Alton Brown Makes Lemon Meringue Pie | Worst Cooks in America | Food Network

[@ffic4life]

Lmao “In my years I’ve set quite a few of these on fire and when that happens they don’t taste very good.” I love how he’s like super teacher but then he says something like that to remind everyone that he didn’t wake up one day a pro, he had to work at it too.

[@tazmon122]

well.... considering his college education was in film production, and he started Good Eats as a film project because he didn't like the production of other cooking shows at the time, i would expect he worked his tail off to rise to the level of cuisine that his film production skills are. i think more that line outside it's humor is more about how even following the recipe dead on, food is an artform making the materials all organic...and organic things aren't perfect, and infinitely reproducible. you will screw it up. more than once. it's ok. doesn't matter if you're so hopeless in the kitchen that you can't fry an egg, or if you're a celebrity chef with countless hours put into perfecting your craft, you will screw it up. even a simple thing.

[@andyaitken4243]

He’s truly a chef that is interested in the science and the processes that food goes through as it made and cooked. He’s like Yoda if Yoda was a chef

[@1Axxonn1]

well he went from being a cinematographer to a chef because he hated how tv cooking shows were presented and mainly went to culinary school to learn the science behind cooking and bring a more " Average joe" approach to cooking so everybody and anybody could learn

[@danixeat5823]

and gordon were anakin who choose the darkside, and built hells kitchen empire

[@brandonbrown6922]

@@1Axxonn1 He's really not a 'chef' per se, since he lacks the training or the professional cooking experience to be one.

[@Yen-jw1ls]

So he is a chef but not a professional chef.

[@Sergote12]

Speak backwards though, he does not.

[@Inzanepiratical]

The utter shock on his face when no one's had a lemon meringue pie before is priceless.

[@marilynalvarez9951]

"So has anyone made meringue before...no no one" (under his breath) "of course not" LOL!

[@acbeaumo]

If they've never even eaten it, then obviously they haven't made it.

[@rdg515]

@@acbeaumo You think meringue is only made for lemon meringue pie?

[@brandonbrown6922]

@@rdg515 It's certainly the most common application of it in the states. Also, being Worst Cooks in America, assume lowest common denominator.

[@lauryntorrey2226]

"meringue is flammable, and I've set many of these on fire before." Me: *runs to my oven* 😳😱

[@codeoftheprogrammer7171]

"You've never consumed a piece of lemon meringue pie. In your life. I am really alarmed by this." :)

[@twdjt6245]

I’m a sucker for desserts and I never have either....

[@thegooseking818]

Same

[@WirableCrown1]

I haven't either

[@nateblake7422]

Gordon Ramsey is very last decade. I appreciate seeing handwritten recipes and notes.

[@AyAy008]

Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White are timeless.

[@SGTRandyB]

I love Alton Brown, but apples and oranges. Gordon is the best of the best at fine cuisine and training ladder climbing Chefs, Alton is the Everyman MacGyver of Chefs, better suited to teaching normal folks who just want good eats.

[@MissLilyputt]

Alton could definitely be potions master at Hogwarts. I’d take the class.

[@tokega]

Hogwarts is an imaginary place from a childrens book series. Grow up.

[@Iceykitsune]

@@tokega says the person with no imagination.

[@FeebFeeb]

@@tokega you must be fun at parties

[@zerotheliger]

@@tokega screw off jerk probably a right leaner.

[@MarekDohojda]

Who says he isn't already? you know teachers don't make very much, so some have second jobs.

[@contingen6y]

“crazy dad who’s given up on just about everything but still wishes the best for you in the long run” alton is by and large THE best alton

[@vancebocas7626]

Alton Brown is always a win. Still love him from the original Good Eats.

[@andrelinoge9415]

That show was amazing.

[@barbaratroha7398]

I miss your old shows, they showed me to cook and made me laugh. Lots of fun.

[@joshberstecher470]

Just so you know, Good Eats has been brought back :) Just last year, as a matter of fact! I highly recommend!

