicken McNuggets. It's tough to imagine how these tasty sides could get any better.
Dany decided to enlist the help of award-winning chef, Amy Brandwein, to help him put a new spin on an old favorite.
Amy began by combining milk, water, salt, butter, and all-purpose flour to make pâte à choux — a kind of delicate pastry dough.
From there, she added the fries into the food processor, along with the choux pastry. Once everything was incorporated, Amy added a dash of salt and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
Next, Amy emptied the contents of the processor into a piping bag. She then grabbed some pasta dough and set out to make tortellini.
With the breadcrumbs set aside and ready to go, Amy retrieved a packet of McDonald's Sweet & Sour sauce, combined with melted butter, to make a sauce reduction.
Chef Amy's completed dish is unrecognizable from when Danny handed her the cardboard box of ingredients. It looked like something you'd find in a Michelin Star restaurant.
"Bro all that food turned into 3 pieces of pasta," fellow TikTok user @the.fool.18 commented.
"No one gonna talk abt[sic] how much went into that and how little it was," another user replied.
However, smaller plates and portion sizes are incredibly common among fine dining establishments. Luxury restaurants source ingredients from all over the world, which in turn affects production costs and price.
"She took a subpar Happy Meal and transformed it to a sweet and savory pasta dish. It’s brilliant," @elijahderby said.
I don't know about you, but I'm loving it.
