America's Culinary Cup
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Bucatini w/ Pipián Verde
Country: Mexico.
Round: Noodle.
Katie: "All of the flavors are inspired by Mexico. The sauce is a pipián verde."
Katie (context): "I'm making a Mexican noodle dish. When it comes to the pasta dish, I don't want to waste time making a dough. I'm going to use dried bucatini pasta and just laser focus on the pipián verde as the sauce. Charred peppers and tomatillos and pepitas, and I'm going to char some corn. It's definitely a nod towards street corn, but I'm honestly creating this dish in my head on the fly."
"This is not a noodle I expected. It's just a little tight. And the sauce, I would like the sauce to be saucier."
Padma: "Did you make the pasta?" Katie: "No, I did not make the pasta."
Roy: "I would have loved to see this pasta as, like, an elote pasta — street corn with the corn and the creaminess and maybe even like an aioli or a mayo in there."
Final score for the noodle round combined with prior rounds put Katie 5 points behind Buddha — Katie was eliminated.
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