The Chew Down, Monday October 24, 2011 (Episode Recap)

Summary

Show Theme: Kick off to HalloWeek. Today is the Monster Mash.


Dishes Featured: 

• Michael's Cast Iron Pork Pie
• Saltimbocca alla New Yorkese with New York State Apple Sauce

Tips, Tricks & Treats: 

• Daphne loves canned tomatoes.

Funny/Special Moments:

• Clinton needs a segway.
• Mario is scared of pools.
• Geoffrey Zakarian has a cream for everything!
• How did all these Cranky Mermaids and Blood-Sucking Cotton Swabs get in here?

Full

Today's episode was full of mashing things up in unique and delicious ways. This Monster Mash episode ushered in fall tricks and treats. 

First Dish Feature

Michael's Cast Iron Pork Pie

Ingredients: Ground pork, Bacon, Kale, Celery, Onion, Garlic, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Parsley, Aged Cheddar, Mashed Potatoes.

Quick Recipe: Crisp the bacon and cut into thin slices. Saute onions, garlic, and celery. Add pork to skillet. Add in spices. Add in bacon, kale and parsley. In a separate pot, cook potatoes, mash them and add butter. Add potatoes and then cheddar cheese to top of your pork dish. Bake at 450. $3.20 per serving.

For full recipe and ingredient measurements, see The Chew website page.

Michael's Cast Iron Pork Pie

Food Match Ups & Movie Madness

Clinton gives stats on Halloween, consumers will spend $72.81 on average.

Daphne served the panel a banana and milk smoothie as she explained the power of food combinations.

Power Food Mashups:

Calcium (glass of milk) + Inulin (banana) = Strong, Healthy Bones

Vitamin E (peanuts) + Vitamin C (broccoli) = Sharp Vision

Zinc (wheat bread) + Sulfur Compounds (garlic) = Strong Immune System

Clinton went to the next subject with “I cant think of a segway to save my life but do you guys like scary movies?” LOL, Clinton could so do stand-up! After seeing the movie “The Thing” this weekend he admitted he was doing a little yelling at the screen “Girl don't go in there!”

After The Chew View: We give that two snaps in a circle!

AFI's (American Film Institute) Top Ten thriller Movies.

10.Raiders of the Lost Ark

9. Rosemary's Baby

8. The French Connection

7. The Birds

6. Alien

5. The Silence of the Lambs

4. North by Northwest

3. The Exorcist

2. Jaws

1. Psycho

Mario's most memorable is The Silence of the Lambs because of the possibility that someone like that could be near him and Jaws because for years even when swimming in a pool, when something bumped into you would send you into screams.

Iron Chef Mash Ups

A couple of chefs stopped by from the upcoming show “The Next Iron Chef”, (the show premieres this Sunday.) This show features 10 superchefs all competing for the top Iron Chef title. Alex Guarnaschelli and Geoffrey Zakarian join the panel for a Mash Up. These chefs are also two of the judges on the Bravo show “Chopped”.

The chefs mash up ingredients: Popcorn, Pumpkin and Pork Chops.

Click here for these two recipes. Pork Chops with Pumpkin

Alex shares that on The Next Iron Chef that she and the other chefs make fun of Geoffrey often as he has a cream for everything. For his the outdoors, for his fingers, for his face and so on. Michael tells a story about how Geoffrey took his wife Lizzie away to go lotion shopping. 

After The Chew View: Hey the guy just likes to be moisturized.  

Special Tip of the Day

Daphne shows us that canned tomatoes are more healthy than raw tomatoes. They have 2 to 8 times more the amount of Lycopene and when combined with olive oil they help to reduce a number of cancers.

Clinton's Costume Match Up

Clinton came up with the cutest new costume idea for Halloween. Take two bowls, in one add a bunch of adjectives, in the next add a bunch of nouns. Have your friends pick one out of each bowl. You'll come up with funny combos like a Cranky Mermaid, or a Tired Nurse. When Clinton was in college he went as a Blood-sucking Cotton Swab. Guests were chosen from the audience and arrived as an Elderly Zombie, a Bedazzled Trucker and a Pregnant Vampire. 

After The Chew View: This looks like too much freggin fun!

Clinton Costume Tips: 

How to make zombie make-up- mix corn syrup, red food coloring and coco, (makes blood.)

Bedazzling- You can buy sequins for under $1.

Cooking with the Stars

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stopped by to welcome in the first annual Food Day. This day is committed to getting people to eat a little better. He helps Mario make Saltimbocca alla New Yorkese with New York State Apple Sauce.

2nd Dish Feature

Mario's Saltimbocca alla New Yorkese with New York State Apple Sauce.

Ingredients: Pork Cutlets, Fresh Sage Leaves, Prosciutto di Parma, Flour, Unsalted Butter, Dry White Wine, Lemon Wedges.

Quick Recipe: Mat a strip of pork, prosciutto and sage with a meat tenderizer. Place sage and prosciutto on cutlet and fold to form a sandwich. Mat with a meat tenderizer again. Add to pan and cook for 2 minutes on each side. Pour wine into pan and bring to a boil. Transfer cutlets to platter over applesauce, top with sauce and serve with lemon wedges.

Applesauce Ingredients: Cortland or Empire Apples, Sugar, Grappa, Cinnamon, Lemon Juice and Zest, Chives.

Applesauce Quick Recipe: Put apples into skillet, zest in lemon. Add cinnamon, sugar and Grappa. Squeeze ½ lemon juice into the dish and allow the lemon to sit in the dish allow to boil.

About $5 per serving.

Refer to website for full recipe. 

Mario's Saltimbocca alla New Yorkese with New York State Apple Sauce.

New York has 25,000 restaurants! Mayor Bloomberg

After The Chew 
Tiffany Lane-Crane (TLC)