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3 Recipes with Liza Minnelli - This Paula Deen Liza Minelli pairing is pure class! Together they're making a German Chocolate Cake from scratch, a rib-eye steak recipe and a lobster appetizer recipe. Paula’s Best Dishes, Season 11, Episode 3.
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00:00 Intro
2:48 German Chocolate Cake Recipe with Coconut-Custard Filling: https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/german-chocolate-cake-with-coconut-custard-filling/
8:51 Creamy Lobster Rounds Recipe: https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/creamy-lobster-rounds/
13:27 Ribeye Steak with Mushroom Sauce Recipe: https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/rib-eye-steak-with-mushroom-sauce/
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0:00
(upbeat music)
0:02
- Oh my gosh.
0:03
I'm so excited.
0:04
I can't hardly stand it.
0:06
Liza Minnelli
0:07
Oh God, I love that picture.
0:10
I mean the fact that
0:11
she wanted to come do the show,
0:13
she DVRs it.
0:14
- You know, I record it.
0:16
Then I come home watch it.
0:17
- I'd be so nervous if I knew she's watching me.
0:21
(laughing)
0:22
- I find it very relaxing.
0:23
- She adores German chocolate cakes.
0:27
I thought I would make her one
0:29
with a coconut custard filling.
0:30
I also thought I would make us a rib-eye steak
0:33
with a mushroom sauce and creamy lobster rounds.
0:37
I'm I looking pretty?
0:39
(laughs)
0:41
(bright upbeat music)
0:52
Why is the dressing room so quiet.
0:55
(door opening)
0:56
- Hey. - Ahhh!
1:00
- How are you darling?
1:02
Where are you?
1:04
- Ah my baby girl.
1:05
- You're so precious.
1:07
- So are you.
1:08
- Oh. - Oh my God,
1:10
Oh I'm so glad to be here.
1:12
I can't believe you're here.
1:13
- I watch you every day.
1:15
There's something wonderful
1:16
about seeing somebody that's happy
1:18
and contented and tried to make other people happy.
1:20
It's just good influence
1:22
besides being a great cook and a great teacher.
1:25
I like that.
1:27
- Liza Minnelli! Donna!
1:29
You know it was going to take me
1:31
a few minutes to settle down
1:33
and concentrate because I was so excited.
1:37
- I have so many of your recipes
1:39
that I've just written down watching TV.
1:41
I think I'm a better cook now that I've watched Paula,
1:44
I really do.
1:45
- I made you a cake.
1:48
- Did you?
1:48
What kind? - German Chocolate.
1:51
- My nurse my favorite.
1:52
(laughs)
1:53
It's my favorite.
1:54
- I know, I heard.
1:55
Look out here, look out here.
1:57
Oh God. I adore it.
1:59
- Oh thank good.
2:00
- You look just like you.
2:03
(laughs)
2:04
- Thanks Paula.
2:05
- You know, when she first got here this morning
2:07
and we went into the kitchen.
2:11
(laughing)
2:12
- This is the art honey.
2:14
- I mean I was excited beyond belief.
2:16
She was in my kitchen with me.
2:20
Do you like it?
2:21
- Oh sweet heart.
2:21
Well, that kitchen I've watched it so much on television.
2:24
I couldn't believe I was standing it up.
2:26
- Liza, I tell you what honey.
2:28
I'm so excited that you're here.
2:31
- Yeah, me too.
2:32
- I almost can't even think about
2:33
my cake that I made for you.
2:35
Thank God.
2:36
I got the cake made before you got here.
2:38
- Oh! - I'm so excited.
2:40
You're just as precious as I knew you would be.
2:42
- Darling. - We're like sisters almost.
2:45
Oh my gosh.
2:47
So do you make...
2:48
Do you make a German chocolate cake?
2:50
- Yeah, I do,
2:51
- You do? - Hmm.
2:52
- Well, I've got a special surprise for you.
2:54
Now we're layering this one
2:55
with a creamy coconut custard filling.
2:59
Alright, now we are going to start making this filling.
3:02
- Okay. - I need a cup and a half
3:04
of white sugar and a cup and a half of milk.
3:08
- Okay. - And while you're doing that,
3:10
I'm going to separate some eggs.
3:13
You know, once in a while you meet people
3:15
that you have really admired from a distance
3:19
and then you meet them and you can be a little disappointed.
3:22
- Oh, - There's a fly in here.
