- Hi, I'm Rie,
as always, I've been challenged to take a common food
and Make it Fancy.
Let's see what we are making fancy today.
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Pizza Lunchable.
I had cheese and cracker Lunchable.
I liked what I made, it was one of my favorite episode.
Oh, it's big.
(pulling off wrapper)
Almost look like pita bread.
Feel like counting money.
It's very red.
Sauce look like they put some basil.
And shredded mozzarella cheese.
- [Producer] There used to be a red stick
to spread the sauce.
- Ohh.
- [Producer] But they got rid of the red stick.
- Why?
- [Producer] We don't know.
(Rie laughing)
- Okay.
(Rie laughing)
Going like this.
Circular, you can use pepperoni if you wanna spread.
Put the cheese.
I really wanna toast it.
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(Rie chewing)
Mm, personally I don't like leftover cold pizza.
I wanna toast it.
Sending back.
This looks much more appetizing.
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(Rie chewing)
Oh yeah, this makes so much better.
As always I'm excited to Make it Fancy.
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All right, here's what I got.
Oregano, basil, parsley, heavy cream,
eggs, parmesan cheese, garlic,
butter, shredded mozzarella cheese,
fresh mozzarella cheese, burrata, and milk.
From the pantry I got olive oil,
salt, panko, all-purpose flour,
Italian seasoning, onion powder, and garlic powder.
Okay, let's get started.
Make it Fancy.
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First step I'm going to just use pepperoni from Lunchable.
Cut two thirds, so they kinda become a little small cube.
Oil heating up for frying.
Drop in the heated oil.
So I just wanted to make it like crisp up,
once it kinda start bubbling it's ready to go.
And if you leave in the oil too long,
they get burnt quickly.
So maybe like 10 to 15 seconds.
Transfer to paper towel lined plate
so it's absorb extra grease.
These are looking good, ready to move on.
I forgot to wear an apron so I'm going to wear apron next.
Six tablespoons of butter, just melt.
- [Producer] Rie, there were actually some alternative names
for Lunchables.
Let me know if you like them.
- Okay
- [Producer] Snackables.
- Oh yeah.
- [Producer] Do you like that more?
- Yeah, I mean it's realistic.
Three-fourths cup of flour, whisk that in.
So when you whisk the flour in you kinda make this
kind of dough, and you're going to slowly add whole milk,
two cups.
You don't want to add milk at once.
So if you do that, it makes a lot of lumps.
I'm making the bechamel sauce
which is one of the mother sauce.
So this kind of like basic sauce
you will learn at culinary school if you go one.
This is a little bit thicker than regular bechamel.
Do you want to constantly whisk
so it's become like very smooth bechamel sauce.
I add all the milk,
I want to reduce a little bit to thicken,
and I'm adding one half teaspoon of onion powder,
one half teaspoon of Italian seasoning,
one half teaspoon of garlic powder, one teaspoon of salt.
So you have to constantly whisk until get very thick.
Feel like bechamel is most versatile sauce
among other mother sauce.
Oh it's getting thick, add tomato sauce from Lunchable.
I think tomato sauce tasted fine,
it just tasted like pizza sauce.
Did I say basil?
Woo.
(Rie laughing)
Dried basil, yes.
I got cheese shower.
It's something like Alix would do.
(Rie laughing)
Miss you.
The consistency you are looking for
is like very smooth mashed potato.
Adding quarter cup of parmesan cheese,
quarter cup of shredded mozzarella.
I feel like I have mozzarella cheese on my neck too.
I'm adding all the cheese from Lunchable.
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It's a little sweet so I'm going to add
quarter spoon of salt.
Add crisped pepperoni.
Look like a thousand island dressing.
Add in a bowl, put piece of plastic.
Make sure the plastic touches your bechamel.
I'm going to chill this for two hours,
and while it's in the fridge
I'm going to move on to the next step.
Using the last component of pizza Lunchable.
I'm going to bake this at 400 degree
around 10 minutes until crisp up pizza crust.
It's perfectly crisp now.
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And I'm gonna break up so it's nice and uniform.