[@VERSACE.1X]

Barbara Troha he goes live like every week, you can watch it here on yt also

[@vicki102448]

I like to put a thin layer of seedless raspberry jam on top of the crust right under the lemon curd. Yummy!

[@highlightedreply8838]

ohhh boyyyy you got me..!!!

[@chello9005]

I miss watching you at midnight you taught me so much at a young age! I was always interested in everything you said and showed!

[@joeyjoe7930]

One of my favorites! My mouth is watering like crazy!

[@sbn49ajc98]

Love Alton Brown, he certainly has a different though honest approach. He doesn't apologize for having faith and I find that comforting in today's climate. All too often these chefs with cooking shows are hypocrits - a charlatan if you will. Alton lives in Marietta (my hometown), and is just plain cool 😎.

[@LadyBelladonnaStorm]

I would fight somebody for a lemon meringue tart made by Alton Brown.

[@timthompson8297]

I love lemon like crazy. Looks great.

[@Lorisa25]

I JUST started baking this year. Something new once a week. Started w Cheese Cake for New Years. And this is my second attempt at Lemon Meringue. The first one was alright. The second one turned out better. I like videos like this b/c they explain why and why not to do things.

[@ivylee42069]

Omg that torch was unattended for like 20 seconds the anxiety of just watching that 😵

[@MikehMike01]

grow up

[@Yen-jw1ls]

@@MikehMike01 who? Anyway, nothing wrong with being too cautious sometimes.

[@Passionforfoodrecipes]

Oh yeah, meringue really gets me all whipped up! 😜

[@Veronica-bc6pp]

We love you Alton! Stay classy! 🙂

[@jebledbetter2117]

Alton Brown teaching Nick Offerman to cook would be an interesting show.

[@WalkingLotus444]

Ah yes the Heisenberg of cooking 😌 😂😂😂😂 i grew up watching him as a kid but yeah his new look is giving me all the vibes

[@garrett6064]

Whenever I start researching new recipes I start with Alton Brown (I believe I own all of his cook books) and America's Test Kitchen (I own many of theirs) Good Eats was amazing television.

[@cathygiovanine5679]

Love Alton!!!! He's a hoot!!! But for real how could these people never had lemon meringue pie!!! Are they living under a rock.

[@missjojo184]

Cathy Giovanine I haven’t either, but I live in a country where it’s not common at all

[@cathygiovanine5679]

@@missjojo184 I guess I'm just a bit old school. Back in the day we'd make some in my home economics and cooking classes when I was in school.

[@Jidcruz1]

Nope sorry. We never had that kind of pie in my Country. The Only pies I know are These: Buko Pie- Coconut Flesh Pie usually topped with Cheese. Egg Pie- Pretty much a Custard Pie . Variations include a Flan Pie Version. Fruita De Crema Pie- Fruit Salad Pie usually served cold with a bit of Gelatin. Fast Food Pie- Spotted usually in Jollibee with their Peach Mango Pie, Choco Mallow Pie, and Tuna Pie. PS: These are the only Pies I know in my country but I believe there are more.

[@cathygiovanine5679]

Those all sound soooo good!!! Even the Buko pie. I can't eat coconut.

[@Jidcruz1]

@@cathygiovanine5679 Yup. My personal fave is the Flan Pie. Native to my home we have is Durian Pie, Very Sweet and Pungent after taste but the texture is similar to cream custard but Sweeter. We usually eat the Durian Pie with Black Coffee due to how strong its flavour just to wash off the Durian After taste.

[@ChadVader24]

I'm surprised that Alton didn't use ziplock bags for the pipping

[@kennethwright8081]

Of course Alton would have called them ziptop idk if I’ve ever heard him utter the name brand lol

[@MtnNerd]

@@kennethwright8081 He did it the other day on his live stream it was hilarious.

[@susandooley9630]

I was in absolute shock that no one had ever had lemon meringue pie before also!!! It seems like I had made meringue for my grandmother before, it would’ve been in the mid 60’s & with an egg beater!!!

