Cooking with Astrid and Hiccup

Episode 5: Banana Flambé and Turducken

Episode 5: Banana Flambé and Turducken

"Hello everybody and welcome to our show cooking with Astrid and Hiccup. I'm Hiccup and this is my co-host Astrid." Hiccup introduces as he and Astrid enter on stage.

"Hello everybody. Today is very special. It is the last episode for this month and we'll be having a special guest star with us today" Astrid told the audience.

"We will?" Hiccup asked in surprise.

"Oh yes we will. Our producer asked me to keep this a surprise." Astrid stated. "Now everybody please welcome our guest chef for today Dagur!!"

"Dagur!!" Hiccup yelled in surprise as said man in question emerged from backstage and waved at the audience.

"Astrid is this such a good idea?" Hiccup whispered.

"It was the producer's idea. You'll have to take it up with them." Astrid simply said as they all moved behind the counter.

"Hiccup so good to see you again." Dagur stated. "You still huffy that my Bourbon Pecan Chicken beat you in the presentation test."

"Oh Dagur it's so good to see you to. Why should I be annoyed. After all my Chicken Makhani beat you in the overall taste test." Hiccup said and returned the glare Dagur gave him.

There was also a growl which came from the audience. Toothless slowly advanced on Dagur.

"Toothless. You can eat Dagur later." Hiccup stated stopping Toothless in his tracks.

"Hey!!" Dagur exclaimed while Toothless gave a whine of annoyance.

"Boys stop comparing each other's chickens and let's get cooking." Astrid said with her arms crossed. "And Toothless back to your seat."

Toothless gave one last growl in Dagur's direction before returning.

Dagur and Hiccup stopped their glaring contest and Dagur addressed the audience. "Hello everybody. Today we'll be making two dishes. I will be presenting the first one which will be a Banana Flambé."

"The ingredients we'll be using are 4 teaspoons of brown sugar, 2 teaspoons butter, 2 whole peeled and sliced bananas, 2 tablespoons banana liqueur, 2 tablespoons brandy, 2 glasses filled halfway with vanilla ice cream, 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup, 4 tablespoons whipped cream, 2 whole strawberries, remove the stem and make a small hole for the cubed sugar, and 2 sugar cubes." Astrid laid out the ingredients as Dagur summed them up.

Hiccup however could be seen whispering something to Fishlegs whose eyebrows shot up. Fishlegs gave a nod and quickly gestured for a stagehand.

"Now in a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the sugar until it becomes liquid. Add the butter and the sliced banana. Cook for about 6 minutes. Then remove the pan from the heat and then add the banana liqueur." Dagur says and then smirked at Hiccup when nothing goes wrong with Astrid. Hiccup merely rolls his eyes and then turns to the stagehand tapping his shoulder. He is handed a small cylinder.

"We now continue to cook for about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat once again, then add the brandy. Once you put the pan back in the heat, it should flambé. Remove the pan from the heat and start spooning the flambéed banana into the ice cream glass. Add the chocolate syrup and the whipped cream. On top of the whipped cream, right in the center, place the cleaned strawberry, then place the sugar cube in the center of the strawberry. Pour a little bit of the brandy on top of the sugar." Dagur stated and stepped next to the dish with a match. He crouched a bit so that he was eye level with the ice cream glass and then said. "Now we carefully ignite it with a match."