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Chicken Tikka Masala

30 min

Hamburger

30 min

Peking Duck

30 min

Fish Pie

30 min

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Baked Alaska

30 min

Chilli con Carne

30 min

Risotto

30 min

Trifle

30 min

Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection

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200630m8.3

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Baked Alaska

Season 2 · Episode 5 · Nov 27, 2007

Heston took on a 1970s dessert trolley classic, baked Alaska. His research started at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City, said to be where this dessert was invented. Next his obsession with combining hot and cold in the same dish led him to the work of food scientist Nicolas Kurti, who inspired Peter Barham at Bristol University. Heston and Peter tried to create a hot jam centre - a kind of reversed baked Alaska - to interesting effect. The next challenge was the meringue. The key to perfecting this was finding the type of egg that will give the ultimate insulation for the ice cream inside, so it was back to the lab for some more experiments

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Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection

TV Series

200630m8.3

Documentary

Now playing

Baked Alaska

Season 2 · Episode 5 · Nov 27, 2007

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