Welcome to Sorted ultimate battles
three life long mates go head to head to head
to cook up the ultimate dish around a theme
their friend and chef Ben will judge them on taste
but ultimately you decide who is victorious
let's do this
now I'm no vegan but some of my favourite recipes
are vegan inspired and this is one of my favourites
it's roasted tomato, squashetti
it's a squash, with one big tomato, and a couple of little tomatoes
yeah pretty much and it starts with an amazing
tomato sauce
quinoa seems a little bit predictable for a vegan recipe
but I wanted to create something
that I could replicate at home
so I'm making quinoa risotto
oh God
that sounds like the kind of thing Ben would serve on a first date
so I gotta start by chopping up an onion
and frying it in a pan
now whilst these two are having to change what it is that they are cooking to try and fit into a vegan theme
I'm gonna make something that everybody loves
it's an icecream cake and it starts by making our ice cream out of bananas
Barry: um sorry an ice cream cake. Mike: that is the most hypocritical sentence
Mike: so oh creating something that fits into the vegan theme
you've just created something that does entirely that
Stop it!
good job at not playing Mario cart
right I've got my tomatoes and my garlic salt and pepper
all in a pan and that's going in the oven for half and hour
also can I say your, ah, your short choice's are bold today
gone for the, eh, steve irwin and the miami vice
it's quite warm in here so
it took you a whole train journey to think up that joke
all black, slimming is it
we can talk
so with my porcini mushrooms I'm gonna make a porcini tea
so I'm gonna steep my porchnis
in the water so I'm gonna let it soak and kind of infuse for the next 10 minutes
and that is a game changer
for this recipe, adds a lovely umami flavour to the recipe
oh! we've only been doing this 5 minutes and you've already frozen your bananas
I know
I'm now going to attempt to make my Squashetti
I'm a little bit scared
it's a big squash
who made this set? what is that plug just doing there
we're balancing the table on tins of chopped tomatoes
oh yeah vegan chocolate biscuit crumb
it's going to go into a bowl along with some melted coconut oil
stir it all up and that will become our buttery coconut oily biscuit base
has anyone here actually been to a vegan restaurant
yeah, yep I had a recipe like this actually
so you've in fact stolen this
no I haven't
I mean you couldn't have gone for something
unbelievably orginal like risotto
these banana skins are dangerous
who put those there?
urgh
I'm positive that I must have missed a step
but I haven't I just need to spend 15 minutes on these onions
oh
well that's good
for a second it was... it's working
oh no keep it going
I'm gonna blend up some frozen bananas
with some cocoa powder and some vanilla extract
and that is going to create our ice cream
let's get, oh, really hard bananas when they're frozen
oink
oh
flick it it's nice
kitchen roll holder
kitchen roll... that's a kitchen roll holder
holey balls I might actually be able to move on
step two
step two
add your quinoa into the pan
along with my asparagi
and then I'm gonna toss it about and coat it in all that lovely oil
so you fry off the quinoa first?
yeah um because that toasts it slightly and it gives a nice little caramelised flavour
so when I add my liquid it will have two levels of flavour
not just your quinoa flavour but your crunchy texture
and also a little bit of burnt
wow I like how you started off completely like you were making it up as you were going along
by the end of it you'd convinced yourself that you knew what you were talking about
it turned into something good didn't it
that's like how sorted started
don't know how, do you want me to do that for you while you make the pesto
I've got time
would you mind
no that's fine
if you sabotage me from behind I'll be really annoyed at you
I won't
I think one more stir might just get those bits at the top
boom town
what's next
cos barry's very kindly stirring my risotto
to stop it burning and crisping up too much
um I need to make a pesto so as soon as that's done I can stir it in and it won't go mushy
so here's how you make the pesto
avocado, parsley, basil, spinach, pine nuts, garlic
into a blender, blend it up lovely there you go, pesto
hey pesto
hey pesto
need to get my base out of the freezer
and now we can start actually constructing it
so it's not all construction you have to make the things before you construct it
it's "cooking"
boys, you might as well just go home this is going to be phenomenal
oi, don't leave my risotto unattended
no, it's fine it's gonna be fine
well why, do you need help?
can you not do that by yourself?
it seems you've got barry doing half of it
and you're just screwing up the other half
I think we can all agree that that was sabotage
pips, pine nuts, they all look the same
now it's time to make my sauce properly
take half of my tomato mixture, bunging it in a blender with some basil, or basil,
some sugar some salt
think about it
oh! and my mushrooms
that have already been soaked with the water as well
sorted
so I'm nearly there, I've got my Squashetti cooking
I've just poured some boiling hot water over those
letting that cook for about 10 minutes
and I've got to drain that and, just, put it all together
now I think this is done
the way you can tell, take one strand and throw it against the fridge if it sticks,
no that's SPAGhetti isn't it
chocolate, frozen ice cream cake,
what's going to happen now
I'm gonna drizzle some chocolate over the top
okay, oh so you did cook something
no but having said that mate, think about what you could do with the decoration here
yeah, can't, can't wait to see
ah nice, yeah
he know he's lost, I know
ok, final step now I'm just going to stir some of my pesto through this to give it a lovely
garlicy, fresh taste
there're so many pips in this
[dramatic music]
mushy tomato Squashetti, what do you think?
quite a lot of texture
good for the bowels that
roasted flavour
awesome, well seasoned
under-cooked is what you mean
crunchy, still nutritious, it's really good
this just looks awesome, summery, freshness
wondered what he was gonna say then
it's got a good consistency for a risotto
really, really fresh
yeah
tangy from the lemon, but it's got the creaminess from the avocado
this is the ice cream cake of your dreams
here see what I like is that you've got three layers
three different textures
awesome on banana and chocolate, winner
what, what what what
Ben: it would be
Jamie: no, no, no you heard that, winner
it doesn't matter what I think,
cos you guys get the final vote, exactly
so make sure you comment down below on which one
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can we just bleep that out?