3:24
And I can't stand a fly.
3:26
- But it's not in there at least.
3:28
- No, I ain't mean that.
3:29
(laughs)
3:31
- There was not one ounce of disappointment with Liza.
3:35
Look, I'm going to get it.
3:37
(clapping)
3:38
(laughs)
3:39
- You got it?
3:40
That's the ticket.
3:42
That's the stuff.
3:43
- Listen I can - How do you do that?
3:46
- Oh, I'm quick.
3:49
- Want this to boil up?
3:51
- Well yeah.
3:51
It's probably going to have to kind of boil a little bit.
3:54
- Okay darling.
3:56
- Alright. Why don't we go ahead and put our eggs in.
3:59
- Okay. - Now that
4:00
everything's mixed up,
4:01
if you don't mind I'm going to borrow you.
4:03
Whisk just a whisk...
4:06
So I've got a surprise for you.
4:08
- You do?
4:09
- Yes. Have you ever lived in the country?
4:12
- Yes. - I've never
4:13
lived in the country a day in my life.
4:14
- But no long time.
4:16
- Alright, so there you go.
4:18
Now you do your thing right there.
4:22
I started me a chicken coop.
4:24
- No, I've never done that.
4:26
(upbeat music)
4:27
(chickens clucking)
4:28
- I've always wanted a chicken coop.
4:32
Do I use my eggs sister?
4:35
I do use my eggs.
4:38
Oh my God, I adore my chickens.
4:40
- Have you named them?
4:41
- Well, I did, but now I get them mixed up.
4:43
So I don't know who is-
4:44
(laughs)
4:45
- In fact, I just wanted chickens to
4:47
like live out in the yard.
4:49
You know, and just let him take over.
4:51
And Michael said, absolutely not.
4:54
You are not going to turn a bunch of chickens loose
4:57
in our yard.
4:58
So I said, okay well how about a coop?
5:02
And finally he ran out of argument.
5:05
Then I won.
5:06
These chickens I go out,
5:09
and they left them in the rock them.
5:11
- Oh! - And scratch their ears.
5:14
- Oh nice.
5:15
- And I'll kind of sing a little and they go to sleep.
5:18
So I want to take you to my chicken coop.
5:20
- All right.
5:21
- And I bet you could sing them slap into a comma.
5:24
No males.
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We don't have any roosters,
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because roosters are mean.
5:30
You know how mean can be aggravating sometimes.
5:33
(chickens clucking)
5:35
- Now you know Liza, - What?
5:37
- That I am distracted if I forgot the butter,
5:42
I'm going to put in six tablespoons.
5:44
- Ooh. - Does that look like six?
5:46
Yeah. There's like eight tablespoons in.
5:48
- But there's some left.
5:50
- Okay. And you don't like that, do you?
5:52
- No (laughing)
5:56
- All right now, how many of these do we do?
5:57
- We need two cups of coconut.
6:01
There you go.
6:04
Yum, yum yum.
6:05
(upbeat music)
6:08
We need some nuts now. - Okay.
6:12
- I think a cup and a half.
6:14
(upbeat music)
6:19
All right Liza,
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I think this is cool enough, don't you?
6:23
Get your rich little finger in there
6:25
and get your a nut.
6:28
Love. Love.
6:29
- Oh mommy.
6:31
- Isn't it delicious.
6:34
- Was your mama a good cook?
6:38
- She was a short order cook.
6:40
- She was?
6:41
- Yeah. She could make anything really well,
6:44
my job was always clean up.
6:46
- Oh, was it? - Yeah
6:47
My mama was a wonderful cook.
6:49
- I know.
6:50
- But I didn't have long with her.
6:52
You know, we lost her very young.
6:55
- I was 22 when my mom died.
6:56
- I was 23.
6:58
I was amazed because we have so much in common.
7:02
- Oh, look at you,
7:03
you're a perfectionist.
7:05
You know, sometimes you're lucky enough to meet people
7:07
that you connect with and you feel like,
7:10
gosh, I've known this person all my life.
7:13
- Yeah - All right.
7:13
Now we're going to put this in the freezer,
7:15
and let it sit for like an hour.
7:18
If you would open that freezer drawer right there.
7:21
Right here baby the drawer.
7:23
- Oh this is it? - Yes.
7:24
Do you not have drawers ?
7:27
- Not like that.
