welcome back before the break we asked
who invented the Caesar salad and
choices there on your screen Julius
Caesar Caesar Cardini Antonio Caesar
Julia Child oh but the answer is B they
saw Gardini well he would be so proud I
don't know a restaurant tour was trying
to feed hungry crowd and realized he was
short on veggies so he created a new
type of salad with what he had on hand
the rest as they say is history and the
Caesar salad is also the star of the
longest-running culinary event right
here in Houston one of the contestants
chef Maurizio Farah is with Sudha Talia
is here with a preview of the annual
Caesar salad competition welcome welcome
well and you're giving away some of your
secrets ahead of this competition right
you didn't say okay but today you're
gonna show us how to create a different
version of this salad and it's fresh and
packed with flavor right right so we're
gonna do a dressing actually I think I
heard you guys gonna cook correct well
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we have we are pasteurizing the egg
yolks right now we need two other
ingredients and in the Caesar dressing
I'm making right now I'm gonna have some
Dijon mustard garlic confit a little
intro of ease and Parmesan cheese okay
so if you feel like one follow me or I
mean to do it
okay but I do a touch over there's your
master if you can get me there
not too much no that's fine Parmesan
cheese grated parmigiano and Mauricio
you are pasteurizing these ingredients
I'm pasteurizing the egg the egg yolk is
already inside as you can see these are
thermo mixer so he warms up in the
meantime he blends so it's gonna go get
pasteurized and then I are going to
blend it and that makes it safe to eat
right mm-hmm so you don't recommend
using raw egg yolks at home for our
viewers Wow you say baby I mean
so oh man egg yolks Mauricio doesn't
recommend it but proceed at your own
risk we don't want anyone getting this
all we have a couple of inch all these I
do so so you know that a Caesar is not
Italian correct do an Italian cash is a
cola to radicchio which is the juice of
the injuries oh that's that's like the
clown I wear alright and now we're going
to emulsify it so we can detach of olive
oil okay
just a little bit not too much the
machine is called a thermo mix oh okay
and why is it that you do the
ingredients Maurizio one by one why
couldn't you just put it all in it want
to go right into you keep going okay
really
we like it and I know it's it's
impossible for our viewers at home to
see through the side of the steel
container but it looks sort of like the
consistency of pancake batter I would
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okay there we go alright so let me just
say out here it just look like it
yeah it looks like a Caesar dressing
yes alright anyhow so what we're going
to do right now a touch over cheese I'm
gonna add Africa because in Italian
crispy cheese how you make it yes how
you make her you see
so you're grating the cheese into this
hot pan on that's right in his mouth
good jeez what's that we're going out is
this one of your secrets no it's just
something that I always do it's
something I always do too we wrap it up
start my day without doing what we wrap
it up and then as you can see the
presentation we are having right there
Little Caesar in a rapid way crouton
over parmigiano that is you can just
keep so what are you doing at the
competition then what am i doing the
competition now I haven't thought about
yet you haven't thought about it no
still a week to correct week see I
should have been born Italian you should
know the competition by the way we
should point out that it does benefit
all kinds of scholarships we're seeing
some photos on the screen right here
right now from years past and check it
out people get so into this dressing up
what's your costume gonna be I know have
you planned it yeah look I'm just gonna
wear our hats okay this is delicious
this is really really amazing and I'm
sorry Courtney go ahead no I was off so
what we're doing you guys can play if
you want to make a couple of extra
dishes or so we can cut the romaine
lettuce oh we wash them up here and then
we are the dressing that the premier
went already inside so we can try to
make it and let's say someone wants to
try this at home
these are
just beautiful romaine plants that you
have why are they where are they soaking
in water inside there there's water a
touch of a vinegar also you just wash
them up and refresh the lattice itself
and would you okay so if you're plucking
the romaine how long can you leave it in
the water how long should you leave it
in the water before you serve it five
six seven minutes ten minutes it's not
gonna hurt the water is not gonna hurt
the lettuce itself actually is always
advise to regenerate the lettuce itself
in water you know it's a much more
interesting way by the way if you had a
party and want to serve an appetizer
well it's just easier to like yes it's
easier to eat absolutely yeah
do people always ask you if a Caesar
salad is from is Italian well the people
what they think everybody does right it
tells us that I was born and raised in
Italy and it's not our tradition at all
but we have to adopt our South Koreans
you make it better than anyone else we
have the info on the screen right there
Caesar salad competition Houston dot-com
it'll be a fun event
dress up eat drink be merry have a great
time awesome time thank you Cheers thank
you coming up now