Violet's Friend talks a good talk- she was eager to challenge the winner of BATTLE: CINDY to her own tinfoil chef. Since Rick beat me, I (with Cindy's help) got to choose the secret ingredient. At 11 o'clock AM, Rick and Violet's Friend got a text from me with one word: BERRY. They had 8 hours to shop and make 3 courses.
Rick's signature to a meal is to start things off with a cocktail- for this challenge, he chose a gin blossom martini (passion fruit liquor added to classic gin, distilled from roots, berries, and licorice).
His first course was a wheatberry salad with currant (double berry!), while Violet's friend made a delicious prosciutto & mozzarella bruschetta, topped with a dried cranberry (that I somehow forgot to 'document')!
Next, was Violet's Friends crispy duck breast served with a raspberry glaze on a bed of wilted kale (that was SO good)!
For his main course, Rick made a loin top steak in juniper berry cream sauce and hash browns.
Violet's friend then surprised us with her own cocktail: Raspberry Stoli with a Rose floater (shown here with Jack).
And here's a close-up of that dessert: Violet's Friend made chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting and a raspberry compote.
Rick, however, brought down the house with his blueberry and orange layer cake with cream cheese frosting.
Final Verdict: Rick- 150 points, Violet's Friend- 145! Rick won... AGAIN! And then HE RETIRED FROM TINFOIL CHEF!!! Here's Violet's Friend re-enacting Giada's face when Rachel Ray beat her in Iron Chef:
Then I decided to start playing with my camera and took these artistic shots:
Who's up next?
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