[@dbf5803]

Very nice! Great visuals

[@1wadup]

@altonbrown, I don’t understand how so many people said you were mean on this show... I see some great teaching here!

[@once.upon.a.time.]

He would probably be an ideal teacher for a more intermediate student. Ann was much better for the real beginners.

[@markdowse3572]

What a great teacher Mr Brown is. 🙏 He should have his own cooking show one day! 😁 It's also great to see the METRIC SYSTEM being used by major US TV networks. Finally..... M 🦘😎

[@iamwhoiamd7056]

Lemon meringue pie is and always been my husbands favorite pie. I have never made one but I will try.

[@affliction6911]

😮 Oooh awesome recipe Mr Brown 😁👍👏

[@kathrynblackwell3918]

What size ring for circle of dough?

[@usualweirdo8654]

Is Alton on this show now? I'll have to watch it now! Love Alton in just about everything.

[@VERSACE.1X]

think he just came as a guest

[@KnowOne1701]

Wow! That's the long version of what I do.

[@fordjones9600]

What season is this from

[@hestergreen2031]

Picture perfect. So delicious.

[@garydolan7830]

No flames on his mixer

[@JustMe-gd3ix]

También tu puedes hacer la base de estos pays con una galleta de waffle y puedes poner un poco de ralladura de limón sobre el merengue. Buen Día Señor Alton.

[@daniellegroover4710]

Just.... YUM!!! 👍☺🙌🍋💛

[@MaxMan85]

You’d think considering not one of the other cooks had ever herd of/eaten a LMP before he’d show them a bit of an easier recipe 🤔 Maybe a crumb crust or just cut out the fancy piping and toast it in the oven instead of the blowtorch. They look delicious tho!

[@nadamikenono4911]

A.B. is Sooooooooo The Man👍

[@darknessblades]

Alton knows the show he is on. He even says people do not have to do things

[@anm2945]

Oooooo. My favorite ❤️😍.

[@ColonelCampbellAI2024]

I see Alton I press like 👍

[@joshuaspector8182]

I just love alton brown! :D Also, I really wanna make these

[@colleenwright9713]

looks yummy

[@sethheasley9538]

Cooked meringue is absolutely the way to go. French meringue is gross.

[@scaredofghosts6813]

I wish alton became a hands on teacher..id pay for that class

[@SloganMotion]

Alton won't read this but he's the best.

[@bingchillingbrr]

anyone know the song at 2:48? getting mad deja vu

[@Starboy-mp2ci]

He was serious too😂😂😂😂😂. Whose had lemon meringue pie. Not me.

[@P3N1SLUVR]

Ugh I love him

[@bobjeff632]

I love you Alton

[@katielone5057]

AND IM WHISKIN LIKE HECK

[@alexandram5845]

They censored the number on the label but that’s so obviously Whole Foods plastic wrap

[@vaIentinerose]

They.. haven't had a lemon meringue pie.. before.. ever?

[@KosmikGawdess]

Havent seen him since good eats. Is that still a show?

[@goondocb]

It’s crazy I use to love Lemon Meringue pie and now I absolutely hate it

[@iiwhereikeptmyrebelnedii2595]

Why does this comment section seem to hate Alton so much?

[@Ardee1]

I love u Alton Brown

[@Masterof1ne]

I feel like Alton is trying to imitate Gordon Ramsey. What happened to goofy Alton?

[@goldengears5355]

Goofy Alton is mostly staged. If you notice Alton is only really goofy if he has time to prepare his act. For a similar behavior to the one he is displaying here may I suggest the QnA's at the end of the Good Eats DVD's.

[@Masterof1ne]

@@goldengears5355 I do not agree when he presents on his own channel he is fun and entertaining. This fast cut editing is not like him in my opinion. TBH I do not like Gordon's fast edits either..

