- Hi, I'm Rie, I'm a Tasty producer, here again.
I've been challenged to take a common food
and make it fancy.
Here are the rules.
You must completely use the food given.
You can only add to the food.
You can buy whatever ingredients you wish.
The previous times, both of the items
I don't usually eat or cook, so this time,
hope for the best.
Right, let's see what's in it.
Spam.
Spam is charcuterie.
It's fancy.
It sounds like comic sound, like, pow!
(laughs)
It's like, spam!
It's pink!
(squelch)
A ha!
It's like a blob of meat.
(laughter)
It's gonna be a tough day at work.
So here's what I got.
Parmesan cheese.
Mozzarella cheese.
Breadcrumbs.
White onion.
Chicken broth.
Marinara sauce.
And Arborio rice.
Garlic.
Lemon.
And parsley.
From the pantry, I got eggs.
Flour.
White wine.
Black pepper.
Salt.
And butter.
Let's get started.
Oh my god, James!
Wait, wait, wait.
Make it fancy.
Okay, I'm going to set up my station.
I'm going to get my equipment and my special knife.
Chicken stock.
Also I chose low sodium chicken broth
because Spam is very salty.
So I chose Arborio rice.
This rice is perfect for what I'm making right now.
One cup.
One cup of white wine.
Mm-hmm.
(laughter)
And I'm gonna start cutting onion.
My knife is a little dull.
(laughs) I have to take my lady to the spa
maybe after this shoot.
I'm gonna cut another half.
So sharper the knife, less likely you're gonna cry.
And garlic.
Sometimes it's difficult to peel garlic skin,
and you can just remove the end part
and put it in hot water, and it makes it easy to peel.
So I wanna just do a small mince.
Another of my favorite tool is scraper.
You can scrape something in a cutting board
and easy to transfer.
It's important to heat up chicken broth.
I'm going to melt butter and saute onions.
You don't wanna brown onion, you just want to
make it translucent, so I'm cooking in a medium heat.
Gonna take about five minutes.
Add the garlic and saute just fragrant, about one minute.
Add a little bit more butter, let it melt.
And I'm going to add rice.
Toast this rice until the edge is a little bit translucent.
My chicken stock is boiling, so I'm going to lower the heat.
I just wanted to keep it warm, and I'm going to
add white wine.
Bring it to a boil, so alcohol is evaporate.
Rice absorbs all white wine, and it's become
a good flavor.
So I will start adding chicken broth.
One cup at a time, so rice is slowly absorbing
chicken stock.
You want to stir it constantly,
'cause you don't want to burn on the bottom.
I'm adding Parmesan cheese, which is very salty.
Look at that.
Cheesy.
I'm gonna add more.
I think it needs a little bit seasoning,
so I'm going to add a little bit salt.
Black pepper.
Lemon zest, and a little bit of lemon juice.
Okay, so we are going to chill this
in the refrigerator until cool to touch.
Hot.
And you want to spread it in kinda thin layers,
so it cools down faster.
Go to refrigerator.
Now, Spam time.
Come out. (laughs)
(squelch)
Oh.
Did you get the sound? (laughs)
So I'm gonna just cut this very, very thin.
It's very easy to cut, it's very soft.
I think it's love and hate.
Some people love it, some people doesn't like it at all.
So my goal for this dish is everyone eat this
will love this dish.
(oil crackles)
Nice sound.
I want to get the nice brown color, so...
- [Alix] Rie!
- Hi!
- What are you doing?
- Guess what I'm cooking.
- I'm hungry.
Are you trying to make it fancy, with Spam?
- Yes.
- Make it Spamcy.
- I'm not a Spam fan.
I don't want to yuck anyone's yum.
- Yeah, same.
- But I'm just saying, yuck. (laughs)
- I mean, I make it delicious.
Don't worry.
- Ooh.
- Yeah.
You should come back and try it, what I make.
- Okay.
I'll do it.
Anything for you, Rie.
- Ah, thank you.
- Good luck.
- Thank you for stopping by.
I don't wanna make it greasy, so I'm going to
bring a sheet pan and put some paper towel.
I'm gonna squeeze lemon.
So this is done, and I'm gonna just cool it.
I'm going to chop some parsley.
I have a pot of oil to fry.
Heat the oil until 370.
I like a little bit green in there,
and it kinda has a nice fresh flavor.
Add some Spam.
And I'm adding mozzarella cheese on my everything.
Mix time.
I feel like this Spam's kinda nice pink color
gives a nice pop to it, and it's kinda pretty right now.
I'm going to form them into balls.
And I like ice cream scoop.
The size is even.
I feel like anything round is kinda cute.
(laughter)
Almost there.
Now I'm going to coat them with flour, egg and breadcrumbs.
So this hand is just egg.
And this hand is just flour.
'Cause when you touch egg wash, it's very, kinda dirty.
Make sure your rice balls is fully coated
with breadcrumbs.
My finger is double size.
- [James] Last one, Rie.
- Last one, final stretch.
Heat up marinara.
(sauce plops out)
(laughter)
This episode is all about sound.
Oil is 375, I'm going to start frying.
You can fry, I would say six at a time.
You just wanna fry until golden brown,
probably five minutes.
You just want it to make everything is warm and nice,
so cheese melts.
Crispy outside, that's what you're looking for.
So I got some basil leaf I found.
I'm going to fry it for our decoration.
So I'm gonna just try one for myself.
Nice, do you see this?
Look at that.
Plating time.
So arancini is very delicious with eating marinara,
so just put a drop of marinara and basil.
And we are done.
(light, bright music)
(crunch)
(sound of surprise)
Very fancy.
Don't burn your tongue.
(laughter)
You said you don't like Spam.
- I love this!
- Yes!
- Rie made Spam, it comes in a can,
I'm not a fan, but this is my jam.
Mix it with rice, fried up nice,
put on some basil, didn't think twice!
- [Man] Yo!
- She made it fancy, I did a dancey.
- Make it fancy.
- Make it fancy. (laughs)
I think you like it.
- It's good, it's very good.
- Thank you!
- You made it fancy.
- Yes!
Three, two, one.
- [Together] Make it fancy.
- Adamcini.
(laughter)
You can break it and observe it if you want to.
(crunch)
- It's good.
- Good?
Do you wanna do a dance?
- No.
- Make it fancy. (laughs)
Every... (laughs)
(crunch)
- I like it a lot.
- Yeah, great.
Did I make Spam fancy?
- You made it fancy.
- Yay!
Do you wanna dance?
- No. (laughs)
- Make it fancy.
- No! (laughs)
(laughter)
- Thank you for watching.
I hope you like it, and I hopefully
encourage you to make it at home,
and if you make it, please tag me on Instagram
and comment blow.
Make it fancy!
That's the best song, woo! (laughs)
(light, bright music)