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5AM EDT
308 : Jenna
5:30AM EDT
309 : Stacey
6AM EDT
214 : Savoury Pies
Pies aren't just for fruit or cream fillings - savoury pies are widely known and appreciated, and making them falls into the responsibility of a baker's realm. This episode showcases the dough recipe that best suits savoury fillings, and adapts common pastry principles to achieve a flaky and tender savoury result. i. Leek & Gruyere Quiche - The simplicity of this leek & cheese quiche allows focus to remain on making the pastry that best suits savoury pies like this French classic. ii. Tourtiere - a slow cooked beef filling looks beautiful within the flaky pastry. iii. Chicken Pot Pie - Who can resist a saucy, tasty chicken pot pie? This pie is truly a classic but with the adaptation of a cheese topping made using the basic pie dough mastered in act 1. The advancement in this recipe lies in the cheddar cobbler topping that gets baked on top.
6:30AM EDT
215 : Sponge Cakes
A pastry chef MUST master making sponge cakes, since they are the foundation for so many classic desserts. Light and airy, sponge cakes embody that great balance of technique and creativity and this lesson shows how limitless the options are. i. Green Tea Genoise Sponge Cake “ This traditional sponge cake recipe will include all the essential tips to achieve a fluffy cake that bakes up level and light. Simply dusted with icing sugar and served with a mango and fresh coconut salad, it is a delight all on its own. ii. Traditional Black Forest Cake “ A chocolate version of sponge cake is the base for this classic torte, filled with cherries and layered with whipped cream and topped with chocolate shavings. iii. Dobos Torte “ the same sponge cake batter from Act 1 is used here for this traditional torte, but is painted onto parchment paper in circles, creating 9 wafer-thin layers that are assemble with a chocolate buttercream, truly demonstrating the versatility of sponge cake batter. Dobos torte
7AM EDT
216 : Bagels & Pretzels
Bagels and pretzels can be categorized under the same umbrella, since they share the common technique of being boiled before they are baked. This lesson really comes through as the basics are expanded on, growing into more elaborate styles. i. Quick Honey Bagel Bites - these are based on a recipe from my Grandmother - an easy dough that is boiled quickly, then baked - a good place to focus on the process that is common to all of the recipes in this episode. ii. Classic Bagels - great technique here: master the yeast dough, roll & shape, then boil and bake to show how this develops texture and shine -yum! iii. Soft Pretzel Twists - a softer dough has a definitive technique to roll and twist to achieve the familiar pretzel shape. Baking soda in the water gives pretzels that distinct dark colour and shine once they bake.
7:30AM EDT
103 : American Icons
8AM EDT
104 : Atomic Proportions
8:30AM EDT
105 : Rocker Chic
9AM EDT
0705 : The Maid In Splendour
The Maid in Splendour is a popular pub in the village of Midsomer Worthy. Its former publican Michael Bannerman, who is well-liked among the locals, has handed control of The Maid to his humourless son Stephen. When barman Jamie Cruickshank, and then Stephen Bannerman, are shot dead, Barnaby and Scott have to find out whether Jamie or Stephen was the intended target of the first murder.
11AM EDT
0706 : The Straw Woman
An old pagan festival is revived in Midsomer Parva, with the burning effigy of a straw woman as its centrepiece. To the horror of the onlookers, the local curate, Alex Deakin, is found trapped within the effigy and burns to death. As the police investigate, a series of further deaths from apparent spontaneous human combustion follow. Barnaby and Scott soon suspect that someone is using the illusion of witchcraft to hide their true motives.
1PM EDT
0707 : Ghosts Of Christmas Past
Nine years after Ferdy Villiers committed suicide at the family home of Draycott Hall, his family gather at the Hall to celebrate Christmas. When Ferdy's nephew, Howard, finds a message in a Christmas cracker predicting that two members of the family will be dead by Boxing Day, everyone dismisses it a prank until Aunt Lydia falls down the stairs and is fatally injured. Barnaby and Scott investigate, uncovering many secrets and lies connected to Ferdy's death, but are unable to prevent a further death.
3PM EDT
0801 : Things That Go Bump In The Night
In the village of Fletcher's Cross, undertaker Patrick Pennyman is found dead in his own chapel of rest by his wife. Barnaby and Scott start looking into a controversial spiritualist church in the village. Villager Elizabeth Key tells her friend Joyce of her suspicions that the murdered undertaker had been stealing from the dead and that the spiritualist church had been using very non-spiritual methods to acquire information revealed in their services. When both Elizabeth and a local labourer are also killed, Barnaby and Scott uncover more secrets in Fletcher's Cross in their quest to find the perpetrator.
5PM EDT
0802 : Dead In The Water
Nine years after Ferdy Villiers committed suicide at the family home of Draycott Hall, his family gather at the Hall to celebrate Christmas. When Ferdy's nephew, Howard, finds a message in a Christmas cracker predicting that two members of the family will be dead by Boxing Day, everyone dismisses it a prank until Aunt Lydia falls down the stairs and is fatally injured. Barnaby and Scott investigate, uncovering many secrets and lies connected to Ferdy's death, but are unable to prevent a further death.
7PM EDT
0803 : Orchis Fatalis
When a local handyman finds a female classics teacher and a member of a group of orchid enthusiasts poisoned in her own home, DCI Barnaby finds himself heading back to Midsomer Malham, the day after he and Joyce had helped out during the village's annual garden show. It is discovered that the victim had a secret lover and had helped to smuggle a rare orchid, the Yellow Roth, out of Borneo. With suspects and motives abounding, the police find themselves dealing with grudges, jealousies, and envy. Where the orchid goes, murders follow.
9PM EDT
0804 : Bantling Boy
After a successful day at the races for the racehorse, Bantling Boy, it is not long before one of the horse's owners is found murdered in the horses' stables. The victim, Bruce Hartley, had been in dispute with the other owners of Bantling Boy, having had a heated argument with them over an offer to buy the horse. Things get worse for the other owners when a series of further killings follow, before a darker motive is revealed and the detectives bring the culprit to justice.
11PM EDT
0805 : Second Sight
John Ransom gets thrown out of the village pub in Midsomer Mere for fighting with his brother-in-law, and a short while later he is found dead on the green. It is discovered that John had been used as a guinea pig for scientific experiments by his brother Max, who suspected he had the ability of 'Second Sight'. Barnaby and Scott soon discover that another family possesses the same talent. They have to delve deeper to unravel many secrets in the village to find the truth.
1AM EDT
2604 : Vicki's Kitchen Makeover
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1:30AM EDT
2605 : Building Your Team, Part 1
2AM EDT
2606 : Building, Part 2
2:30AM EDT
2608 : Decorative Accents, Part 4
3AM EDT
2609 : Two Acres, Part 5
3:30AM EDT
2610 : Holy Faux, Part 6
4AM EDT
2611 : Dream Spaces, Part 7