7:28
- Man! That's convenient.
7:30
- And these are refrigerated drawers.
7:33
Oh, did you see what I'm cooking-?
7:35
(laughs)
7:38
- Coming up,
7:39
I make Liza my creamy lobster rounds,
7:42
- I'm so excited. Ready?
7:47
- And later I'm going to cook us a steak.
7:50
- Oh Paula!
7:51
- And I introduce Liza to my chicken.
7:55
- Hi girls, it's Liza.
7:57
(upbeat music)
7:58
(chickens clucking)
8:01
I so hope y'all are enjoying the show.
8:03
And if you do.
8:05
Be sure to click like, subscribe and
8:08
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8:12
And we'll be right back after the break.
8:17
(bright upbeat music)
8:21
(singing)
8:28
- Some people can open their mouth
8:30
and this gorgeous song comes down.
8:35
You know, why can't I sing?
8:37
I've known some trumps.
8:39
(laughs)
8:41
- You should trust us.
8:43
Trust us.
8:45
- Alright. I'm going to make you something
8:48
that I love Liza.
8:50
And they're creamy lobster rounds.
8:52
- Happiness. - All right.
8:56
So I'm giving you the stinky job.
8:58
- All right.
8:59
- You've got the onions.
9:00
Would you rather do the bell pepper?
9:02
- No. This is just fine.
9:04
- Alright, now we need a fourth of a cup
9:06
of minced red bell pepper
9:09
and a fourth of a cup of the minced green onions.
9:14
- Alright. - So not much.
9:15
This is going to be mainly lobster.
9:18
And I'm gonna smash your some garlic up.
9:22
Cause we ain't going to be kissing nobody so...
9:25
- You never know. (laughs)
9:27
Don't you find when you do recipes that you've learned.
9:30
Like when I went in every restaurant, I loved something,
9:34
I went back and said,
9:35
okay, how'd you make that? - Yeah.
9:38
Six tablespoons of butter I'm putting in here.
9:41
I'm kind of stuck on six or maybe eight.
9:45
- Just throw the whole thing in.
9:46
- That's what I mean honey.
9:48
There we go.
9:50
I've got us two lobster tails. - Hmm.
9:53
- And I'm already cut them down the back with the scissors.
9:57
Do you love lobsters?
9:59
- Yeah I do.
10:00
The first meal I ever tried to cook for my husband.
10:03
I bought the frozen lobster tails,
10:05
and I thought maybe it should have
10:07
like a sauce or something.
10:09
So I cooked a tan of cream mushroom soup.
10:12
Then I thought, well, maybe they should go in that.
10:14
So I threw them in that
10:16
and he took one bite and spit out.
10:22
This is god awful.
10:24
And it was like in the movies, I started to cry.
10:28
But from that second on being a Minnelli,
10:31
I thought I'm going to learn how to do this.
10:34
And once you get into it,
10:36
I think that it's very healing and it's private.
10:41
Everybody needs your presence.
10:43
- Doesn't that look delicious?
10:46
All right. Now I'm gonna add-
10:46
- So it's red pepper, scallions
10:49
- Right. Garlic.
10:51
- Garlic, and a little olive oil.
10:52
Is that what you-
10:53
- No, butter, the butter,
10:55
- Oh the butter of course.
10:56
- And we're going to add up
10:58
and I'm going to go ahead and add this
10:59
cause you know, lobster, sea foods.
11:01
(laughs)
11:03
- Cream cheese butter.
11:06
Oh, yum.
11:07
- Isn't it delicious?
11:08
I love cream cheese.
11:09
Ooh, smell that garlic.
11:12
How bout some salt and pepper?
11:14
Yeah. Just reach in there and...
11:17
- Is that less, a little more. - Yes yes look at that.
11:21
Alright. Get your spoon honey.
11:23
Come around here.
11:24
- Where's the s... - Right here.
11:25
And we would just... - Hmm.
11:29
- Oops please.
11:31
- No, I know just...
11:34
Oh, you got,
11:35
(laughing)
11:36
You not putting it on the round,
11:38
- No I'm doing it first here.
11:39
(laughs)
11:41
- Your luck. - Oh.
11:45
- Isn't this a wonderful appetizer?
11:47
And look how easy we did it.
11:50
Within like three minutes.
11:53
- Oh. - I think I'm-
11:54
- The trimmings?
11:55
- Yes. The vegetables.
