10×5: Greek Week
signature challenge: 12 loukoumades with a sauce (2 hours)
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Anita – double fried apple crumble loukoumades with apple caramel sauce
Branden – golden tea loukoumades with condensed milk drizzle, coconut flakes, Thai milk tea syrup
Glenn – galaktoboureko and baklava inspired loukoumades with semolina custard filling, baklava nut sprinkle, caramel shards, orange blossom
Lucy – balls of fire loukoumades with whipped feta filling, honey chili glaze
Matt – 1960s American diner banana split loukoumades with salted caramel, chocolate sauce, piped marshmallow fluff
Negin – potato dough loukoumades with pomegranate rosewater syrup
Nick – lamington loukoumades with coconut cream filling, chocolate drizzle, desiccated coconut, strawberry syrup
Pamela – limoncello loukoumades with limoncello pastry cream filling, lemon drizzle, toasted pistachios
technical challenge: 2 tsoureki loaves with ouzo marzipan eggs and orange blossom syrup (2 hours)
ranking: [Spoiler (click to open)]
8 – Pamela
7 – Glenn
6 – Lucy
5 – Negin
4 – Matt
3 – Nick
2 – Branden
1 – Anita
showstopper challenge: mythology themed phyllo (4 hours)
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Anita – Apollo’s lyre wit minced lamb, saffron glaze
Branden – Apollo’s sun with yuzu curd
Glenn – pegasus with beet root & balsamic strawberry filling, koulouria horse head
Lucy – Icarus with burnt honey & orange wings, almond frangipane, tuile sun
Matt – golden ram with fried lamb, sugar cookies
Negin – Atlas with roasted almond filling, orange & cinnamon syrup, portokalopita world
Nick – Demeter’s harvest with lemon ricotta, chocolate chips
Pamela – Cyclops with spiced pumpkin, feta, ricotta, shortbread eye
star baker: [Spoiler (click to open)]Anita
eliminated: [Spoiler (click to open)]Nick
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