My friends and I play our own version of chopped just about every week. I thought I could start to document the meals we produce.
For those who don't know, Chopped is a TV game show on Food Network. The way its done on the show, each contestant gets a basket of mystery ingredients and a certain amount of time to prepare the meal. They also have a stacked pantry full of anything they would EVER need to complete a dish. They also do an appetizer, entree, and dessert.
We do it a little differently...
We select 5 mystery ingredients for one person and tell them ahead of time. The day they are cooking they go and get all the extra supplies needed for the meal and the other involved get the mystery ones. That night they are given there items from the group and are left alone for as long as needed to create their dish. The person cooking decides what they want to make.. there are no guidelines for app, entree, dessert. It could only be one dish!
For example, week one I was given pepperoni, mushrooms, tortilla chips, pineapple, maple syrup. I made pepperoni and pork meatball subs with a veggie tomato sauce. Dessert was a pineapple dole whip sweetened a bit with maple syrup!
This has been so fun and I wanted to start sharing the awesome food we are making. Of course I totally forgot to take pictures of past challenges so I will start with the most recent.
This challenge took place on Friday night.
My mystery ingredients were eggs, eggplant, chocolate, white wine, and cranberry sauce.
I prepared for them a penne with a white wine basil cream sauce and pan fried breaded eggplant with a cranberry reduction. I topped it with fresh basil, parmesan, and bacon.
For dessert a chocolate fondue with strawberries, marshmallows, and bananas.
Thanks for reading!
More Chopped At Home to come :)
Happy Eating!
Here is the list of ingredients and final dishes so far.
ReplyDeleteChef Libby round 1 ingredients: Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Pineapple, Corn Tortilla Chips, and Maple Syrup.
Final Dish: Pepperoni Meatball sub(corn chips as the meatball binder), with a mushroom and veggie marinara. Dessert was a pineapple dole whip sweetened a bit with maple syrup.
Chef Ethan round 1 ingredients: Ground Italian Sausage, Cream Cheese, Spinach, Orange marmalade, and Jalapenos.
Final Dish: Spicy, creamy Italian sausage and spinach penne. Dessert was an orange mint cream cheese cookie frosting, with assorted cookies.
Chef Brad round 1 ingredients: Bacon, Asparagus, Blue potatoes, Mixed nuts, and Soy sauce.
Final Dish: A starter of bacon and mixed nut topped spring salad. Entree of soy pan fried chicken tenders with roasted asparagus and halved blue potatoes.
Chef Libby Round 2 .... Read the blog.