What makes desserts sweet? Usually it's sugar, but in the desert, it's agave. For this pre-heat, the five bakers must use only agave as the sweetener in an assigned dessert -- a tart, a flourless cake, an ice cream sandwich, a doughnut or a cupcake. For the main heat, the bakers make succulent cakes that rival the real thing.
It's springtime, which means Ladd's out burning the pastures and Ree Drummond has some hungry mouths to feed! She takes care of two days' worth of dinners with Spicy Jerk Chicken and Steak and Bean Burritos, along with a crunchy Corn Salad. Then, juicy Grilled Peaches and Pineapples for dessert that are perfect over ice cream.
Ree Drummond and her best friend are throwing a poolside girls' get-together. Hyacinth's hosting and Ree's taking on all the cookout favorites, but making them inside! There's sticky Oven Roasted Barbecue Chicken Thighs, Grilled Vegetables with Cilantro-Yogurt Dressing, Spicy Pasta Salad with Smoked Gouda, Tomatoes and Basil, and for dessert, Vanilla Ice Cream with Peach Syrup.
We're sharing seven of the most popular go-to dishes from restaurants across the country. Jason Smith takes us down south to an irresistible ice cream shop, while Bobby Flay reveals his secret neighborhood joint. Chef Beau MacMillan keeps it simple with his favorite salad, and Katie Lee admits that a nontraditional grilled pizza is her ultimate favorite.
Nancy Fuller is inviting her new friend, Kardea Brown, to the farm to learn some of Kardea's soul food secrets. They're making Salt and Pepper Biscuits with Bacon Butter, Grilled Shrimp and Corn Salad with Herb Lime Dressing, Crawfish Pie, Caramel and Cashew Pull-Apart Bread with Coffee Ice Cream, and a Pimm's Cup Cocktail to wash everything down.
In one of the most difficult challenges of the season, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman embrace the "loaded" foods trend by asking the remaining kid bakers to make loaded milkshakes from scratch topped with two different baked goods. All that baking and ice cream making will secure the three best bakers a place in the finale.
Molly Yeh and her sisters are taking a trip to Mexico! To jump-start their taste buds, Molly makes Sausage, Egg and Cheese Tostada Wraps, Fried Flour Shell Turkey Tacos, a Charred Corn and Tomato Salad with Creamy Cilantro Green Goddess Dressing, and a Horchata Ice Cream Orange Soda Float to wash it all down. Let the adventure begin!
Frog leg fest: The chefs open the first basket to find the French delicacy and some fine fungi. Then in the entree round, some little beans and big pork chops cause the competitors difficulties. And one of the finalists decides to take the cheese in the basket and use it in an ice cream. Will it work?
The competing chefs are in for a surprise when they open the appetizer basket to find a peculiar pate. In round two, the competitors must work with a fish that they've never cooked before. When one of the final competitors has difficulty making ice cream in the dessert round, their Plan B may be meant to be.
Alex Guarnaschelli brings drive-thru to the parking lot as she tasks four chefs with grilling up some killer burgers. Then, judges Eddie Jackson and Andy Baraghani have no time to "taco-bout" who's going to win it all when an ice cream truck pulls up, and one competitor is determined to drive away the winner.