Paul Tries the Best Pastelito de Guayava in Miami | Paul Hollywood's City Bakes | Tonic

I'm visiting the baking capitals of the world volition in search of the people the places and the traditions that make the very best of baking Wow from the laid-back sunshine vibe of Miami to the European chic of Paris ah super [Applause] [Music] city bakers take me to some amazing cities all over the world but I think I've arrived in Party Central this place has got a buzz about it this place is alive this place is vibrance this place is Miami this time on City bakes I taste the local delicacies honestly absolute it inspired by a local classic I baked a key lime pie you can bake at home wine is one of those flavors that just floats my boat big star and it's game day in Miami it's a real family day ours I love that where there's a typically warm welcome [Music] I'm starting my journey in the heart of Miami in the place it's most famous for South Beach this is Ocean Drive basically all the way down the Eagle Pass the left all the way down and then you have the sea which is all over there they were there actually it's Muscle Beach which obviously I go there all the time Miami was built as the holiday resort of the United States of America since the 1920s the rich and famous of flock dear to see and to be seen look at that that's the glitz and glamour of Miami everything is done for maximum effect look at these builders up there this is our deco this is the 1920's 1930's this is when Miami really started to build down these drives so that's why all the buildings are Art Deco and they're beautiful these streets have the largest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the u.s. it's a tropical sort of heat a most of the year-round so the people who used this sort of hit and it developed most of the food and the drink around the weather Miami is the city virtually built on the beach so it comes as no surprise that the seafood here is incredible Joe's stone crab has been a Miami institution since the early 20s and I love crab so there's no way I'm giving this amiss look at that you don't get this stone crab in the UK at all indigenous to here on display absolutely stunning with the lime mr. doe for I promise you that's the best job I've ever had in my life it's worth coming to Miami just to have the craft that is stunning being an inquisitive kind of guy I asked if head chef Andre can take me into the heart of the crab kitchen the crabs are precooked and chilled and just the claws arrive ready to be freshly cracked open for service it's it's the way that these guys are doing it look at the way you do it he knows exactly the pressure to put on to crack those shell this may be harder than it looks it's quite a job actually each one slightly different but it's finding that right balance it is to get that right back I managed to crack so when they're doing this how many of these will they go through in the knife they'll go in about 1,500 to 2,000 pounds a night Wow and it's just a rhythm it's a magical sound of just crack crack crack crack all night long you know the restaurants arming really well there's more to this restaurants than this stone crab they also serve a classic local bake that's been on the menu here for generations thank you very much you did and general manager Brian is keen for me to try their key lime pie fantastic I've got to try this you're gonna like it it's made with florida key limes rumored to be the sharpest of all limes you know what it is it's when your cheeks suck in because it's that sort of that's what it should be that is absolutely delicious and a hint of sweetness in there just to finish their power off you especially after the stone crabs yeah I agree I love key lime pie I've forgotten actually before I came to marry how much I love it that's very good I love this place thank you very there is nothing like rediscovering a favorite baked to make you fall in love with this city Miami has many different sides to it Ocean Drive is all about fitness rollerblading segways chillin out on the beach but at night a whole different Miami emerges the Art Deco buildings light up in neon as people go out to eat there is another side I want to explore Miami's Cuban community this part of Miami is called Little Havana there's a reason you only have to look around to see all the different shops the music you can hear as well as you gave us some of the bars Cuba is only a hundred miles of the coast and Cubans have been settling here since the 1950s so today nearly a million and a half call Miami home Nidal Ahmad is a local and the founder of the Pinto factory chain of restaurants and he has agreed to show me around so this is really the epicenter of Cuban and Hispanic culture here in South Florida I think summation you know you move from one part of Miami to another and then you get a different vibe again it's like you've got somewhere else completely I think spelling yeah I know you love the baking side just the bakery that we need to go to we need to go check that place out is it far not that far it's right up the road all right buddy let's go I never expected my first visit to a Cuban bakery to be in Miami El brazo fuerte has been owned and run by the same family for three generations and the baking looks colorful this is a big big dress yeah there's a lot of things going on but for me I like to find something that is traditional to the area something that you would GRA check out so the bass a little iguana is something you have to have it every Cuban bakery yes the rest of the country donuts and coffee for breakfast we have possibly big Whyalla and cafecito and so that's this one right here with the bright guava in there oh wow yeah and what would you call this again posture leap pastelitos yep okay Junior is the man in charge of this family bakery we have a secret family recipe oh wow yeah the guava is very sweet almost strawberry sandwiched in between puff pastry the flavor is intense it's still warm and melts in the mouth it's delicious that that's that's spot-on that this is this is our stuff mean you know what as an Englishman how about that with a cupboard see now you're