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Butternut Squash Spätzle
Lana: "I've definitely done a lot of foods of the diaspora while I've been here, but I'm like a quarter German. I've decided to do squash spaetzel as a shout out to my German heritage. This is a dish that I've made for my grandmother on my father's side. She's from Germany. It's very fall, the flavors, so it just feels right."
Presenting to Judges
"I did a butternut squash spaetzle (spätzle). Sauteed squash and apples compressed with sauerkraut juice. My father's side is from Germany. This is kind of an ode to that. Even with the sauce, I, like, cooked it down with a little bit of beer. Supposed to be giving, like, very Oktoberfest fall vibes."
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Judges
"Lana's dish, definitely reflective of fall. To me, it could have been a smaller dish."
"It is heavy and it is monotonous, but it tastes really good. The kielbasa is infused somehow in the squash.
Speaker 2: 00:54
Cream flavor wise, it's fine. It's seasoned well. There's a lot of little things happening here, but I think it's very telling that this is a special dish, and no one's mentioned spaetzel once. There's more garnish than spaetzle in here.
Speaker 4: 01:02
Because everything was diced up really small. It all just kind of ate the same, so there was no relief whatsoever.
