Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection - Season 2 Episode 5 : Baked Alaska

Season - Episode

2 Season 2 Oct 16, 2007

2 - 1

Chicken Tikka Masala Oct 16, 2007
2 - 2

Hamburger Oct 23, 2007
2 - 3

Peking Duck Oct 30, 2007
2 - 4

Fish Pie Nov 20, 2007
2 - 5

Baked Alaska Nov 27, 2007
2 - 6

Chilli con Carne Dec 04, 2007
2 - 7

Risotto Dec 11, 2007
2 - 8

Trifle Dec 18, 2007

1 Season 1 Nov 29, 2006

1 - 1

Bangers and Treacle Nov 29, 2006
1 - 2

Black Forest Gateau Dec 06, 2006
1 - 3

Steak Dec 13, 2006
1 - 4

Fish and Chips Dec 20, 2006
1 - 5

Pizza Jan 04, 2007
1 - 6

Roast Chicken Jan 11, 2007
1 - 7

Spaghetti Bolognese Jan 18, 2007

0 Season 0 Dec 19, 2007

0 - 1

Heston Blumenthal's Perfect Christmas Dec 19, 2007
0 - 2

In Search of Perfection - The Prelude Jan 01, 1970
0 - 3

Chicken Tikka Masala: Naan Bread Jan 01, 1970
0 - 4

Cheese Burger: Tomato Concentrate Ketchup Jan 01, 1970
0 - 5

Peking Duck: Confit Duck Stir Fry Jan 01, 1970
0 - 6

Fish Pie: Haddock and Langoustine Stocks Jan 01, 1970
0 - 7

Baked Alaska: Raspberry Sorbet Jan 01, 1970
0 - 8

Chili Con Carne: Finishing Butter and Sour Cream Sorbet Jan 01, 1970
0 - 9

Risotto: Basmati Veloute Jan 01, 1970
0 - 10

Trifle: Caraway Biscuits Jan 01, 1970

Overview

Heston took on a 1970s dessert trolley classic, baked Alaska. His research started at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City, said to be where this dessert was invented. Next his obsession with combining hot and cold in the same dish led him to the work of food scientist Nicolas Kurti, who inspired Peter Barham at Bristol University. Heston and Peter tried to create a hot jam centre - a kind of reversed baked Alaska - to interesting effect. The next challenge was the meringue. The key to perfecting this was finding the type of egg that will give the ultimate insulation for the ice cream inside, so it was back to the lab for some more experiments

Year 2007

Studio BBC Two

Director

Crew

Popularity 0.5347

Language English