[@goldengears5355]

@@Masterof1ne I didn't refer to his channel I referred to a series of QnA videos he made as Good Eats extras for the discs he was selling. This fast cut editing was not his own and he was delivering this to a crowd of people he was seriously training for an actual competition. He was tasked with doing this on the spot and he had a different set of priorities when doing this. I also didn't ask nor care about Gordan Ramsey's fast edits an only really watch him for information value rather than entertainment value.

[@Masterof1ne]

@@goldengears5355 haha I feel like you are taking this too personally.. I like the fun Alton and think the fast edit serious Alton is not him.

[@ahjarule]

So Mr. Brown, was not in a good place while this was filming, The producers were intentionally trying to make him melt down. That said while Mr. Brown, is very brusque and business like in his normal demeanor, but he is not mean or even rude.

[@ultranitro437]

Try making Altons Orange Marmalade. It is way out of proportion and calls for about 4 times more sugar than you need.

[@tugsman5]

Lemon Meringue is for chumps, I made a lime meringue with a sugar type crust...best thing ever

[@deemueller6470]

Oh that does sound very good. I bet eating it chilled on a summer evening would be awesome! Did you just substitute key limes for lemon in mixture? My aunt lives in the keys, she would always make key lime pie during our stays. It was soooooo good.

[@tugsman5]

@@deemueller6470 yup, zest and juice of 2 limes

[@highlightedreply8838]

Hi Alton !!! you look sooooo serious now ...what happened ??? joviality has left the building ... anyways ...i so appreciate your homemade chili powder !! oh my goodnesss i had customers leaving with THREE cartons with every visit

[@josephhelms2362]

His deadpan expression scares me.

[@TheCanadianBubba]

I could eat them all and not even blink...

[@darkmagician1184]

tempering eggs is one of the hardest things ever

[@Belthazar1113]

Not if you like scrambled eggs. Then its easy.

[@krissykatportal]

Why do I feel like he’s scolding me?

[@pauljohn2860]

Hey Alton I guess you are trying to impress the Europeans with your use of metric measurements but some of us that you may consider good ole boys that inhabit the U.S.A still use the standard system. I love spending extra time converting each ingredient quantity but try to remember your target audience and what is most convenient for us country dwellers.

[@hillarywolf5889]

Born and raised in America, please use the standard system, obnoxious to go European!!! Good recipe, not interested in converting it.

[@thechristelle4]

I would add vanilla to the lemon curd and to the meringue to add flavours 🤗 great vidéos thank you

[@thomasisrael1636]

This makes sense, for people that like their desserts overly sweet. I tend to prefer the flavor of the lemons to be more pronounced myself.

[@thechristelle4]

Thomas Israel vanilla doesn’t add any sugar to the dessert so how can it make it overly sweet ? 🤔🤔

[@missjojo184]

thechristelle4 the vanilla adds a sweet taste to it...

[@thomasisrael1636]

@@thechristelle4 there is naturally-occurring sugar in vanilla. Have you never tasted pure vanilla or vanilla extract beforeM

[@Snorlax389]

hi

[@erikadowdy686]

YUM😔😍

[@Night-Jester]

Alton Brown Boot Camp : Soldier have you consumed a lemon meringue pie? No? I am quite alarmed by this drop and give me 50!! I've always wanted to separate a white from a yolk in my hands but I've never had a reason on account it doesnt make my microwave dinner or ramen so there is no need.

[@mfrenchcazenovia]

It's the only way to separate the yolks wrom the whites.

[@Night-Jester]

@@mfrenchcazenovia Well you can also use a plastic bottle to suck to yolk out of the white and I'm sure there are many ways that chefs use. My main point being a joke and the secondary point being that I would like to manipulate ingredients but I dont cook much.

[@Night-Jester]

My 3rd point being I think I am overly defensive sometimes and I am sorry....

[@gravreaper9748]

I wish we could see them eat the stuff he cook!

[@jetsetjoey]

WTH is it with bloody "Kosher" salt all the time?!?

[@gracefulfish]

Smile once in a while? What happened to that charming, devil-may-care young blade? I think he's been caged in by the unflattering whiskers.

