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The festive season is finally here and we're getting in the mood with | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
a magnificent menu of dishes from some of the world's best chefs! | :00:09. | :00:10. | |
The decorations are up, the tree is in position and so are | :00:11. | :00:40. | |
The first is a regular face on Saturday Kitchen. | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
His award-winning Italian food has made his restaurant inside the | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
Intercontinental Hotel in London one of the most popular in the capital. | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
Next to him is a man making his debut on the show. | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
The food he serves at the Feathered Nest Pub in the heart of the | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
Cotswolds has helped him create a trophy cabinet as bulging as Theo's. | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
Good morning. Good morning. Welcome, Kuba, the first time on the | :01:01. | :01:19. | |
show. Theo, you are cooking first, what are you making? Pan fried | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
scallops with chilli, sage and lemon and Swiss chard. | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
Also are new-season olive oil. And Kuba, what is on the menu for | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
you? For me it is the wild boar. It is Forest of Dean wild boar loin and | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
sausage parcel, sour winter slaw and poached quince. | :01:44. | :01:53. | |
So, mulled flavours. A puree and a caramelisation? Yes. | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
So two very different but equally tasty dishes to look | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
forward to and there's more great food in our archive films. | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
We've got festive offerings from Rick Stein, The Hairy Bikers, | :02:06. | :02:07. | |
Now, our special guest has already enjoyed a career featuring half | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
a dozen platinum albums, 10 top ten singles and several sold out tours. | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
His latest album, 85% Proof, has already topped the charts and | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
Welcome to Saturday Kitchen, Will Young! | :02:18. | :02:26. | |
He's armed and ready to eat as well, by the looks of things. | :02:27. | :02:35. | |
Welcome to Saturday Kitchen, the fabulous, Will Young! What do you | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
like in the kitchen? That is dirty, that napkin. | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
Is it? What are you like in the kitchen, come on! I'm OK. I can do | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
three dishes. I am good at a roast. My mum is a really good cook. I'm | :02:53. | :03:01. | |
very good at spaghetti Bolognese, that is my favourite dish-hi! I can | :03:02. | :03:09. | |
do chops, under the grill! Well, we have loads on offer for you later | :03:10. | :03:11. | |
Now, of course, at the end of TODAY'S programme I'll | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
cook either food heaven or food hell for Will It's up to the guests in | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
the studio and a few of our viewers to decide which one you get. | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
Italian food. You mentioned spaghetti but any | :03:23. | :03:36. | |
pasta? Yes, I love it. What about the dreaded food hell? | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
Livers, dill, any of that stuff. Please, don't do it. I'm such a nice | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
person. Look at this face... It's not up to me! | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
For food heaven I'm going to make fresh pasta then use it | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
First with a quick ragu that Theo is going to make for us then I'll fill | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
some tortellini with ricotta and a pinch of nutmeg to go with | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
Or Will could be having food hell, liver I'll pan fry a piece | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
of calves liver then serve it with deep fried capers, onion rings, | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
some creamy mashed potato and a rich red wine sauce. | :04:16. | :04:17. | |
But you'll have to wait until the end of the show to find | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
If you'd like the chance to ask either of our | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
A few of you will be able to put a question to us, live, | :04:28. | :04:41. | |
And if I do get to speak to you I'll be asking if you want Will to face | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
You can also send us your questions through social media by using | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
Right, let's get started and up first this morning, is Theo Randall. | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
We are making pan fried scallops with chilli, sage and lemon and | :04:58. | :05:08. | |
Swiss chard. I'm going to use a tiny amount of | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
capers, then with the lentils. They are green, from Umbria. | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
We are boiling them with garlic. These are famous lentils? Yes. They | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
have a sweet flavour. Irthink that the best thing is to boil them if | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
you put in too many things, like pancetta or tomato, you lose the | :05:32. | :05:33. | |
flavour. You can tell from the colour? And | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
the size. They are tiny. They take about 15 minutes to cook. | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
They have a little bite to them. I have the Swiss chard here. We are | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
