The Chew Down, Tuesday October 25, 2011 (Episode Recap)

Summary

Show Theme: Halloween Tricks and Treats

Dishes Featured:

• Mario's Stuffed Cabbage Ligurian-Style
• Special Guest's Mozzarella in Corrozza

Tips, Tricks & Treats:

• Clinton's Halloween Party Decorations
• Carla calls in Fall with a slow roast.

Funny/Special Moments:

• Carla scares mama silly.
• Clinton almost kills Nannie.
• Mario's cheerful brown bag. 

Full

Today's show continues in the Halloween spirit on day two of HalloWeek. The co-host open with their stories of Halloween tricks and treats, sharing tales of scary pasts and showing pictures of cutsie costumes.

Carla told a story about how she scared her mother while walking through a door. Clinton scared his grandmother half to death while hiding under a pile of coats. And Mario as a boy put a bag of dog feces on a neighbors front door and set it on fire. The problem here is that he forgot to knock on the door before running off and burned down the neighbor's front porch.

After The Chew View: And I thought my staying up past my bedtime was bad. Gees! LOL.

Daphne shared a cute childhood picture in a mermaid Halloween costume, Michael shared his Ho-bo Halloween costume as a boy.

First Dish Feature

Mario's Stuffed Cabbage Ligurian-Style

Ingredients: Green Cabbage, Red Onions, Garlic, Potatoes, Fresh Ricotta Cheese, Basil, Italian Parsley, Tomato Sauce, Pecorino Romano

Quick Recipe: Cube and cook potatoes. Blanch large cabbage leaves. Saute cabbage, onions and garlic, add herbs. When potato mixture is cool, add ricotta, basil, and parsley and fold together. Add mixture to blanched cabbage leaves. Roll the leaves over the mixture by folding each leaf around the filling like a burrito and secure with a toothpick. Pour tomato sauce into 9x13” baking dish. Arrange cabbage packets on top. Toss basil across the top and bake.

$1.45 Per Serving

For full recipe and ingredient measurements, see The Chew website page.
Mario's Stuffed Cabbage Ligurian-Style 

Mario shares his new book, “Simple Family Meals”. The book is broken up into chapters that are user friendly for the home cook. The focus is spending time in the kitchen and around the table with your family. A copy was given to each audience member. The panel seems to really be enjoying this dish.

After The Chew View: Hubby is walking through the living room with oohs and ahhhs and requests for me to make this dish. Gonna have to test it out.

The “Party Rocking” Halloween house is shown. This is a house with all it's Halloween lights synchronized to the beat of the music. As the music plays the co-host dance a little Halloween jig.

They mention Sunday's Jet game where Mario takes a picture with Jimmy Fallon. Michael was also present, showing a picture of him enjoying some good eats during the game.

Money Saving Tricks for Halloween Treats:

1. Shop the sales and use coupons.
2. Buy Lollipops instead of chocolates.
3. Buy candy you don't like.
4. Save your receipts. (If the bag is not open you can return it to the store for a full refund.)

Clinton's Halloween Party Decoration Tips

Making a Giant Brain- Take a little red food coloring and a very large cauliflower, place in a clear bowl. It resembles a large brain.

Bug Bouquet- Take a nice bouquet of flowers and add plastic spiders and cock roaches. Can place them on plastic fruits as well. Use as centerpieces.

Candy Graveyard: Make brownies, smash up chocolate cookies and place across the top so it resembles dirt. Place cookies with RIP printed across them to make them look like grave stones, (use a pastry bag for printing.) Add gummy worms and spiders across your chocolate dirt. Your centerpiece becomes dessert.

Green Jellos Grossies: Make jello about half way formed (after it's cooled and begins to gel), add in candy eyeballs, fingers and gummy worms and let them gel.

Feed America Update: The Chew is doing it's part to help feed America, go to Feeding America with The Chew  to contribute.

Special Trick of the Day:

Fall is here and Carla calls us to get the roasting pan out. Vegetables make a great roasting rack for meats. Carrots, potatoes, parsnips and leeks are all good choices for this method. Take your meat of choice and allow it to slow roast over the vegetables. It will roast in the dry heat and easily makes a nice side dish as well.

Second Dish Feature

Michael pairs up with actress Debi Mazar and chef Gabriele Corcos. Together they make Mozzarella in Corrozza, (Italian Grilled Cheese)

Ingredients: Eggs, Buffalo Mozzarella, Milk, Sliced White Bread, Flour, Salt, Pepper, Olive Oil.

Quick Recipe: Slice cheese. Slice white bread, cut into fun Halloween shapes with a cookie cutter. Whisk eggs and milk. Make sandwiches and dredge sandwiches in flour, dip in egg mixture. Fry on both sides in olive oil until golden and crisp.
For full recipe and ingredient measurements, see The Chew website page.
Mozzarella in Corrozza 

This sexy couple hosts the show “Extra Virgin” together which is a combination between Green Acres and I Love Lucy. Sketch comedy and cooking as Debi explains it. Clinton said he imagines this sexy couple cooking and doing it all day!

Debi Mazar treats the panel to a Halloween cocktail treat, the Corco's Aperol Spritzer. See The Chew website for recipe. Corco's Aperol Spritzer

Gabriele informs us that Today is World Pasta Day! Michael asks the naughty question, “What's better sex or chocolate?” The panel unanimously replies, “Sex!”

We see Clinton's mom Brenda back in the audience.

After The Chew View: I think Ms. Brenda needs her own segment! ;~)

The Chew hits the streets to ask New Yorkers about their favorite tricks and treats.

Masquerade Meals Challenge

Daphne and Mario test their taste buds. They have to chime in and identify the food they are given while being blind folded, the first to do so wins. This got a little messy as Michael feeds Daphne and got food all in her hair. Daphne still wins the game. The special prizes were Clinton Kelly's books, great styling books “Freakin Fabulous” and “Oh No She Didn't.”


After The Chew 
Tiffany Lane-Crane (TLC)