[@acbeaumo]

I once ate someone's lemon "meringue" pie. It was Cool Whip. Disgusting.

[@jeffreyrafferty4888]

God bless President Trump!!

[@BlindLemonFishStix]

Yum. I hate measuring metric, and the need to do so on an AMERICAN television show ... well, I am really alarmed by this.

[@ShinyRedGrapple]

Where do you cook the eggs to pasteurize them? The 1 second of torching?

[@jocelynrojas1988]

When you put the meringue over the double boiler to dissolve the sugar.

[@ShinyRedGrapple]

@@jocelynrojas1988 Ok I see @5:30 he brings the meringue to 165 degrees. Thanks

[@sharroon7574]

That one woman is like a shadow.

[@peggymorris9670]

What with the Grams. Cups please

[@markwilson4724]

Grams make it so you get the same amount each time you make the recipe. Cups can vary wildly.

[@matthewfanning777]

Alton likes precision especially in baking he covers this in an episode of Good eats dont remember which episode but he had two separate cups of flour and one weighed like twice as much because it was more compact but it looked like the same amount so by using weight you can make sure to have the right amount needed. Besides kitchen scales are cheap usually less than 20 bucks

[@johnthor4999]

He sounds really annoyed that he's being a bad "cook".

[@TheBuildKing]

When he filled the tarts the filling was clearly yellow assuming it was lemon but they didn't show him adding lemon juice or zest.

[@AtariLunatic]

He added the lemon juice and the zest: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHbIo4Jrlp6qqdU

[@truepeacenik]

Look at 4:10 ish. With the butter and post tempering.

[@MerricMaker]

Shaker lemon is better.

[@mfrenchcazenovia]

Not an Italian merengue?

[@SkipperJane]

Michelle French I agree. This is a Swiss meringue. Italian would have you pouring the hot sugar syrup into the whipping whites.

[@wafelsen]

This seems like an extra fussy way of making them. I am sure it is delicious, but more of a faff than many recipes. Maybe that makes it extra foolproof? But seems more to mess up.

[@jeffclark5268]

Disturbing licking of finger to open pastry bag, then using same hand inside of pastry bag, then filling with and serving room temperature egg sauce. Who are you and what have you done with Alton?

[@StrawberryNinjaNibbles]

I was so sad to learn that he’s a jerk BTS on his show :(

[@GreyWind1988]

This was hard to watch on tv. Alton looked like his heart was breaking watching his team try this

[@vi683a]

He feels now like a Dictator. Disappointing, because he was a teacher before he became a Stalin!

[@vi683a]

You developed an edginess over time. Just not the same you as when you were younger!

[@karthany6722]

he discovered bdsm and became a dom.

[@vi683a]

@@karthany6722 I feel like he became a Gordon Ramsey clone, and i feel its a shame!

[@tomeggers5499]

Please dump the metric measures, most Americans (like my wife) does not understand it,. She has 10 fingers but cannot grasp the Metric system.

[@JustMe-gd3ix]

😍😃😀💓😋👏👏👏🍰🍰🍰

[@RealHogweed]

There's still people putting salt in merengues? Stop it!

[@bondy034]

Mate, you need to practice your piping! Disgraceful 🤣😱😭

[@paultaylor3517]

notes cook pie do bake not so good at cook ok navy

[@tinahillsdon2776]

he is trying so hard to look like a bad arse

[@ROGER2095]

Seems like a lot of work - I'll just go to the bakery.

[@dynamite9143]

Speak American - no grams!

[@rednexktexas184]

Ha these chefs are so egotistical. As a paramedic I’ll say, this is not life or death. It’s food for Gods sake.

[@jacquelynn2051]

Proper food preparation is actually life or death according the annual stats of death or sickness by food poisoning. But...I do get your point.

[@rednexktexas184]

Jacquelynn I get your point. But, you know what I mean in terms of them thinking the whole world revolves around them when in fact, it is just food.

[@defaultuser1447]

What a dingus. Views a clip from a cooking show and complains because the presenter is serious about cooking.