going to blanch it. And if you can't get those lentils, | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
Puy lentils will do? That is fine. We are cutting the leaves of the | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
chard with the stalks. The stalks have so much flavour. The stalk is | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
the best part of the Swiss chard. I grow masses of this at home. You | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
get rainbow chard? Rainbow chard is nice but I find that the red chard | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
is too stringy. You have to be careful how you cook it. So blanch | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
that in boiling, salted water. Chop the leaves up. | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
You want the roe on the scallops? I love that the roe on the scallops. | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
Cook that in as well. I also love getting somebody else to | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
prepare these more than anything else. | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
They are lovely looking scallops. So, the fennel and the garlic now. | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
Once the chard is blanched, I add the fennel and garlic to the pan | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
with the oil. That give it is a nice bit of flavour. | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
The last time you were on, you were opening a restaurant abroad? That is | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
fully up and doing well in Bangkok. It is doing fantastic. | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
Do you change much on the menu? You would be surprised. | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
The style in Asia is more about sharing. So you adapt what you do. | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
But it is all about Italian food. It has a different set up. There is a | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
big bar and an outside terrace. It is very much about the sharing | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
plates. There is a wonderful slicer with | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
lots of hams and cheeses. It is a great venue. We are doing a repush | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
in the restaurant in London. In January we are closing for the month | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
and going to gut it, new entrance, new bar, new furniture. Everything. | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
It will look fantastic. Are you getting rid of the amazing | :07:44. | :07:50. | |
pictures in there? No, the Peter Blakes, they are staying. Definitely | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
not. They are fabulous. They are part of the furniture, really. | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
So, the scallops are ready. A fantastic. I have the sage here, | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
that is deep-fried. What about the lentils? They have | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
garlic and water in there. We are seasoning them with salt and pepper. | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
I have lovely oil. It is new-season oil. It is the first pressing of | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
oil. You have to look at that. Taste this... You can see the | :08:19. | :08:27. | |
colour. Look at that. Have a taste. It is green-green! It is really, | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
really spicy. So you have the scallops. I will get | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
a little bit of oil on the scallops. I have a really hot pan. | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
Isn't that delicious? It is strong. Very strong. | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
So, the oil on the scallop, not the pan. | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
So, cover the scallops in oil. It is pepperey? Yes. | :08:52. | :08:58. | |
It is spicy. A spicy flavour. It is lovely with greens and lentils. | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
And the colour. It is cold-pressed. So it has had no | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
heat treatment. It has not been cooked. When you have olive oil that | :09:08. | :09:15. | |
has a taste of olive in it, it has been heat-processed. | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
So, you finally chopped the stalks of the chard? Yes. And now a little | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
bit of garlic in the pan. I am using this new season oil. You would not | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
normally cook with it? No, but I want to share it. | :09:34. | :09:41. | |
Now, do you want me to deep-fry the sage? You want quite a lot of it? | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
Yes. So the lentils are seasoned up. | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
Taking out the garlic there. Then we will add salt and pepper in | :09:53. | :09:55. | |
there. If you can't get these, the Puy | :09:56. | :10:04. | |
lentils? They are fine. I love lentils. I could eat them | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
every day of the week. Taste these... Now, how long would | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
you cook these for? About 15 minutes. | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
So, a little bit of lemon, so with the new oil, the lemon. | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
The key to cooking the scallops is to Lee them? Leave them and turn | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
them over. With the colour on one side, we use | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
the heat of the pan. So, now get the chard out. | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
I will pick out the capers from the rehearsal. | :10:39. | :10:53. | |
I noticed that! An extra addition! Once the garlic and fennel has | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
