Iron Chef America: Battle Ham
Last night was a new episode of Iron Chef America. Once again the Iron Chef in question was Cat Cora. I am glad of it, as I really like her style, but I wonder when will someone pick our newest Iron Chef. It seems like people only choose Chef Cora or Bobby Flay to battle in Kitchen Stadium. If I were the chairman I would start choosing opponents myself, just to inject a little variety in the show.
Battle Ham was indeed a good battle pitting Chef Cora against Chef Hillson, seeing who can make the better array of dishes featuring Ham. Thank goodness neither of them decided to try a dessert with the Secret ingredient. Several of the dishes did peature pureed ham in some way though, which puts me in mind of the ham baby foods I have given my son. Therefore it seemed kind of icky to me. The challenger made a twice baked souffle that actually looked pretty good, and a ham carpaccio with fresh pasta. The interactive way that he had the judges break the yolk to mix with the ham and pasta was really inspired, as we all know that the ICA judges love interactive food. My personal favorite though was a ham & cheese concoction that was like a sandwich, but instead of bread was wrapped in a puff pastry and baked…. mmmmmmmm…
Chef Cora prepared five exciting dishes as well, including the obligatory Seuss inspired dish. Instead of Green Eggs and Ham however, she did a Green Ham and Eggs, with a lovely poached egg with a piece of hamsteak upon it covered in a green sauce that looked like blended grass but apparently tasted pretty darn good.
So, who won? I guess you’ll have to tune in to find out. Battle Ham is showing on the Food Network again March 6th at 9pm.
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