Butter Board & Homemade Pasta with Garlic‑Butter Caper Sauce
S2 E12 | I Impress Chad Kroeger and JT Parr with Homemade Pasta | Something's Burning
Chad Kroeger and JT Parr tap into their tender sides while Bert builds a four‑quadrant butter board (sweet, salty, nutty, fancy) and whips up fresh pasta tossed in a bright garlic‑butter caper sauce. Date‑night energy, surfer wisdom.
Butter Board (Four Quadrants)
Ingredients:
- Butter (softened)
- Garlic
- Sea salt
- Caviar
- Pepper jelly
- Cashews
- Honey
- Walnuts
- Apricot jam
- Cherries
- Brown sugar
- Cinnamon
- Syrup
- Candied oranges
Steps:
- Sauté garlic briefly until fragrant.
- Spread softened butter all over a wooden cutting board.
- Divide the board mentally into four quadrants and arrange toppings.
- Quadrant 1 (salty/fancy): cooked garlic, sea salt, and caviar.
- Quadrant 2 (sweet‑heat): pepper jelly, cashews, and honey.
- Quadrant 3 (fruit‑sweet): cherries, apricot jam, and honey.
- Quadrant 4 (dessert vibes): brown sugar, cinnamon, syrup, walnuts, and candied oranges.
Homemade Pasta with Garlic‑Butter Caper Sauce
Ingredients:
- For Pasta: Flour, eggs (prepare per pasta machine directions)
- For Sauce: Butter
- Garlic
- White wine
- Chicken broth
- Capers
- Lemon juice
Steps:
- In a skillet, sauté garlic in butter until fragrant.
- Add white wine and simmer briefly.
- Add chicken broth, lemon juice, and capers; reduce by half.
- Make fresh pasta according to your pasta machine directions.
- Toss cooked pasta directly into the reduced sauce; coat well and serve.