Ingredients

Top Chef Masters, Season 2, Episode 5, Elimination Challenge

Ingredients

Egyptian Semolina Cake:

Semolina

3/4 cup Sugar

3/4 cup Butter

2 cups Semolina

1 1/2 cups Buttermilk

1 Tbsp Baking Powder

1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda

Lemon Syrup:

1 cup Sugar

1 cup Water

1/2 cup Lemon Juice

Chiboust Cream (Rick’s Pastry Cream):

1 Gallon Milk

2 Vanilla Beans

1 lb Sugar

3 cups Yolks

14 oz. Cornstarch

1 lb Sugar

1 lb Butter

2 Tbsp Vanilla Extract

Directions

Egyptian Semolina Cake:

Melt butter and mix all the ingredients together.

Put into a 10" cake pan that has been buttered and floured. Bake at 350-375 degrees until toothpick comes out clean (about 40 minutes).

Lemon Syrup:

Bring sugar, water and lemon juice to a boil.

Coat cake with syrup when it comes out of oven.

Chiboust Cream (Rick’s Pastry Cream):

In a large stainless pot, scald the milk, vanilla beans and 1 lb sugar (just under the boiling point), using a whip to beat up the vanilla as it heats up.

In a large stainless bowl, whip together the yolks, cornstarch and 1 lb sugar. Then, slowly whip in the hot milk mixture.

Return everything to the pot and over medium heat, whip the thickening mixture. When it just comes to a boil, add 1 lb butter and vanilla extract. Strain and cool off in a hotel pan on ice. Cover the surface with parchment paper.

© 2010 Chef Susan Feniger

Preparation

Top Chef Masters, Season 2, Episode 5, Elimination Challenge Ingredients Egyptian Semolina Cake:

* Semolina

* 3/4 cup Sugar

* 3/4 cup Butter

* 2 cups Semolina

* 1 1/2 cups Buttermilk

* 1 Tbsp Baking Powder

* 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda

Lemon Syrup:

* 1 cup Sugar

* 1 cup Water

* 1/2 cup Lemon Juice

Chiboust Cream (Rick’s Pastry Cream):

* 1 Gallon Milk

* 2 Vanilla Beans

* 1 lb Sugar

* 3 cups Yolks

* 14 oz. Cornstarch

* 1 lb Sugar

* 1 lb Butter

* 2 Tbsp Vanilla Extract

Directions

Egyptian Semolina Cake:

  1. Melt butter and mix all the ingredients together.

  2. Put into a 10" cake pan that has been buttered and floured. Bake at 350-375 degrees until toothpick comes out clean (about 40 minutes).

Lemon Syrup:

  1. Bring sugar, water and lemon juice to a boil.

  2. Coat cake with syrup when it comes out of oven.

Chiboust Cream (Rick’s Pastry Cream):

  1. In a large stainless pot, scald the milk, vanilla beans and 1 lb sugar (just under the boiling point), using a whip to beat up the vanilla as it heats up.

  2. In a large stainless bowl, whip together the yolks, cornstarch and 1 lb sugar. Then, slowly whip in the hot milk mixture.

  3. Return everything to the pot and over medium heat, whip the thickening mixture. When it just comes to a boil, add 1 lb butter and vanilla extract. Strain and cool off in a hotel pan on ice. Cover the surface with parchment paper.

© 2010 Chef Susan Feniger