Making gourmet Doritos is this pastry chef's greatest challenge yet
The stakes are high for Claire Saffitz, the pastry chef helming the show Gourmet Makes on Bon Appétit, but her standards "have lowered."
After attempting to recreate various confounding junk food treats, Saffitz takes on arguably her biggest challenge of the series — the classic Dorito (Nacho Cheese flavor, not Cool Ranch.)
From the beginning, there are doubts from her coworkers — and herself — that she will be able to nail the classic cheesy bite. She compares it to attempting to re-create Coca-Cola, with a tightly-guarded, lab-made secret flavor.
To make the flavored powder, Saffitz needs to recreate the ingredient listed in Doritos. She tweaks all possible combinations of spices, and jokes about creating a "Dorito Spice Blend" (ala the Trader Joe's everything bagel seasoning) that they would "probably" end in a lawsuit. Read more...
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