- This could be a total disaster.
(loud thudding)
It's gonna be a really long day.
I hope this works!
It's not the prettiest sauce.
It's great!
You guys this is like the coolest thing I've ever done.
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Welcome back to another episode of Chef Out Of Water.
I'm Alexis, a chef who's always up for a challenge.
We've taken to the internet to ask you
what appliance I should use to make a three-course meal.
I've gotten something very large next to me
which makes me a little nervous.
Shall we see what's in there?
What is it?
(bubbles popping) Mini dishwasher!
Are these my tools?
I know you can make a salmon in the dishwasher,
so I know something is possible.
(clanging)
I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do.
But I do have heat.
And I feel like with so many episodes,
I just ask for heat so I have something.
I need to do a lot of research.
Okay, let's see what's possible in a dishwasher.
Someone's tried to cook chicken breast
in a dishwasher which sounds truly offensive.
Lasagna?
Feels hard.
Okay, it seems like there is a lot of seafood
that gets poached in dishwashers with relative success.
Really good to know!
Meat feels a little iffy.
Obviously the skin won't brown
so you get like weird floppy skin.
Think I'm going to stay away from meat today.
It gets up to like 150 degrees.
To sous vide it needs to be between 131 and 140 degrees
so I think I need to look at this as a giant sous vide.
The shortest cycle is about 40 minutes
and I need to be smart about time here.
I'm going to try to do everything at once.
Gotta enlist Ryan, he's going to go shopping
while I get my head around this thing.
We'll see what happens!
Ryan?
For my first course today I'm going to do a
spring vegetable salad with a sauce gribiche.
Gribiche is a traditional French sauce.
I think it'll add some brightness.
And I'm going to put it over asparagus,
green beans, and English peas.
I think it could work.
I feel so like my emotions are
so erratic right now, I'm just like a five!
I'm gonna get some jars.
This really feels like a craft project.
So some beans, not totally sure how much water.
I'm gonna add a bay leaf and some peppercorns.
I mean if this works, it's gonna be really cool.
Some salt and a lemon peel.
(liquid splashing)
Well, one thing done!
I've got some English peas
and I'm going to do exactly the same thing.
Bay leaf, some peppercorns, salt, a lemon peel.
(liquid splashing)
Look at that this is like, it's like a laboratory!
Okay, I've got some beautiful asparagus here,
and I'm going to half them on the bias.
Let's do the same thing.
Some salt, bay leaf, some peppercorns, a lemon peel.
(liquid splashing)
Look's great!
I'm worried about the eggs knocking into each other,
so I got, you know I only need one for the dressing.
But one more egg, oh no!
Okay.
Yeah, maybe making it a little more secure.
A little more snug.
It's a little egg nest, of course one!
For my second course I'm going to make
butter poached lobster tails
and then make lobster rolls from the tails.
I mean this seems so weird
but I'm going to put the tails in the jar
and then put the butter and some water.
Adding some garlic cloves might add some flavor.
More lemon peel and salt.
Oh this is so weird!
Moving on to desert!
For my third and final course,
I'm going to make poached strawberries
and make kind of a parfait.
First, I've got to start with my strawberries.
I can hull these which just means
using the tip to go all the way around the stem.
And then you just pop it out like that.
Quartering feels nice.
Feels good on the strawberry front.
You can add some water and some sugar.
Sugar, oh my God, I've done that so many times.
Oh no, oh no!
Did I seriously just put salt?
I cannot be trusted!
So lemon, I also have a vanilla bean
which I thought would really infuse it
with that amazing flavor!
You want to split it down the middle,
open it up, and then use a paring knife, to press down,
and scrape the seeds, oh my God, it's like gold.
And I'm actually going to add the pods in, too,
because that's just more flavor.
(liquid splashing)
This is my meal, my entire meal is right here!
It's dishwasher time!
(beeping)
Great, (laughing) off to a great start!
Fill it with water.
God this is small.
First, I'm going to put my lobster in.
Then my eggs.
Just nestled nice together.
And then I've got my peas, my green beans, and asparagus.
And then my strawberries, easy!
This is crazy.
Here goes nothing.
Okay, I'm going to put it on baby care
which is gonna be like the steamiest.
It's also two hours, oh my God.
This stuff is going to cook way sooner then two hours.
(beeping)
Okay, while this gets going I'm going to
whip some cream and smash some cookies for my lil' parfait.
I've been here so many times before.
(sighing)
I can't believe I keep choosing to do it again.
(metal scrapping)
Whew!
Okay, whip cream is looking swoopy.
Okay!
Wow!
Back to the cream, just a little bit of sugar.
(metal scrapping)
Whipped cream!
I'm gonna have Ryan put this in the fridge
and then I'm gonna smash some of my cookies.
Some people might say that this is cheating a little bit
because I'm using store bought cookies
but you're not making the meal with the dishwasher
so it's my journey.
(thudding)
That's it!
We just have to wait for this food to cook.
I thought two hours was going to be way too much time
but I just did lil more research and it turns out
for both eggs and lobster they sous vided
for about an hour at 135 and it's been 30 mins
and it's only at 109 so I actually think the two hours
is gonna be perfect, I feel very relaxed right now.
My emotional level is like a 10.
My confidence level for the food is like a six.
So my little dishwasher's been going for about an hour
and I just want to do a little quick check
to make sure it's cooking or something is happening.
Oh wow, she's steamy!
Let's start by seeing how the asparagus tastes.
A lot of crunch.
Not bad but definitely needs more time.
It's actually not that hot either.
