Chopped Challenge!!

Chefs: Jen, Karen, Marian and Tetsi
Judges: Bogdan, Mike and Sean (with Gabriel and Collin eating leftovers...)

Setting up for the night involved cleaning and moving some things around.  Here is what that looked like.

The appetizer round was organized by Sean and he chose for ingredients: marinated artichoke hearts, canned pumpkin, brie cheese and patty pan squash.  Here are some cooking pictures and following them are the creations that were made.

 

Tetsi gave us crostini two ways.  The first was a tomato and artichoke heart with melted brie and the second was a pumpkin puree over patty pan squash.

Jen made a biscuit with the brie cheese and topped it with a spread of pumpkin, artichoke hearts and shredded patty pan squash.

  

Karen's Chopped Salad, with roasted patty pan squash, pumpkin/artichoke vinaigrette and brie cheesy bread on the side.

Marian's appetizer showcased a side salad with pumpkin/brie dressing, chips and salsa with artichoke hearts and fried patty pan squash with sour cream and thyme.

Unfortunately, Marian was chopped after the appetizer round.  But, then she helped babysit Aggie, which was fun :)

The entree round ingredients were chosen by Mike and they included: mahi-mahi fish, shiitake mushrooms, turnip (a very large one) and coconut milk.  Here are the creations!

Karen made pecan and panko encrusted mahi-mahi with roasted carrots and shiitake mushrooms and turnip mash (with coconut milk and garlic).

Tetsi made a mahi-mahi stack with grilled turnip on the bottom and coconut marinated mahi-mahi and a coconut and mushroom sauce.

Jen created a Thai inspired dish with vegetables (including the turnip) in a Thai coconut-curry sauce, with rice and mahi-mahi bites on the top.

Karen was chopped this round which left Jen and Tetsi battling it for the dessert round.

Bogdan chose the ingredients for the dessert round which were: dates, kettle corn flavored popcorn chips, asiago cheese, and pomegranate juice.

 Looking at the ingredients for the final round...what are we gonna make!!

 Jen made a cream sauce (with dates) with a berry sauce (using the pomegranate juice) she sprinkled with with a cheese and popcorn chip crumble.

Tetsi made cookies with the dates and popcorn chips and topped it with a pomegranate sauce and cheese. 

And the winner is....

Jen!!  Congratulations and thanks to all for a fun night!!