Once the creme brulee is made, home cooks may find themselves wondering if there is anything else this new gadget is good for. Here are five kitchen hacks that put that torch to good use.
Guy Fieri's chef friends visit the ranch to prepare a 19th century-style holiday meal inspired by roast goose, figgy pudding and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Marc Murphy starts it off with a stiff pumpkin eggnog and a delectable roasted squash with sage, ricotta and pomegranate. He also roasts a whole fish in a crusted salt shell. Alex Guarnaschelli makes a cheesy potato-turnip gratin and roasts grapes for succulent black pepper-crusted chicken. Michael Voltaggio's tangy sausage balls are inspired by his mother's recipe, and he elevates simple asparagus with a rich mousseline sauce. Finally, Jonathan Waxman prepares dishes that would make any Scrooge smile: a pastry-encased Salmon Coulibiac and a crepe souffle dessert.
George dives deep to fish up a Ham on the Street style seafood extravaganza. Got a favorite fishing hole? George reveals his to you... and some shocked discount store shoppers! Then it’s man meets machine in the first annual HOTS Oyster Shuck-Off, and seafood meets spicy citrus in George's Frozen Jalapeno-Lime-Oyster Shooters! George explores the mystery of imitation crabmeat and resuscitates its reputation with one real delicious recipe. Plus, an old lobsterman's trick gets a modern-day interpretation as George brings some lobsters to a hypno-therapist. And do muscles help you clean mussels? George puts two pro wrestlers to the scrub test—with the fate of his delectable French Mussels hanging in the balance!