Green beans almondine.
(audience applauding)
I don't know if anybody in your family used to make
the green bean casserole
with the cream- Oh we-
of mushroom soup. Yeah, we-
Well, we would do our own riff on it, but yeah.
Yes and the fried onions
that you buy at the store on top.
So this is a fresher, lighter version
and mom's happy for me to take her dishes
and elevate them.
She doesn't mind at all.
No of course not.
They're tasty. I'll eat her box stuffing
Yeah, yeah. and then I'll make
everything else.
Right.
(audience laughing)
I love you mom, I swear I do.
Um, but I'll cook in your kitchen.
(Rachael laughs)
You just relax.
So all we do on Thanksgiving is cook, nap and eat together.
I mean, what else
do you normally do? That's it.
That's, That's the game plan
So this is almonds.
This is a little bit of me being a chefy,
you know, green beans almondine,
which is so delicious.
So almonds instead of the mushroom soup.
Shallots. We're really going to pair
the shallots that are sauteed.
Mm. And then
the crispy shallots,
which we can't keep our hands off of.
I ate so many of them already.
And I say we,
and I mean Rachael. But you can buy the onions
in a can and that's fine.
But this is the part that everybody loves.
It's so good. Crispy,
crunchy onions,
and I just take a little pot of oil on the stove,
put them in until they're this color.
I mean they're just delicious.
And you want crunch, you want texture.
They're ridiculous. Look at that.
Look at that.
(audience applauding)
So gorgeous.
So listen- Look at how
beautiful that is.
So these are some of the dishes that my mom used to make
and still does, but we're gonna elevate, there she is.
Oh look. Hi mom. There's Cathy.
Hi.
She loves a good shake and burgers.
So she usually,
and I'm sure you have a family member that does this,
they make sweet potatoes with marshmallow on top.
Yes they do. Okay,
it's not awful, but...
I mean our family,
that was common at friend's homes.
Yes.
You know my, my, my,
my family made more orange squash based things-
Okay. Than sweet potato things.
Not so much with the marshmallows with the Italians.
Right, exactly. Right, right.
Well it's funny, oh sorry.
It's okay. We have more. It's funny 'cause my mom,
her maiden name is Brazioli.
(Rachael laughs)
So she's a little bit Italian.
She sure is. Italian, Irish, German,
we like to eat and drink.
(Rachael laughs)
I mean come on, who doesn't?
You're applauding.
You like to eat and drink- Eat and drink right?
So do I.
I mean, and that's what this holiday is all about.
So you know my mom and dad always worked,
they were busy, busy people,
so they used a lot of conveniences.
So when it came to Thanksgiving
there were a lot of conveniences.
So the sweet potato gets mashed, butter, milk like normal.
Warm butter and milk.
Normal. But then,
instead of marshmallow, we make merengue now.
Oh, that's hot.
I mean, come on. That is,
so we just put it in our quote unquote casserole dish.
Right right.
And then, we have egg whites that we started to whip up
and then, we put some confectioner sugar,
some cream of tartar.
Did you know confectioner sugar has corn starch in it?
Did you know that?
I did not, but that makes sense.
And that, that makes total sense.
That's what helps- That's-
hold things together.
That's what helps everything come together.
Yes, a little science.
I'm a little geeky that way, I mean.
Not geeky at all. I hope you don't mind.
That's cool knowledge.
So then, we put all these things in,
we whip it up and with the magic of television.
Ta-da!
(audience applauding)
We have beautiful whipped egg whites.
Gotcha.
And so this becomes your marshmallow, right. Also-
(audience booing)
I know right? Right?
Mm for marshmallow, for sure
because this doesn't make it as sweet
and also when you burn the marshmallow.
And it looks really cool.
Look at that, exactly. Yeah.
And you can make little
peaks and valleys, and you just burn that
and that's where you get your burnt marshmallow vibe.
And who doesn't like to do this?
I love this. I have this at home.
Right? I wish it was mine.
She said, "Oh do you make this?"
I said, "No but it makes me really sad I didn't."
(Amanda laughs)
But one less thing in-
But I love this thing.
For creme brulee, for merengues, it's so fun.
One less thing in the oven,
'cause people always ask me on Thanksgiving,
"How do I manage it all?"
"How do I get it all to the table hot?"
Yeah.
Right? You pop this in the microwave
with the sweet potatoes,
you top it with the merengue,
you burn it, and there it is.
Boom.
(audience applauding)
Drop the mic.
(Amanda laughs)
(twinkle sounding)