cooked I will add the chard to it. Cook that away. | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
Get rid of the pan. So, you want a dry pan for these? | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
Yes. Take them off the heat. | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
Remember if you'd like to put a question to either of our chefs | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
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Chilli in there. Anchovies in there? Yes. | :11:22. | :11:30. | |
You need good quality? The ones in the tin are fine but a little more | :11:31. | :11:37. | |
and they can be amazing. A little oil and a squeeze of lemon. | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
Reduce the heat in the pan. Don't cook anymore on the stove. Then a | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
little bit of chard. This is a little wet. | :11:47. | :11:57. | |
Some nice braised chard. It is quick to cook. | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
If you get the coloured one. They are amazing? My favourite is the | :12:03. | :12:11. | |
yellow one. So, nice lentils. It is a very simple dish. | :12:12. | :12:16. | |
Do you need any, I have tonnes of the stuff. | :12:17. | :12:28. | |
?16 a kilo? ?16 a kilo?! I have to pay the congestion charge coming | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
into London now, all of that stuff! So, add the scallops on to the | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
lentils. . A dash of oil. | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
You are recommending this to cook with? No, just use a Virgin olive | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
oil of the this is special. This has just been pressed a couple of weeks | :12:54. | :12:55. | |
ago. It is very pepperey. | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
And there with your beautifully deep-fried sage. You just reminded | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
me, James, I forgot to pay the congestion charge! Pay it now? It is | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
too late. Was it yesterday? The day before. | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
You have had it now! Sorry, carry on. | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
So, we have pan fried scallops with chilli, sage and lemon and Swiss | :13:26. | :13:27. | |
chard. Easy as that. | :13:28. | :13:37. | |
Right, you get to dive into this one. | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
Taste that. Tell us what you think of that. It has that little hint of | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
oil, that is pepperey. You can really taste it. | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
The colour is amazing. It looks like something left on my gashage floor | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
but it is an amazing colour. Tell me what you think? The lentils | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
are good. So nice. Happy with that? Yes. | :14:03. | :14:11. | |
Right, let's get some wine to go with this. | :14:12. | :14:13. | |
Our wine expert Susy Atkins has been down in Devon this week. | :14:14. | :14:16. | |
So let's see what she's chosen to go with Theo's super scallops. | :14:17. | :14:19. | |
It's the start of December. The festive season is upon us. This week | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
I'm in Exeter to choose my wines but before I do, I'm going to look | :14:26. | :14:29. | |
around the city, starting with the Christmas market. | :14:30. | :15:02. | |
I always loved the fresh and appealing Italian dishes thaw make. | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
I've made it my mission to find an Italian wine to match. If you want | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
something crisp and refreshing, go for a gavi. This would be a good | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
partner. I've gone one better, something that goes with the earthy | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
flavours of the dish. The wine I've chosen is the Regaleali Case Vecchie | :15:25. | :15:28. | |
2014 and it's from Sicily. What I found when I made this dish is that | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
the usual wines we mash with scallops were too crisp and floral | :15:35. | :15:37. | |
in this case. I needed something from a warmer climate, something a | :15:38. | :15:45. | |
bit riper. This wine is properly dry and it's unoaky. It has a certain | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
ripe, rounded texture that comes from the warm sun of Sicily. That's | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
what I need to match up to the earthier elements of this dish, | :15:54. | :15:56. | |
particularly the lentils and sage. But then on the finish, you've got | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
that nice refreshing acidity. That's what I need to cut through the | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
scallops. Theo, it had to be a white wine to go with your glorious | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
scallops and lentils. I wanted an Italian wine, at that. I hope you | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
enjoy this. We certainly are. Delicious. Perfect | :16:16. | :16:21. | |
with the scallops, that chilli. I didn't tell her there's anchovy in | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
there, but it works really well. I really like it. A lot of flavours in | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
there. Strong flavours with the sage, capers and the anchovy. Good. | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
You mention something a bit, while we were cooking with olive oil. This | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
is cold pressed. They don't add temperature to the oil. So the | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
mortemure you add to the olive paste, it extracts more oil. | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
Generally when you have pale oils they tend to be manufactured. It's | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
the power of social media. They're online doing this. Yes, I really am | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
