AFTERNOON SNACKS
A PROGRAMME
BY CATHERINE LANGEAIS & RAYMOND OLIVER
DIRECTED BY ARNAUD DESJARDINS
What's the baking time?
One hour.
They baked this cake a little while ago. How long ago?
3/4 of an hour.
This is a maths class. 3/4 of an hour.
- It's in the oven. Raymond? - I'm here.
Please, have a look.
The oven door is ajar. Is that necessary?
Don't burn yourself.
- Should you close it? - No.
- We can leave it. - Yes.
You're going to show us what you used, what...
what you put...
What's wrong with me today?
What did you use to make the cake that's baking now?
Do you make sponge cake?
- Of course. - A very classic recipe. Ready?
We used
200 g of sugar,
which we put in a,
in a dish.
He's standing by his sister.
- Yes. - "We did."
Yes.
100 g of flour too.
Wait a minute.
Take 4 eggs and break them.
Separate the whites from the yolks.
This seems to come up in many of our...
- Yes? - ... young competitors' recipes.
There are key recipes.
Let the yolk be,
absorbed,
as soon as he put some in.
The yolk is absorbed by the sugar or the reverse?
- Good question. - It is. I...
The yolk by the sugar, I think.
- The reverse, I'd say. - You have a contradictory spirit.
Here's the second one.
Remember to let the egg be absorbed by the sugar.
- How many is that, Arnold? - The third one.
The brother is as blonde as his sister.
Not quite.
I think you're blonder than her.
That's what he means.
- Is it? - He wants to maintain supremacy.
- That's normal. - Here's the 4th one.
Badly broken.
- It's OK. - Can I get it?
Good job!
Fantastic! Fantastic! It's pure wizardry.
It takes practice.
- It's looking great. Oh, sorry. - Thanks a lot.
Now, I need to put,
to zest one lemon.
Move a little so we can see you, please.
Move that small dish.
Véronique seems to want to hide what she's doing.
She's holding it with all her might.
- Is it hard? - I can help.
- No, no. - Are you sure?
My little sister needs to stir until the batter is nice and white.
"My little..." Now, Raymond!
- No! I must object! - Come on.
- I just wanted to help. - We don't help.
We have seen smaller ones struggle with...
- ... bigger ones. - Indeed.
Note that the more lemon zest, the more better,
the more flavour and better.
What if I don't like lemon?
- I'd make a different recipe. - The cake would lose its flavour.
Maybe not all but a lot of it.
Good. Now I will beat the egg whites.
Use this.
- We know that operation well. - Scrape it off.
- Over there. - Now they're making music.
Arnold has decided to leave. I hope you'll excuse him.
He didn't tell me he would leave.
- Put the lemon zest... - Raymond isn't looking.
- ... in the batter. - I'm going to help you.
Like this. There.
Why can't we make music too?
He said to stir until it was...
- ... white. - Nice and white.
A creamy white.
Of course. It can never be as white as egg whites.
Compared to what he's whipping up.
Doing OK, Arnold?
- I am. - Come back soon, we miss you.
I think that's enough.
It's enough? OK.
What's that?
Flour.
100 g of flour which you add
little by little in the...
It's a measuring glass. Very convenient. No need for scales.
There was 100 g of flour in it.
It's enough. I've finished.
I'm done beating the eggs.
- Almost. - You can continue a little.
Go ahead.
A little more?
Don't say a thing. I'm not helping.
No, you aren't.
Mum's the word.
- I think it's OK. - Arnold, go on beating those whites.
Just a little.
- Some more? - She can have the rest of the flour.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Did you add it all?
I continue to beat the eggs until the batter is,
is nice and firm.
That's not batter.
- The egg whites. - Right.
Nice and firm.
Pity you can't see Arnold.
Just like any blond little boy... Go on, I'm not talking to you.
Just like any blond little boy, he's turned very red.
From the exertion, not the...
- Not from emotion. - No.
I think I can add it in.
Why are you looking this way? You want Raymond...
Of course, you have his blessing.
- Raymond, what about the oven? - Let's see.
I think you can take it out.
Arnold, do you think the cake is done? Go see... while your sister...
- I'm going to beat the whites for you. - Stir on, Véronique.
It's always difficult.
You need to use a tea towel, my dear. I'll do it.
Come back to your whites.
We don't want to risk...
... a burn.
Fold... Always fold egg whites into the batter.
Your whites look OK now.
Until the batter is nice and soft-ilet, as Mr. Oliver would say.
- Did you hear that? - I did.
I'm not the only one teasing you.
I learnt something earlier.
I thought your mother taught you how to make this cake.
But Arnold told me: "Mum can't make it."
With such disdain! Poor Mum.
- Who taught you this recipe? - My aunt.
"My aunt". See, they always say "Aunt"...
- "Aglae". - "Aunt Margret". No, for the...
- Oh yes, "Aunt Mary"... - Raymond...
Now, finish your...
Quick, put it in your cake tin.
- Looks delicious. - It does.
Don't stir too quickly.
- In an... - In an hour.
- 1 hour and 5 min. - Really.
5 min to put it in the oven. You're slow.
Go get your cake tin so we can...
- Where is it? - Yes, where?
Here. I'm going to butter it. Excuse me.
I need this.
Meanwhile Raymond will tell you a joke,
to pass the time, if you have a joke, that is.
There's a really easy one.
- I'm just going to ask... - Why, what's...
There's a connection with this.
What do divers eat on their birthdays?
It's a baker's joke.
- What do divers eat on their birthdays? - Many things.
On their birthdays, divers like to eat sponge cake!
That's a bad one.
That's how you're going to remember
the name of Véronique and Arnold's recipe.
A sponge cake.
We'll put it in later on because...
Subtitles: Élisabeth Fuchs