Cooking with a Corvette engine: Robert Llewellyn's V8 car-b-que

Описание: The Chevrolet Corvette's LS3 engine emits a lot of power and heat -- so much heat, in fact, that it's actually possible to cook with the thing. We decided to test the theory by roping in our friend Bobby Llewellyn to attempt the world's first Corvette car-b-que.

Our quintessentially English menu juxtaposed well with the quintessential American muscle car. For starters, we'd have asparagus wrapped in bacon. The main course was an ambitious sirloin steak with yorkshire puddings, gravy and mixed vegetables. And for desert we'd have apple pie and custard.

The method for preparing the dish is simplicity itself. We lumped each of the ingredients into its own foil-based take-away container and sealed it. Each container was then placed next to the exhaust manifold -- the part of the engine most likely to melt your skin off if you touch it -- and secured to something sturdy using cable ties.

We then firec up the V8, went for a spin round the block and prayed with all our might that the exhaust didn't set fire to the packages or explode raw meat over the engine.

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Music by Kevin MacLeod.