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"Chefs, please open your baskets. And for the appetizer round we have.....Mahi Mahi, Candy Cane Beets, Verjus, and Olive Loaf. 20 minutes on the clock, starting.....NOW!"
So raise your hand if you know what at least two of those ingredients are, cause I didn't. Really, you knew
verjus is a very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples or other sour fruit?!? Or that
Olive Loaf is a meatloaf (usually bologna) stuffed with green olives, sweet peppers, basil and garlic?!? Whatever, overachievers. You can put your hands down cause now comes the tough part...try making those four ingredients into a fancy appetizer in just 20 minutes and having it judged by three world-reknowned chefs as part one of a three-stage competition where the winner takes home a cool $10,000 grand prize.