Top Chef ™
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Squash Agrodolce
Bailey: "I'm going to make a squash agrodolce and these really yummy bites of crispy polenta. I'm really just trying to celebrate the vegetables."
"Making my marinade for my agrodolce. Pomegranate molasses, maple syrup, Calabrian chilies. I want my agrodolce to be in your face. Flavor bomb. It could be polarizing."
Presenting to Judges
"I saw all these beautiful squash and I was really inspired by it. So in this agrodolce, I have the honeynut curry squash, kabocha squash and some acorn. And then calabrian chili, crispy polenta smoked labneh."
Judges
"I just got hit by a baseball bat. I was like, what is this? All this saltiness, acidity on these spices."
"The agrodolce is aggressive, but I like it because I think the squash is really rich, and then you got the fat off the fried Brussels sprouts, and you mix with the labneh. The labneh cools it all down. I actually like this dish."
"Bailey's dish is my favorite dish of the day. That acidity just hit, but it also hit with, like, spice. It just surprised me in every way, but it also satisfied me in every way as well."
" Listen, I hear you, but Bailey's dish feels like a condiment, not a dish."
"To me, it's very good. But I do agree that there's something missing a little bit, like somebody wearing a tuxedo and shorts."