The beans have not cooked at all.
Oh God!
That looks really disgusting.
Pungent.
The lobster meat is definitely cooking
but it's still not fully opaque.
So it needs more time.
The eggs, honest, I'm not even gonna check.
They need more time.
If the bean isn't cooked, the egg is certainly not cooked.
I think I'm gonna let it go for another like 45 minutes.
She's hot!
154!
I let it go for another hour rather then 45 minutes
but I think it's ready.
The lobster looks, insane.
Smells good!
Well, the tails have turned red
which is usually the sign that they're cooked.
To open a lobster tail pretty easy
use some handy-dandy kitchen scissors.
And just want to cut the underside of the lobster,
and then you can just peel the shell back,
and crack it open.
It's actually like pretty beautiful.
It's like really beautiful.
Maybe we're all gonna be cooking lobsters in dishwashers.
I'm just gonna cut off a tiny bit to see.
It's delicious.
It's like delicious!
It's so buttery!
This is amazing!
You know, even if everything else fails, this is incredible.
My lobster is going in a little bowl
and I'm going to dress it up with some
mayo, some lemon, for adding it to my bun!
Moment of truth on the eggs.
Oh, one cracked.
Ew, one opened.
Oh God.
Oh God!
Some of the yolk got out.
It's pretty gross.
Okay, this one is still fully raw and like snotty.
Ew, oh my God, gross.
The egg did not work.
The egg was not great.
I have one egg left in here,
and I'm going to put it back for like 30 more minutes.
To hopefully get it because it's cooking.
It's just not cooked. (laughing)
Oh it jiggles, too.
Let's see about the vegetables.
The peas, oh, are leaky.
The peas look a little over cooked, a little gray.
The color is like really not great.
But the flavor is fine.
They're a little cooked, they've got quite a bit of crunch.
Moment of truth on the strawberries.
Which look like a lot of their color has been removed.
Smells incredible.
That's so good.
It's sweet, it's not too sweet.
The strawberries are cooked perfectly.
They have a little bit of bite.
They're not mushy.
Eggs are going back in!
(beeping)
I'm gonna start dressing my lobster roll.
I've got my beautifully cooked lobster meat.
Just gonna add the mayo, some lemon juice,
little bit of salt, that's it!
Just lay it in there, I like seeing a little bit of red,
the meat in my lobster bites.
This looks so amazing!
I think this is my treat.
Mmm, it's so good!
And to add some chives on top.
My entree is done.
I'm so excited about this lobster roll.
I'm going to move onto desert while
my egg fishes cooking.
Onto desert!
I am going to do like a parfait.
This is really exciting.
I'm gonna do a layer of my crushed cookies.
A layer of whipped cream.
A layer of strawberries.
Another layer of crumbs.
(cheery guitar music)
Oh wow.
Poached strawberry parfait!
Made in the dishwasher, complete!
My machine has stopped, so egg time!
Let's try this again.
Egg is cooked now.
Ooh, that is a beautiful egg!
For a gribiche I would like it to be harder
but honestly, if the dishwasher did this, no complaints!
This is so cool.
I've got chopped up egg.
I'm gonna add some capers, and some cornish oil,
little French pickles.
Gonna add some dijon mustard, some champagne vinegar.
Gonna give it all a stir.
It's not the prettiest sauce.
And then I'm gonna drizzle in some
olive oil, some salt, and pepper.
I feel like the vegetables look kinda overcooked
and the sauce does not look that appetizing.
Kinda feel like this is as good it's gonna get.
This is not what I envisioned in any way.
Oh, needed to add parsley to it, too!
Sauce gribiche everyone.
There's a reason you don't see it on menus anymore.
Gonna add some parsley.
Some flakey sea salt.
My confidence level on this dish?
It's not great.
I feel like 10 on the lobster roll and on dessert.
But like this, a three.
That feels generous.
I think this as a good as it's gonna get.
The good news is that it gets better as the meal goes on.
Let's see what our taste tester has to say.
This is my friend Joyce.
- Hi!
- Joyce, I made you a three course meal today
using this, which I will reveal to you after.
- Okay, that makes me nervous
but I trust your cooking.
- Course one is a spring vegetable salad
with a gribiche, which is a type of French sauce.
- Mmm, this is good.
It definitely has an earthy taste to it.
- You like it?
- Health, healthy.
- This is very healthy.
You know it gets better from here.
- Okay!
- For your entree I have a lobster roll for you!
- Oh-wee, wow-zee, I love a lobster roll.
Oh pretty!
Instagram!
Me and bae 2020!
Wow, this is delicious!
Mmm.
- For the last course I've got
a little poached strawberry parfait for you.
- This is what I deserve.
- You do!
- I deserve this, every day!
Mmm!
- I'm gonna try, too.
- This is delicious!
- Oh my God!
- You can really cook girl!
- Thank you.
- Damn!
- The big question, what do you think I made this meal with?
- An air dryer?
- That's not that far off!
Are you ready to see?
- I'm so scared.
- Ready?
- What's this?
- It's a dishwasher!
- First of all, you can get a portable dishwasher?
'Cause I need that, period!
Second of all, how did you make this in that?
- Gotta watch the episode!
- Damn girl, you can really cook!
Okay girl, well thank you, I have hoes to feed.
I'll see you guys later!
- (laughing) Bye!
I wasn't sure what to think about the dishwasher
but turns out I love it!
You can do so much!
Let me know in the comments what you thought
of the dishes that I made with a dishwasher today.
See you next time on Chef Out Of Water!
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