the expert hey which one would you go for I would recommend the cream cheese okay I'll tell you why we have a little secret is doing our family and when we actually roll out the dough that we're gonna use to make the pastry we put flour on the table but for the cream cheese we also like to put a little sugar so we so on we lay it out and we stretch it out the sugar goes in there and when you bake it it gives it a nice crunchy feel so it's not like our other pastries that is very different it's a bit like a supposed to a bit like a cross or what's similar similar shape and that's got the fold yeah it has oh do you know what that reminds me of because of the sugar on it and the bake it's a bit it tastes a bit like candy floss that's delicious oh yeah I get you on that one thank you pop I like that a lot this is unfussy delicious baking all the pastelitos are quite sweet even the meat fillings but Cubans clearly know their bakes do you make your own puff pastry yes sir we have a full production in the back if you would like to see how we do it you know what I'd love to show you make it yeah the kitchen is right behind the shop and jr. wants to show me the first bake I tried a stiletto do guava all the magic happens this is what the bottom of our puff pastry looks like next step is we're gonna pipe some water onto the tree okay that's a lumpy bagga-t this is a big bag yes it's a big bag I've never used guava jam but clearly Cubans like a lot of it in their baking now the trick here when you know put the top part to make sure you don't stretch it because if you stretch it when you cook the pastry it's gonna shrink yeah so we're just gonna lay it lift up let it fall down it's all week I love Junie's ingenious homemade cutter to get the right size shape that's it his family make 12,000 of these pastelitos every weekend your grandfather was the one that sets himself up in a bakery down here my grandfather started the bakery my dad was about 11 12 years old so my grandfather taught my dad how to do everything I've been here since I was five six years old helping out so everything's been passed down generation to generation I actually relate to that because my dad was a baker so when I was a little boy my dad had a chain of bakery so when I was a kid on a Saturday I go work in a bit of money and now my son's growing up I don't want to be a baker it's too it's too hard it's really difficult you sound like my dad I think what jr. and the rest of the family do in there is fantastic first of all they're keeping a family tradition alive which to me is a big thing I know because I come from a family of bakers they're in a neighborhood which is predominantly Cuban so what they're doing is keeping alive the Cuban flavors that for me represents Miami and I absolutely love it next I enjoyed the very best that Miami has to offer opulence and beauty all wrapped together in one little bubble from the place to stay to the place to play nothing screams American football like the American football cheerleaders [Music] in my quest to uncover the baking of cities all over the world I'm exploring Miami in Florida this place is [ __ ] the amount of people the music the sounds the lights smells the food I want to venture beyond the tourist trail so I'm heading just north of Miami Beach where 65,000 people are all coming here the local Miami Dolphins are playing the Baltimore Ravens and this is my first taste of an American football game make my shoulders the bigger it is the atmosphere is incredible and I'm hoping to experience a game day food custom in the UK you go and watch your sports about you go the pool have something to drink up something to eat and go straight to the stadium beer it's a real family day out I love that the locals do something called tailgating tell me what is tailgating tailgating is family friends loved ones you get together come to the game it's kind of a pregame party before the dolphin hit and the best thing is there's great food involved okay so what do we go alright this is a grill we've got go on right now we've got pork ribs we've got bison burgers we're doing some clams and a wine and garlic sauce yeah this is a special you're a beer cheese battered I've just got to try this over that's delicious it's really good it really works actually the beer it's got that sharpness to it but you're getting carries through with the flavor of the meat as well and this is just the carpark until the food inside the stadium is even better this is the restaurant where all of the ideas ease before they go in the match this place is only open on game days but it's no hotdog stand by big places they go fresh sourdough bread is it sourdough pizza don't man cut tribase of course making that sourdough for like four months definitely doesn't taste like regular pizza dough I'm sure which chuyia it's got more of a kick to either yeah now seafood obviously huge amounts of prawns crab shrimp the crab meat looks unbelievable chef in charge mark Spooner feeds 8,000 people here before every game hello mark you're the chef nice to meet you with as much local Florida produce as possible we're featuring a Florida citrus salad with Florida avocado with Florida hearts of palm with Florida Key Lime and so this whole section right here is really kind of about the essence of where we added chef mark is laid on quite a spread here and there's something else that's caught my eye that is very much the essence of Florida nothing screams American football like the American football cheerleaders if they had she'll either sit Liverpool I probably go there more often I can out your way there may be a big game going on for the party vibe of Miami extends even sir here yeah I'm starting to feel like I'm fitting in but I can't stay here all day while I'm in Miami I want to head across town to an area called Coral Gables to visit one of the world's most iconic hotels I've seen pictures of it but never actually seeing it real live look at that that's a hotel that's impressive is they in its 1930s heyday the 400 room Biltmore Hotel was the most fashionable resort in America I can't wait to see inside hello Ginger Rogers Judy Garland and