(eggs cracking) (light sizzling)
- Hello, loads of you have been asking
for these to come back.
This is where we react to our, Pass It On video series.
If you haven't seen them before,
it's where we do a recipe relay.
We each get 10 minutes or so in the kitchen.
And we don't know what happens,
until we see the end result.
Today, we're gonna be watching our meringue challenge,
from earlier in the week.
And these kinds of conversations tend to get a bit feisty,
because this is where we see exactly what changed,
from what we set up,
or who screwed what up, and then lied about it,
when we come around the table.
- If you haven't already watched the meringue video,
go watch that first before watching this one.
Cause this is a spoiler video,
for all of us.
Should we do it? - Yeah. Do it.
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(upbeat symphony music)
- Where's the dish?
This should be really obvious!
- Oh dear, oh dear.
- Hello, normals.
- Hello, Janice. - Oh dear,
oh dear! (men laughing)
- Today's theme is meringue.
- Genuinely, at that point,
who here was actually confident,
and they knew how to make a meringue perfectly?
- Nope!
- Technically perfect.
Or technically sound, I think Janice just said.
Yeah, no, not at all. - No.
- This is a normals only challenge.
So chef James will be watching you live
from the chef cam area.
- I don't think I can be blamed
for any of what's about to happen.
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- Best theme tune ever.
(man laughing) (horn honking)
- Right.
- He has eggs and sugar. That's a good start.
- Here's what I'm thinking,
like a citrusy tart-based thing,
with meringue on top.
And I think that means we need a Swiss meringue,
which I think is one of the easier ones to do.
- He's wiping out the bowl,
because of you use a dirty bowl,
to whip up meringue, it doesn't work.
If you have any grease in it.
- Player! - Come on.
- That is impressive.
- I don't know, in terms of order,
if this is the first thing that I should be doing,
but I want to get my meringue badge,
so I wanna do the meringue.
- Oh, you little ****!
(men laughing)
- Did you just shut us out?
Just straight away?
- I'm just saying.
- Competition is a competition, right?
- Exactly.
- Right. Okay. Completely right. Fine.
- I can't wait for the tuba music to start.
(men laughing) - But is the meringue
the first thing he should be doing?
Probably not with an hour.
I'm not sure what he's going for,
but if he's going for something like a lemon meringue,
or lime meringue pie.
- But you decided to make a meringue,
you made the Swiss meringue first,
and you've got pastry on it.
So what was the thought process there?
- I want to get my meringue badge,
and I'm not gonna get my meringue badge by making pastry.
- Right. Okay.
- Changes the game!
- I see a challenge here. - Interesting.
- In a games that revolves around
communication and teamwork.
- Yes. - Yes.
But, it could have been a fail as an overall dish,
but if the meringue was great, Ebbers,
would I have still got my meringue badge?
- Right. Okay, cool. Gotcha.
It's good to know where you're at.
- This is gonna be great.
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- Oh, no! It's a dirty mug!
(men laughing) It's got coffee in it!
Who left a coffee mug there?
(men laughing)
- What?
- Ah, I love that, so, after cleaning out
that bowl there, perfectly,
you chuck it straight into a coffee mug.
- Into a dirty coffee mug, yeah.
- I'm panicking about separating eggs.
Right, but I'm gonna try and multitask
whilst I'm doing this thing.
- Oh, no. Oh, no.
(men laughing) - What am I thinking?
I don't want to ruin this,
but I do want to run and get something else from the table.
Oh, Oh!
Oh, oh! (man laughing)
- I can't fault him there...
- I think some ginger.
That could be good. (men laughing)
- That's gonna be good!
(men laughing)
That looks so bad! (men laughing)
- That feels, - What's that sound like?
- Listening to the grains.
- You've confused your Tekkers with cake.
- Done the meringue,
and he's not giving anyone else anything a chance
to get anything with it.
- I think I'm leaving this in a good place.
We have meringue. It's a meringue, pass it on.
James! Who's next?
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- Can I just clarify something as well?
Cause some people have been commenting,
and I think one of you said it.