Grind this up.
(food processor running)
If you are having trouble
opening up break big piece by hand.
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Add to panko.
Give it a good mix and save this for later,
Moving on, grated parmesan cheese, scoop with one teaspoon.
You put this parmesan cheese on a baking sheet
with parchment paper on.
And put kinda mound.
And then use your finger, gently tap, a little bit flat.
I'm going to bake this at 350 degree oven
about three to five minutes
until the edge it's slightly golden brown.
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This is just out from oven and you have to move quick.
Scrape this cheese while it's still warm using gravity.
You can kind of drape, kinda like taco shape.
Set this aside about 20 minutes until this get hardened.
Onto the next step.
Half cup of olive oil, two tablespoon of water.
One and half cup of basil, quarter cup of parsley,
two tablespoons of parmesan cheese,
one clove of garlic, and half teaspoon of salt.
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All right, so it's well blended,
just for fancy touch.
We are going to put it in a squeeze bottle.
This is a little bit looser than your ordinary pesto,
usually you don't use parsley for pesto
but this is for just color and presentation.
All right, sauce is done and we got more cheese to use.
Two balls of burrata.
It's a little bit more creamier
and richer than mozzarella.
And we are putting in a food processor
and make it a little bit looser.
Add one tablespoon of heavy cream.
(food processor running)
The texture you're looking for is a soft whipped cream.
So just process first, and if the texture looks too stiff,
add heavy cream to adjust.
Put this in a piping bag with a spatula and scrape it down.
We are going to use it for later, and until then,
I'm going to keep this in the fridge to chill.
So we have chilled the bechamel mix right here,
cubed fresh mozzarella, all-purpose flour, egg wash,
and panko mixed with pizza Lunchable crust.
Form this into a little ball, and quarter cup each.
Make a little bit flat
and put the cubed fresh mozzarella in it.
This is a little bit like pinkish color
because we use pizza Lunchables pizza sauce in the bechamel,
and also we used fried and crisped pepperoni.
I was able to make 10 balls.
Coat with flower, toss so you don't have excess flour.
Drop in egg wash.
Make sure coat them evenly.
Drop in panko.
I think the crust from pizza Lunchable
gives a little bit different texture
and color, which I like.
So Lunchable for American kids,
is this lunch or snack?
- [Producer] It would be a special lunch.
- Special lunch.
(Rie laughing)
I got last one here.
Yeah, it's cute, it's round,
'cause anything round is cute.
These are looking good.
I'm going to fry these.
Pot of oil heated for 350 degree.
And I don't want to crowd the pot
so I'm going to fry three at a time.
Cook until outside is golden brown,
about three to four minutes.
All right, so this one looking good, it's nice brown.
When it's ready the ball kinda comes up to the surface
and that's also another sign of ready.
Some of them is exploded, that's fine.
Doesn't need to look too perfect, like a personality.
These are looking good, and I'm going to fry
rest of the balls and move on.
I made a lot of things, so let's recap.
Pizza Lunchable croquettes.
I have parmesan cheese crisps,
and a basil sauce, and whipped burrata,
and fresh herbs for decoration.
So it's just plating.
So it's just do whatever you wanna do.
When I took a food styling class
I was told usually use odd number,
I'm kind of following that.
Got whipped burrata.
Adding cheese crisp on top,
the fresh oregano here and there,
just like small (indistinct) of basil for decoration.
Adding one more cheese crisp, and we are done.
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Pizza Lunchable croquettes, very fancy.
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Right, let's give this a try.
Overall it looks beautiful.
I like the brown color, different texture.
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Mm, pizza sauce bechamel is very creamy,
and we also put fresh mozzarella in the middle.
So it kinda have a gooey cheese texture.
It's rich, but it's not too heavy.
So you can definitely eat three of those.
The pesto kinda gives it nice fresh flavor.
It compliments.
Cheese cracker is nice and crispy.
I think it's a big improvement from pizza Lunchable.
Thank you so much for watching.
I highly recommend that you make at home,
and if you make at home, please tag me on Instagram
and don't forget the dance, Make it Fancy.
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