Backstage Bite with Katie Lynch: Shoshana Bean

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with your two favorite people. Meet Katie Lynch and the one and only Shoshana Bean

Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Ahh

I love it. Cheers. Oh my goodness. It's like a bouquet at the wedding

Do you know what I mean? Whoever catches it gets Shoshana Bean in their kitchen next year. You're welcome

All bets are off today, kids. How much do you know about cooking and baking

I like a recipe. There's just something about the result of baking that's just fulfilling for me

I love that. Do you want to know what you're cooking today? I do! We are making Shoshana Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee

My dad will be thrilled. His favorite thing on earth is creme brulee. is creme brulee

Me too. Do you make it with the... Oh, yeah. Do you have fire? Yeah. Oh, my gosh

This is gonna be so exciting. Wanna get started? I do. First off

we are going to slice my vanilla bean and get the beans out. Oh, I see

We're gonna get the beans out of the Shoshana bean. I know. I've never..

It's so cool, right? I've seen them. The thick skin they got. They must be actors

What was your favorite memory of 2018? Oh, my God. This smells like heaven

Oh, that's easy. The Apollo, July 30th 2018 my album release so far the best mind of my life oh easily I

need two cups of half and half into your measured so I can't already know

I'm setting you up for success so now you're gonna put this over medium to

low heat because you do not want this to boil heat up slowly please add your

your vanilla beans and the entire bean. Yep, exactly. Shashana. Yes, baby

It's my favorite time of the show because it's time to mix these ingredients together

and it time to mix them And now you can play Can we talk about the concert you just had Cynthia Erivo Shauna Bean on the stage of the Apollo

It was a great night. I think we were kind of shocked. We pulled it off

What was your favorite number from the concert? Our trio was Scott Hoying. It was just a beautiful, intimate, quiet moment

And I love singing with Scott and I love singing with Cynthia. So to sing with both of them at the same time was lovely

Remember the day I let you go Oh, don't remember the moment

But oh, I know This is actually perfect It looks so sexy

It smells like, isn't it? It smells like your voice sounds That is the highest

That is the greatest compliment anyone has ever- If that's what my voice sounds like, like that smells, I am doing something right

It's rich, it's exotic, it's comforting, it's your mouth water a little bit. Uh-huh

All right, we're gonna set this aside. We're gonna separate our eggs from our yolks

That I can do, because I don't like yellows, so I only eat egg whites. Well, this only has yellows, so..

I mean when I'm making eggs. So you need five egg yolks into your bowl, please

Look at this professional lady. Oops, we lost a little. What's one thing you've learned this year? Ooh

One thing. This has been a year of like an incredible amount of lessons

I feel like when I first moved to New York and I was young and just starting out, I was fearless

Like I could walk into any room and I wouldn't be nervous or afraid

I was hungry for something and life hadn't happened yet. So I wasn't scared of anything, right

And over the years life happens and I found myself shrinking and getting more and more afraid or more and more insecure

And this year has been about like just peeling away those fears and those insecurities and like owning who I am in all

My imperfections and all and all my strengths and all my weaknesses

It's been a challenge for me to like sort of like step into my power in that way if that makes sense

Yeah to step into your power You know Cynthia is a great teacher for me

because we walked on stage in those red dresses the other night and people's reaction was so wild

And my instinct then is to like make a joke. And I look to her and she standing there like this And I like that what we do Now it time for my favorite ingredient Sugar In the raw And you going to add half a cup of sugar to your egg yolks

Oh! Are you a multitasker? Yeah. Proud multitasker. Me too. I'm a woman after all

Moving into the new year. Mm-hmm. What are three New Year's resolutions

One is like believing a little more. I need to amp up my belief. And the second one is continuing to sort of just like step into own and settle into that power, right

And then I don't think I have a third. One teaspoon of vanilla into your vanilla crème brûlée, please

Is that cheating? It just amps up the flavor. Okay, I just want to make sure

And then I need a pinch of salt. I'm going to let you pinch because my nails don't allow for pinching

While I pinch, I want a salt sound. Pow! Ooh! That was powerful

You're already doing your New Year's Revolution! I'm stepping in. While I'm stirring, I need you to put a fourth of your mixture into the eggs

You could do a little more than that. Perfect. Now, this into that

Because basically what this did is it- It said, hey, this is what's about to happen

Here, it's- Don't freak out. Don't cook. Exactly. Make sure the message is getting to all of the yellows

Guys, careful! Everybody on the same page? Understand what's about to happen

Here we go, you're going in. It's a little faster than that. So medium tempo

That's a forte. Just gonna say that. So I need about two ladles full into your creme brulee

Can you tell me, someone has come to you and they have said, I want to write a musical

about your life, what is it called? And what is the 12 o'clock number

11 o'clock number. What is the three o'clock number? And what is the 11 o'clock number

The musical of my life would be written by Jason Robert Brown. It would be called Life is Better in Heels. Yes

11 o'clock number. Heels and a smile. Heels and a whistle tone. I was going to see that show

It's a long one. It's a two, it's like Harry Potter. It's a two-parter

Hey guys! Hey guys! This hot tub is actually called a bain-marie and it's a water bath

Guys, you're going to take a water bath. It's going to be delicious and warm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm

The reason you do a water bath, your custards are gonna cook all the way through evenly

You're gonna put these in the oven at 325 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes

or until it gets a nice little jiggle to it Is there some belting that goes along with this No but we do get to play a game Yahtzee Quickfire questions Okay

I'm gonna put you on the spot even more. Cat! Ready, set, go

Introvert or extrovert? Introvert. First Broadway show you ever saw? Cats. Favorite musical

Sunday at the Park with George. Dream Vacation? Ballet. Half full or half empty

Half empty. Mac or PC? Mac. Favorite season? Fall. First car. Mazda 626. Morning person or night owl? Night owl. Celebrity crush? John Mayer. Say something in foreign language. Oui monsieur. Big spoon or little spoon? Little. What's your sign? Virgo. Oh

Now that these are out of the oven, you are going to let them chill in your refrigerator

for hours. More sugar in the bra! Coat the top with sugar

Then, shake it a little bit. Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it. We dumped a lot of sugar in there

just to make sure it was covered. Then, you're gonna blow a torch in

Are we nervous? A little bit. Hi, Daddy. I'm on a cooking show right now and guess what we're making

Yes, I wanted to FaceTime you so you could watch us do the fire part

Okay, I love you Cheers darling It's a good crack Wow It's so vanilla-y

It's never this good in the restaurant It isn't. They didn't have patience

But you did. You made me. Lesson number one for 2019. Patience

Patience. There's my third resolution. There it is. How do I follow you on Instagram

Because I just want to be a part of your life all the time. Showbean. S-H-O-B-E-A-N

You can follow us at BackstageBite. I love you. For being here

Oh, I love you too. Thank you, baby. Happy New Year