Team Comerford and Flay: Super Chef Battle Winners!

Once again, our very own Cristeta Comerford, White House Executive Chef is back in the limelight.   Together with grill master Iron Chef Bobby Flay, they teamed up for the show, Iron Chef America:  Super Chefs Battle.  The other team is composed of Super Chef Emeril Lagasse and italian dish connosieur Iron Chef Mario Batali.   This season opener showcased the vegetables at the White House garden as the source to create 5-course dishes.

Team Comerford/Flay prepared the following courses:

1. Fennel and apple salad with oysters
2. Fresh garden salad with fried lobster and squid in carrot juice, sweet and sour eggplant with pine nuts and currants
3. Broccoli clam "chowder" with a hint of ginger
4. All american BBQ pork, slaw, collard green tamale, cauliflower gratin and watermelon radish pickles
5. Sweet potato tart with honey topped with pecan brittle and ginger ice cream

On the other side, Team Lagasse and Batali presented the following courses:

1. Caramelized scallops with raw and cooked fennel and white icicle radishes
2. Oyster and salad trio with three remoulades
3. Sweet potato, ricotta and goat cheese ravioli
4. Duet of american birds with quail and turkey.   The quail is marinated in honey and vegetables and the turkey is fried and then braised with a homemade Worcestershire sauce over heirloom beans.
5. Sweet carrot beignets with cafe Brulot, a creole chicory coffee with Grand Marnier and brandy and spiced with cinnamon and orange peel

The winning team gets to donate US$25,000 to the charity of their choice.

Watch what Team Comerford/Flay prepared by clicking this YouTube link:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWSI41yvwVY .

Watch what Team Lagasse/Batali prepared by clicking this YouTube link:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1BgBK2FZg&feature=related

And watch the verdict at this link:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmtngRAUJKg&NR=1.

Source info and image:
foodnetwork.com

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