Will Young's fat older brother. There you go. Coming up: Look at | :17:00. | :17:11. | |
that! I just need that in the back. Coming up a great recipe for us. I'm | :17:12. | :17:21. | |
making boar with sour winter slaw, beautiful cep, amazing and wild | :17:22. | :17:24. | |
mushrooms. Delicious. You can ask either of our chefs a question. Call | :17:25. | :17:34. | |
us now on this number: tweet your questions now use as well. | :17:35. | :17:36. | |
He's in the party mood this week and having Christmas lunch with | :17:37. | :17:41. | |
the top Spanish chef and Saturday Kitchen regular, Jose Pizarro. | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
But first he's throwing a little festive fiesta of his own! | :17:45. | :18:04. | |
I thought I'd kick the festivities off this year with a party for a few | :18:05. | :18:12. | |
friends. I'm treating them to dishes that I'm cooking over the Christmas | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
break. Even the Spanish ambassador agreed to come along. Don't get me | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
wrong, nothing beats roast Turkey with all the trimmings for Christmas | :18:22. | :18:24. | |
Day lunch. But while travelling through Spain, I stumbled on many | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
dishes that would make a welcoming treat for a Christmas eve supper or | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
indeed those challenging days following Boxing Day. No Spanish | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
feast is complete without jamon and they don't come any better than | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
this, it's very expensive. Hence the thin slices! I was inspired to come | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
up with this recipe of clams with serrano ham and sherry in our Villa | :18:51. | :19:00. | |
nestled among the olive groves. I chop serrano ham, which means | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
mountain ham. These are dry cured for six to 18 months. I'm told the | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
best comes from the region of Aragon. After frying that off, I add | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
two or three bay leaves, chopped onions and garlic. Now for the | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
clams. Small, carpet shelf clams would be ideal for this dish. Next | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
the sherry. Sherry became fashionable in the English court, | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
when Sir Francis Drake attacked the port of Cadiz and seized 3,000 | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
barrels. That will take about three minutes, no more, just for them to | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
steam in that deliciously aromatic, I wish you could smell it, the | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
flavours of the ham and sherry. I'm using this sherry, which is slightly | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
sweet. It goes really well with the ham and onions, which I cook for | :19:51. | :19:52. | |
about ten minutes. Don't know whether I put too much | :19:53. | :20:04. | |
ham in, because I guessed the quaunts after seeing the dish. Carb | :20:05. | :20:13. | |
-- quantities. But it goes so well with the flavour of the clams and | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
the slight sweetness of the sherry. It's sort of like a symbiotic | :20:19. | :20:26. | |
agreement of flavours, if you like. This dish works well both as a | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
portion of tapas or as a starter at any Christmas or new year starter. | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
I'm hoping it makes a promising start with my guests here. Oh, wow. | :20:39. | :20:48. | |
Thank you. Very nice. It wouldn't be the same without the sherry. Jimmy | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
Burns is a respected writer on Spain. He fondly remembers the | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
imports of Christmas in their family home. English dad, Spanish mum and | :20:59. | :21:06. | |
born in Spain. That's right. Turkey on Christmas, but I really looked | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
forward to the lamb. Can you imagine, marinated in wine and | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
herbs, very simple, lots of olive oil. Slow cooked. Very slow cooked. | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
Slow cooked lamb happens to be a family favourite, with a good chef | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
friend of mine called Jose Pizarro. These days he's a successful reatour | :21:26. | :21:32. | |
in -- restratour in London. He asked me to cook for a festive get | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
together. I remember this one with my grandmother. It's slow roast and | :21:38. | :21:47. | |
it's marinated with garlic, parsley, thyme, white wine, olive oil, salt | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
and pepper. That's it? That's it. Simple. Then you have time to enjoy | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
with your friends. It's Christmas, it's time for enjoy. To me you | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
epitomise a new look about Spanish food, which has a real seriousness | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
about good produce. For me, always. Because I was working in | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
Michelin-starred restaurant. Then I go back to my roots. I go back to | :22:12. | :22:20. | |
the ingredient, the quality and the simplicity. You are working with | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
your fingers. Exactly, put all the parsley on. This lovely piece of | :22:26. | :22:33. | |
lamb. This is only one of a lot of quite special dinners and lunches | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
for Christmas. There's a lot of work goes into Spanish Christmas. Like we | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
say, the mother and grandmothers are always very busy at this time. Wine. | :22:42. | :22:47. | |
