A special homage to the French-Canadian classic poutine -- fries topped with cheese curds and gravy -- and basic recipes for cannelloni and lasagna were among the top viewed cooking videos this week.
Here's a selection of some of the top five cooking videos uploaded on YouTube over the past seven days, as of 9:30 am GMT, June 21.
Squeaky grease sandwiches
The Montreal-based food pornographers who are known as Epic Meal Time strike again, creating obscenely fatty sandwiches that together clock in at 25,036 calories and 920 g of fat. Loaves of bread are stuffed with poutine -- the classic, French-Canadian dish of fries, cheese curds and gravy -- along with everything from pulled pork meat, chili, sausages, bacon, chicken, ground beef, and cheese sauce.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6zaUQbuADI
View count: 912,059
American BLT
In this episode by runnyrunny999, the Japanese host gives a shout-out to Epic Meal Time and creates the American classic, bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich -- but in signature Japanese style. That is, bacon strips are't placed haphazardly inside the sandwich, but latticed neatly in a tidy square before frying, a good trick that maximizes the bacon quota in each bite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA5R2ZQekco
View counts 49,830
Cannelloni recipe
Popular YouTube cooking host Laura Vitale's recipe for cannelloni uses turkey sausage instead of pork sausage for a less greasy dish and is bathed in a white Béchamel sauce.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RP2Nh8QNH4
View count: 33,255
How to make delicious lasagna
A basic lasagna recipe by mommy channel HeyKayli garnered nearly 30,000 hits this week. The recipe is as basic as they come, calling for ground turkey, sour cream, cottage cheese, and shredded mozzarella.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AmUR0Otpts
View counts: 31,861
Pancakes with maple butter
From Aussie YouTube cooking show Nicko's Kitchen comes a recipe for pancakes with maple butter and strawberries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zH8-j6mIM
View count: 19,824
