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Yannis's Bread and Butter Pudding
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Flavors: hazelnut, chocolate and cherries. Ranked 7th. Yannis had never made one before.
Yannis: "I'm doing hazelnut, chocolate, and cherries as well. I like using those kind of flavors."
Yannis: "So I'm just slowly pouring my hot milk and cream into the egg mixture."
Yannis: "It's a lot of lovely stale bread."
Yannis: "These are quite renowned flavors. Cherry, chocolate and hazelnut. It's a great combination. I don't think it looks overwhelming."
Yannis: "I want the custard to set as much as possible."
Yannis: "I'm a bit gutted, because I thought the flavors really worked. It just means that my showstopper needs to be a great showstopper."
[Technical challenge set by Nigella, judged blind. Brief: enhance a classic bread and butter pudding with ingredients from the gingham pantry, without overwhelming it. Judges want a crisp golden top, smooth custard with a wobble, bread soaked rather than dry, and complementary additions.]
Paul: "Okay, so we've got cherries, chocolate and hazelnut."
Nigella: "Looking at it, I feel my tip about not overwhelming has not been heeded."
Paul: "I like the flavor of the chocolate and the cherries, but it overwhelms everything."
Nigella: "It's taking over. It's a chocolate pudding."
Nigella (7th place): "There just was so much going on, you lost the sense of it."
Nigella (judges' review): "Yannis, you do have to understand what is going to happen before you start adding things."
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