We are going to use plenty of wine for this. So you get all the residue | :22:48. | :22:55. | |
of flavours. Olive oil. About two tablespoons. Some water. | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
More wine. Fair enough. And some thyme. Just to give some | :23:04. | :23:14. | |
countryside flavour. Leave marinated like this for two hours. Hola! We | :23:15. | :23:22. | |
got the lamb ready for roasting just in time for the arrival of the | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
guests. It was time to begin the celebrations and break open the | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
bubbly, which for the Spanish, of course, means Cava. Thank you for | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
coming. Thank you for having us. What's for dinner? Lamb. The lamb | :23:36. | :23:47. | |
went into a moderate oven to roast for at least three hours. The slower | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
the roast the better the end result. APPLAUSE That's nice. Oh, gosh. | :23:54. | :24:06. | |
Beautiful. I think it's time to carve it. Come on then. Perfectly | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
cooked. Tender. That's still very, very juicy. We don't make gravy in | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
Spain. We just use the juice. I call it gravery. -- gravy. Can we have a | :24:17. | :24:24. | |
Spanish carol. Ole! Feliz Navidad. | :24:25. | :24:57. | |
Like the crew would say, are we surprised by this? We call it the | :24:58. | :25:04. | |
medals. Medals. Yes. I loved Jose's recipe for roast lamb, just like his | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
mama used to make, a perfect choice if you're looking for a festive | :25:09. | :25:09. | |
roast with a difference. Jose certainly knows how to have | :25:10. | :25:14. | |
a party! Christmas parties are always fun | :25:15. | :25:17. | |
but can be a little stressful So I thought I'd show you | :25:18. | :25:19. | |
a simple recipe that you could serve It's blinis and I'm going to serve | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
them with both smoked salmon pate and then also with mackerel | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
and a beetroot and shallot pickle. A touch of melted butter and flour. | :25:34. | :25:42. | |
Dried yeast. Salt, keep the salt away from the yeast because it kills | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
yeast. What yeast needs is basically warmth and moisture to feed. So | :25:49. | :25:54. | |
sugar in there to help it. Then we take some butter, melted butter. | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
That's basically going to be poured into here as well. And some milk. | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
Chuck the whole lot in. Whisk it together and you end up with a | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
batter. Now once you've achieved this batter - switch that on - once | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
you have the batter like that, you let it prove. Only for a little bit. | :26:14. | :26:16. | |
What you end up with, see the difference in those two? Yeah. | :26:17. | :26:23. | |
That's started to prove. Then all we do is we have the proved mixture. | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
It's bubbled up. You can see it. Then we take the egg whites, which | :26:28. | :26:33. | |
we throw into the batter mix. Mix this together. That is your blini | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
mix done. That's all it is. We will cook them with butter in a span and | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
serve it with a nice smoked salmon mousse, which I know you are a fan | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
of smoked salmon. I love it. I have a funny story. Smoked salmon into a | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
blender, blitz it up, lemon juice, creme fraiche, double cream and you | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
have yourself a nice little salmon mousse. First, congratulations. New | :26:58. | :27:04. | |
chapter, new Syria, four-year break -- new era, four-year break. Number | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
one album. A lot of friends and family bought it! It's been an | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
unbelievable ride for you. I mean, you wanted to sing when you were | :27:14. | :27:16. | |
very young. Yeah, always. Always wanted to sing. You were on stage | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
quite young as well. And performing, not singing, but theatre and bits | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
and bobs. I was going to be an actor, yeah. When I was 13 I had a | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
choice to go to drama school. Then I wanted - because I have a twin | :27:31. | :27:35. | |
brother Rupert - and I wanted to stay with him. You have three | :27:36. | :27:38. | |
brothers remember. And my lost-lost brother. It's a very emotional | :27:39. | :27:47. | |
morning for me actually! New family member and congestion charge. Yes, | :27:48. | :27:50. | |
but I'll have great food for the rest of my life. Brilliant. My | :27:51. | :27:57. | |
brother Rupert trained as a chef. He came up with the title for the new | :27:58. | :28:03. | |
album. 85% proof. Where does that come from? It came from the content | :28:04. | :28:07. | |
of alcohol, which is funny because neither of us really drink. We were | :28:08. | :28:12. | |
looking into moon shine and how - You were looking into moon shine. | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
Not drinking it. In Thailand, doing a kick boxing training camp. So I | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
can protect you brother, now. If you have any problems. Yeah, I like the | :28:24. | :28:27. | |
idea of the fermenting of the alcohol. You don't know necessarily | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
what percentage it will be, and it's similar to an album. You either get | :28:35. | :28:39. | |
drunk on the music or you don't. Luckily people got drunk. How long | :28:40. | :28:44. | |
did this take? Ten days. Was that because you had four years away? I | :28:45. | :28:48. | |