11:57
- Yes how pretty.
11:59
- Isn't that pretty? - Yes.
12:01
- Pass me that salt and pepper please.
12:04
You know, I love this almost as a garnish.
12:08
- That's pretty.
12:08
- All right, now come over here and try it with the toast.
12:14
To my new friend Liza whom I feel like I've known forever.
12:18
- Honey to you.
12:20
- May you have a fabulous life like you already have.
12:23
- And I opt to bring everybody.
12:26
- Oh how sweet.
12:28
- I'm so excited. Ready?
12:36
That's stupid. - Hmm.
12:38
- Stupid - Hmm
12:40
- Ooh! (laughs)
12:44
- Dancing. (fingers snapping)
12:46
- I had another surprise for you.
12:48
Coming up.
12:49
One rib-eye steak with mushroom sauce
12:52
and Liza is.
12:53
- So happy right now.
12:54
- And later, it's time to top our cake.
12:57
And Liza serenades my chicken.
13:00
(singing)
13:06
I hope y'all are enjoying the show
13:08
and I want to hear from you.
13:10
Tell me what recipes or videos you'd like to see me
13:13
make by just leaving a short comment below.
13:17
Now, let's get back to the show, y'all.
13:20
(upbeat music)
13:25
- Alright Liza honey.
13:26
I'm going to cook us a steak.
13:30
We've had our lobster.
13:32
This is a rib-eye.
13:34
And we're going to cook some mushrooms to go along with it.
13:36
- Okay - I've got
13:37
some baby porter bella.
13:39
You like mushrooms?
13:41
- Yeah I do.
13:42
- I love mushrooms with my steak.
13:47
I'm gonna put...
13:49
- Oh butter!
13:51
- I swear I wasn't supposed to put that much.
13:53
(laughs)
13:55
I know it's surprise, surprise.
13:57
All right. I'm going to take our garlic,
13:59
and I'm going to get those shallots out of your way.
14:02
- Okay baby.
14:02
- And we're just going to cook these for a little bit.
14:05
All right. Now I'm going to salt our steaks.
14:08
Okay. I'm going to pepper them up. Good.
14:13
Now tell me the temperature you like.
14:16
- I like it, medium rare.
14:18
- I knew it.
14:20
I knew it.
14:21
That's the only way I eat mine.
14:23
(laughs)
14:25
- Alright, honey.
14:25
Just chunk those in here.
14:29
Ooh. And I smell those shallots.
14:30
I'm ready.
14:31
(indistinct wispers)
14:33
- I want to come to New York and cook Italian week there.
14:37
- Oh yeah.
14:38
I can make a fettuccine pretty.
14:41
- Awesome, I love pasta.
14:43
- Yeah. Do you?
14:44
- I love it.
14:45
- I like potatoes.
14:47
- Oh my God,
14:47
(laughs)
14:49
Potatoes is my favorite starch.
14:51
- Me too.
14:52
- Michael asked me one time.
14:54
He said, Paula,
14:55
if you were going to a deserted island,
14:57
what's the one thing you'd take.
14:59
And I said, well,
15:01
that's easy Michael, potato. (laughs)
15:03
I said, wow, what would you take?
15:04
He said a boat. (laughs)
15:07
- He said not a stupid potato.
15:11
Get us a little of fresh tan
15:14
Right there, baby.
15:15
- This one? - Yeah.
15:17
Alright. I think our grill is hot enough now.
15:20
- Okay. - So I'm just going to-
15:22
- Now how did you spice the steak I missed.
15:24
- Just salt and pepper. - Okay.
15:26
- How about a little beef broth?
15:30
- How's that doing there?
15:31
- Oh, I think that's good.
15:36
I'm going to add some cream to the,
15:40
about a half a cup.
15:42
Liza I think this is about ready.
15:45
And you look like you're about ready,
15:47
Oh Lord.
15:48
And we still got the frost star cake.
15:51
- Oh the cake.
15:56
(upbeat music)
15:58
- Alright baby.
15:59
You ready? - Yeah.
16:00
Do you have a specific state that...
16:05
(laughs)
16:07
- I know what you mean.
16:09
Yeah. I'll take this one.
16:11
- Okay. Well put like want on it
16:15
and I'll get some vegetables.
16:19
You know, we got these our veggies.
16:22
Oh it's pretty.
16:23
Things looks pretty good when you do it.