Bing Crosby all stayed here and when it was built it had for a long time the world's largest swimming pool opulence and beauty all wrapped together in one little bubble but I'm here to meet the Biltmore's historian Candi hello because 1920s Miami had a dark underbelly that I'm fascinated by we had a lot of famous actors and actresses that used to come here in the early 20s and then of course we had very famous mobsters that would come here and also dine because it was the place to be and of course it was during Prohibition and I think they were able to drink here talking about the mobsters which which mobsters specifically you're talking about well we had al capone would come here to dine but one of his colleagues or cohorts held a illegal gambling facility up on the 13th floor his name was Thomas fatty Walsh Wow Patty's gambling dens still exists on the 13th floor although it's now the hotel's most expensive suite this is where patty stayed and I believe the rumor has it that he got into an argument with another mobster who then came up and shot both he and his bodyguard and the bullets remain in the fireplace yes that's the bullets Wow one of America's most notorious mobsters met his end right here what the hole yes Wow so ultimately this place not only has a colorful ceiling has a colorful history to a very colorful history thankfully there are other things that keep today's visitors coming back to Biltmore down in the kitchens I'm meeting executive chef David Hackett hello chef I bought are you doing posters welcome to the Biltmore main kitchen great kitchen I love the building upstairs but at the heart of the operation is always in here I was head Baker at London's Dorchester Hotel so I feel right at home here those this is the bakery not very big as you can see the guys come in at four o'clock just like most bakeries and certainly the first ones in the kitchen then they start production I'm hoping to sniff out some of David's more unusual breads can you tell what that is it's quite sharp just like wine alright yeah so is it a red wine reduction in showers got a good nose well this looks like an uncooked if I guess yeah that's a very unique bread it's very I guess would you say common to South Florida really yeah that is a one of our Cuban breads now the Cuban bread is very similar to a French baguette but the thing that makes the Cuban bread is so unique is its all-purpose flour versus high gluten flour and we also use lard or shortening in the dough itself old pampas flours more like a cake flour is there that I have done a bread flour yeah what's that having a half cake and a bread and tell straight away yeah if they're working this bread is uniquely adapted to work with the high humidity and temperatures of Cuba and Miami so obviously the temperature and humidity in Miami must be a problem two breads it's a humid climate absolutely the crusty breads can't get tougher hmm this thing will last a little bit longer so you're deliberately making it quite tight and again the lard will hold the moisture as well exactly that's nice they'll be great for sandwiches I was fantastic with sandwiches I've never heard of a Cuban bread before hybrid like nice before I leave Miami I want to mark my visit with a bake of my own and what better than a dessert that characterizes the Florida sunshine Key Lime Pie thank you thank you now obviously the key thing in the key lime pie is limes now this is a key line it's more of a shine to it than a conventional sort of Persian style lime let me show you that is the traditional Persian lime as you'd know in the UK that's a key line this is much sweeter that's much harder that's what makes the key lime pie in Florida in Miami the best in Miami the base is crumb grain crackers but I used digestives in the UK into which I'm gonna add some softened melted butter a foil dish will help you turn it out easily later and then begin to flatten it all down get your foil in there and just press it down let's have a quick look at that it's coming together quite nicely the juice of 12 key limes is about the same as for normal limes and the big ones are much easier to zest lime is one of those flavors that just floats my both big style really don't go under on the line you want that flavor you want that zest you want that zing when you hit him out of your and then the sweetness is because what I'm going to add to this now is condensed milk so I've got four egg yolks which you're going to go straight in the bowl you're going to thicken already actually that's the sort of consistency you're looking for it drops easily off the of the balloon whisk drop that into the base now what I need to do is bake that off it bakes in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes and that's it that's how you make a key lime pie when it's cool decorate with some fresh cream piped on top now is my recipe as good as the Miami original David is offered to give it a taste test negotiator fantastic hope you enjoy beautiful it's a little celebration of limes well fantastic it's nice and sharp do you like it though excellent thank you very much for today chef all right so closure absolutely thank you thanks for the pie God you like it one of my favorite ever pies what a great way to end my visits in Miami thank you very much indeed I asked actually for an orange juice I think there might be honest juice in there what my time in Miami is show me is a city of two sides what you'll find in Miami is obviously the tourist places like Miami Beach for instance Ocean Drive with all the drinks and its vibrancy and its height America's original party town is as good for eating in today as it was in the 1920s but then you've got Little Havana Cuba is obviously just off the coast and the influences of the food is all around us this makes it a city that is different on so many levels it's fascinating to explore and I will definitely be back if you go into a bar and ask for an orange juice and end up with that you know you're in somewhere pretty special [Music]

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Length: 23min 10sec (1390 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 20 2020