You know that he's the man at the end of this.
That's not me!
It is definitely you saying,
- Definitely you singing it. - Wait, I'm the man.
That is you.
- That is not me! - That is definitely you.
- That is in the track that we used,
but so many people think I added that
(men laughing) to like, my own
theme tune.
Right. Here we go.
- Nice t-shirt. - We have meringue.
(men laughing)
I'm gonna be in ****.
We have 40 minutes.
Why is he making meringue now?
- He's absolutely right.
- Fair point. - He is absolutely right.
- He wanted his meringue badge.
- Okay. So Mike's testing the heat of the bowl.
- I'm going to make a buttery biscuit base.
Press it into a small tart case,
- Oh nice. - And chill it.
- It's all going in together,
and breadcrumbs. (blender pulsing)
- So in 10 minutes you just blitzed up some biscuits,
and added some butter? - Ah,
steady on, Ebbers. - Ebbers, Ebbers.
- I mean, I thought, - It is all that happened,
right? Oh no. You did feel the bowl.
- Up. Yeah. I felt the bowl.
I did feel the bowl. (men laughing)
I made quite a considerable amount of the, well, hold your,
before you start talking about who made what.
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Okay, we have that,
looks like meringue.
- Stop it. - I also touched the bowl,
in my 10 minutes.
- I have an idea. Have an idea.
- Oh, god. - Sorry, what?
- The box was there! The box was there on the board,
and you can just always step out of it.
- We've got everything here
to make ourselves a baked Alaska.
I don't have the confidence to make a curd filling.
I don't know how to. I wasn't trying to make,
- You didn't have to make a curd filling.
You could have taken it any direction you wanted.
- You can literally made,
just made something. - Just shut up.
- I'm sorry. - Some frozen berries.
(men chuckling)
No, cause my intention was going, okay,
I would look to make a cheat's ice cream.
So I wanted fresh berries, and I wanted some creme fraiche.
Which there was none.
In my head,
I've got kind of a green theme going on.
Does this cut out?
Yes, it does!
Good boy.
- That's a fantastic idea.
Like, full credit for that.
- Little bit of seasoning in the base,
and add a little bit of salt.
- Oh, you've done some good stuff.
- I just forget all the good stuff.
Sorry, Mike,
I'm guessing this is you.
I'm gonna hide these,
cause I didn't want to make tarts anymore.
I wanna make,
- There you go.
What you did was summarise exactly what you're thinking.
"I don't want to make tarts anymore."
"I want to make premade ice cream."
- Have another 10 minutes, mate.
- So I didn't have to panic all that time?
- I think you were hoping
that somebody else might come in
and clear up your mess.
(men laughing)
- Yeah. I think this is gonna be fun.
- Oh wow! Be nice on top.
Some dark chocolate.
I want a fine grate of chocolate,
before I put my biscuits and base on top.
- I don't think that's even going to register.
(men laughing)
- That's quite savage, but I agree.
- Cutting! Wow!
- Food-based clues only.
- Everyone hates it when you do that.
Mostly. Oh, it went everywhere.
- No, no
No. - What am I doing?
X marks the spot!
- Would you guys judge me if I just failed it on that?
- I didn't write anything down. All right?
That's not cheating!
(buzzer blaring)
- I really hope they set up.
- Right. Let's see what's happened.
Already, not a fan of the music.
(men laughing)
Big arrow, another arrow.
- Pineapple. - Oh wait, hang on!
There's icing sugar.
Why is there a big X there?
These?
I had no idea if that was something
that we had made in the challenge.
Right. But what is that?
(men laughing)
Wee-oo!
Oh, I hope that's not what we've made.
- Hey, that was nice. I made that.
(men laughing)
- This is a amazing. - Let's go for a fun nozzle.
- Oh, Jamie! Just pick a nozzle.
(men laughing)
- The logic's there. - Isn't it?
- Jamie's the only person who's touched the meringue so far.
- Oh my God. I've got three minutes left.
All I've done is out some meringue in a piping bag,
and it's gone all over my hand!
The whole point of putting it in the jug.