16:27
- Alright. Come on over here.
16:29
- Okay. - All right.
16:30
You said you wanted that steak?
16:32
(laughs)
16:34
- Yummy!
16:35
- Yeah baby.
16:36
Bon appetit.
16:38
- Oh Paula.
16:40
(laughs)
16:42
- It's Perfect.
16:44
- Yes. - Yes.
16:51
- Simple but delicious.
16:53
- I'm so happy right now.
16:55
It's great.
16:56
- Coming up.
16:57
Our cake is complete.
16:58
Now it's time to eat.
17:01
- I couldn't possible.
17:02
(laughs)
17:04
- And look girls.
17:06
Liza has shared her cake with y'all
17:10
(upbeat music)
17:13
I so hope y'all are enjoying the show.
17:16
And if you do.
17:17
Be sure to click like, subscribe and
17:20
notification bell so you'll never miss a video.
17:24
And we'll be right back after the break.
17:29
(bright upbeat music)
17:33
- Okay.Liza.
17:34
It's finally time to frost Joe cake honey.
17:36
- Okay. - I told you
17:37
whose gonna make a ganache for it.
17:40
So if you'd put this chocolate in that bowl right there
17:44
and put a couple of tablespoons of butter.
17:47
- Of course.
17:49
Half a stick of butter you said?
17:50
(laughs)
17:53
About two table spoons.
17:55
One and a half tablespoons of white corn syrup.
17:59
All right. Now we're just going to pour
18:01
and I'm going to give you the weirdest,
18:02
- Okay - Because what we want to do,
18:05
is we want this cream to melt on chocolate.
18:10
I was tickled when I found out that German chocolate cake
18:13
was like her favorite.
18:14
- What is ganache?
18:15
- It's just chocolate honey.
18:17
It's like a thin chocolate frozen
18:20
And the ganache made it extra special.
18:24
You know, I'd made the cake earlier for you.
18:27
I made another recipe of this ganache,
18:31
because we're actually need to chill it.
18:33
And now we need to spread it all over our cake.
18:36
(upbeat music)
18:43
Look at it running all down.
18:44
- Oh it's all beautiful.
18:45
- Now we'll just tuck in some nuts.
18:51
And that's our chocolate girls.
18:54
- How are we going to do this? - Just like this.
18:55
- Is there a plate?
18:56
No- - Do we need one?
18:58
(laughs)
18:59
No, it's just us.
19:04
- Look at that.
19:04
- Hell of a piece.
19:06
- Yeah. And you know what?
19:07
- Yeah, I couldn't possibly.
19:09
(laughs)
19:12
- Oh no no. I couldn't pray at that.
19:13
- Me neither.
19:14
(laughs)
19:18
- I know.
19:19
(kissing)
19:21
- Before you go, - Huh.
19:23
- We gonna go out and see chickens.
19:27
I'm going to share with them a piece of cake.
19:29
They love my cake.
19:31
- They do?
19:32
- Mm. Yum.
19:36
(chickens clucking)
19:38
(upbeat music)
19:41
- I've got something for you to put on.
19:43
So which color do you want?
19:45
- The pink.
19:46
- Okay. You take the pink and the green
19:49
because we don't want to step in chicken poop.
19:52
- No. - Let's get the cake.
19:55
- Oh, is that I was just kind of staring at it.
19:58
- Well listen, they don't have to have it all.
20:00
Come on. - Okay.
20:02
(chickens clucking)
20:04
- Hi girls, it's Liza.
20:06
- Hey baby-
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- Come tell Liza-
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(Paula clucking)
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- Hey Paul's chicken coop was such a surprise.
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- Look girls, Liza is sharing her cake with y'all.
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- So chickens are just so cute?
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And they're happy.
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- Liza, look at them.
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- Oh happiness.
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- Eat my cake.
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Aren't they healthy looking chicken.
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They live a great life here.
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- If I was a chicken,
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I would love to live there.
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- Bok bok bok bok bok bok.
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Precious, there you go.
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You want to sing it to sleep. - Sure.
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- Look at that.
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I knew you would be a fabulous chicken girl.
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(singing)
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(laughs)
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- It's been a very exciting day.
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She's got such great spirit.
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Look, look at the cake that got off his beak, or her.
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I'll tell y'all something.
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She is a great girl.
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So what do you think Liza?
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- I think it's perfect.
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I think it's gorgeous.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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