Right. (men giggling)
So, at this point,
I have absolutely no idea what we're making.
We have to be able to serve something.
Is there anything I can do
that would give Mike an option for a dish?
- Oh! I remember what this was!
That is not justification!
Ebbers. Watch this.
- I think he's gonna make a dish,
and finish it in a minute.
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- Why is it?
- At the end of the day,
we can always make a banana split right?
He just sliced some fruit for me.
Again, you're welcome Mike.
- It was only when I went and sat back down round the other side,
I went, nah, it's whipped cream.
(men laughing)
Whipped cream in a banana split.
Not, Swiss meringue. (men laughing)
- Okay, arrows, arrows, pineapple.
- So Barry's next, isn't he?
So I've got, I've just got prep for Barry.
- Barry has been twice already, Mike.
(men laughing)
- Oh, Barry,
did Barry go twice?
Oh ****! (men laughing)
Where's the dish?
- Freezer, freezer, freezer.
- That is the best. - I had no idea.
(men laughing) So I assume
I'm heating this up,
and I'm hoping that there's some sort of like,
delicious fruity thing on the top of this.
Please don't tell me that this is supposed to be
a baked Alaska! (man laughing)
- I love that you're just shouting at it.
- This needs to chill for about four hours.
- The piping skills are good.
- Okay, I think I've covered in all the gaps.
I don't want to brown it much more.
I mean, it looks great.
What, what? I mean,
is that someone's,
is that someone's way of being helpful for me?
I mean, we've got pistachios already.
There we go.
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That was stressful.
- It is amazing. Isn't it?
When you watch this through,
and you see that all the context, up until this point,
because we all know what happens at the table.
But it's so funny,
like, literally sitting down and seeing everyone,
and like, how panicky we all are,
knowing what the end result was.
It's amazing.
- You see my face at that point,
when James turns it around,
and I can see what's inside,
and went, "It's ice cream. What the ****?"
How? Where did that come from?
- I'm now intrigued.
- I think it's very, - James, tough decision,
who you dished out the meringue badge to.
Cause I would definitely give out one.
- We're going to tell you our rating,
and then we'd like you to give your rating for us.
- Gave myself an eight.
- You made meringue.
It's a good meringue.
And then you cut a banana in half.
(men laughing)
So maybe like, a seven?
- Seven.
- Yeah. (men laughing)
- Okay.
- Oh! - You can see
the pain on James' face.
He's like, how do I compliment sandwich this one?
- I still believe we have a very tasty dish.
That tastes dish was mainly,
cause of my directions.
So,
- Maybe like, a six.
You know, you don't want to offend someone,
but they didn't do a great job.
(men laughing) - Oh!
- Come on. _ There it is!
Do Mike then, FINE!
- You knew what you were looking for.
You tested the bowl,
and your piping skills were great.
So I'm gonna go with an eight. Why not?
I'll give you an eight.
It's hard one, cause it tastes great,
but you didn't really do much in an hour.
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I'm gonna say it's a pass.
- Oh! - Ebbers,
at this stage, - Right.
- Oh! Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, have turn this around.
- Having watched this back,
who would you be awarding meringue badges to?
- I feel like you nailed the meringue,
with all the technique,
and you absolutely would have got the badge.
But in a task that involves communication and teamwork,
you do need other people,
to not only stop it and finish it,
but also not mess it up.
So I feel like, as a team effort,
you would all get a badge,
but, that will be with a very, very heavy caveat,
that Baz's was the least contribution
in this particular challenge.
But as a dessert, as a meringue based dessert,
was probably the biggest contribution to the baked Alaska.
- Well, there you have it.
You asked for it. We did it.
And now our friendship is hanging by a thread.
If you want us to continue doing these,
give the video like.
Comment down below,
and we'll continue to do them, if you want them!
(men clapping)
Oh good. They are fun.
- Nice. - Good.
- Good edit.
Really good edit.
- I love how you become the enemy and pass it on down.
(men laughing) So good.
- All right.
- [Host] Well, there's always one of you.
One of you gets in the firing line.