think so. I had four years off. I did theatre. I did some studying. I | :28:49. | :28:53. | |
did some teaching. And I learned a lot from the teaching. I don't know | :28:54. | :28:57. | |
if you ever teach, but it's a wonderful - What were you teaching? | :28:58. | :29:01. | |
Singing, performing. What are you doing now? The blinis. Turning them | :29:02. | :29:06. | |
over? Flipping them over. Making a mess of one of them. This is why I'm | :29:07. | :29:13. | |
talking to distract. LAUGHTER | :29:14. | :29:16. | |
I'll turn them over down here. Oh, hi, hi, look at me. This pan was a | :29:17. | :29:28. | |
bit hot. There we go. They look great. What's all the fuss about. | :29:29. | :29:35. | |
They're the pleenies. We tip these out -- blinis. We tip these out. You | :29:36. | :29:39. | |
are going to top it with a mousse and everything else. That's your | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
mousse done. The fish itself. I will fillet this and then blowtorch it. I | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
will do this with pickled beetroot. You fillet it like that. Mackerel, | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
very good for you. Very, very good for you. The fact I'm going to serve | :29:56. | :30:01. | |
it with blinis pan fried in half a pound of butter, ignore that. What's | :30:02. | :30:04. | |
new about the album. I've been listening to it. It's a new | :30:05. | :30:09. | |
direction. It's very eclectic. My last album was very focussed. This | :30:10. | :30:13. | |
one, I just went in and just wrote the songs and I was with pay new | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
record company Island Records, who have an incredible heritage. They | :30:19. | :30:23. | |
were loving it. What I do is I send the demos off and they just loved | :30:24. | :30:29. | |
it. They come back and say yes? They go back and say, we're not going to | :30:30. | :30:32. | |
drop you, we like it. Thank God, the mortgage will be paid. Yeah. I think | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
the key thing is not to be afraid. That's the key thing. I suppose, | :30:38. | :30:44. | |
also given your success, you can be a little bit more picky. People will | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
follow you. Pliemy, what are you -- blimey, what are you doing now? | :30:50. | :30:51. | |
Cooking the mackerel.. Look at that! It is like a chemistry lesson. | :30:52. | :31:09. | |
So, what happened then? Well, it is amazing, really, as you get older as | :31:10. | :31:16. | |
a pop star. It is hard. There is that awful word, "relevant." I did a | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
sell-out tour, and people have supported me from the beginning. So | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
I don't take that for granted. And you were at the Popp shows? Yes. | :31:29. | :31:35. | |
You were at the beginning? Yes, I didn't get caught up in the madness | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
it is now. It is a different sort of beast. I was looked after really | :31:40. | :31:42. | |
well. You don't get type-cast? No. | :31:43. | :31:49. | |
Now I think that people maybe even forget that I came from a talent | :31:50. | :31:53. | |
show but I don't. It was an incredible experience. And very | :31:54. | :31:58. | |
special. I have this unique, basically, I by-passed the record | :31:59. | :32:00. | |
companies. The people were the record company. | :32:01. | :32:07. | |
I don't know... Wasn't it the first time you ever sang on stage with a | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
microphone? It was Pop Idol, yes. I have never lost that joy for it, you | :32:14. | :32:21. | |
know. It really was, it was very much a repressed talent, I guess. I | :32:22. | :32:27. | |
was studying politics at university. You were doing theatre and bits and | :32:28. | :32:35. | |
piece but you did start young. I was reading a story you were in a show, | :32:36. | :32:42. | |
you were a Christmas tree? I was a Christmas tree, yes, I had one line, | :32:43. | :32:55. | |
"it's Christmas!." Was it worthy of an Olivier? Who knows. | :32:56. | :33:01. | |
Well, it was better than me. I was a king in my nativity. I had one word. | :33:02. | :33:07. | |
I messed it up. I was put on lighting. | :33:08. | :33:13. | |
What was the word? Hello! I must tell you a funny story. My God | :33:14. | :33:19. | |
daughter, Martha, she had a line" yes, you can come into the stable." | :33:20. | :33:27. | |
But she said, "no, you can't." So she changed the history of the | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
religion. Very brave. | :33:35. | :33:38. | |
So, what is the New Year bringing you? Are you going on tour? No. I'm | :33:39. | :33:43. | |
going to have a break and do some summer shows. | :33:44. | :33:49. | |
This is the end, so I have the final song from the record, Brave Man. | :33:50. | :33:53. | |
With a fantastic video. It is amazing. I was watching it | :33:54. | :33:58. | |
last night. It is fantastic. What is it about? It is about a | :33:59. | :34:02. | |
transgender young man. That is very much a topic at the moment and very | :34:03. | :34:06. | |
important. But to portray that in a video like | :34:07. | :34:12. | |
that... It was quite brave, funny enough. I really aploughed Island | :34:13. | :34:19. | |
Records as many would not punt the money to do something like that. It | :34:20. | :34:23. | |
has had an incredible reaction and got people talking. I have also done | :34:24. | :34:36. | |
a song for WWF, a cover of Baccarat, a song for a brilliant cause. | :34:37. | :34:44. | |
That is to help the charity? Yes, there are only 3,000 tigers in the | :34:45. | :34:49. | |
world. We have lost 50% of our animals since 1970. It is pretty | :34:50. | :34:53. | |
dire. The deforestation of places, it is a | :34:54. | :34:57. | |
pretty dire situation. Well, there is lots of mackerel and | :34:58. | :35:03. | |
salmon. Hurrah! Happy Christmas! Can I try | :35:04. | :35:09. | |
one. Yes, you have the blinis, some with | :35:10. | :35:15. | |
the mackerel, some with the smoked salmon, and some with the caviar. | :35:16. | :35:22. | |
You are so clever. I'm not really. It is ten years of whingeing it! | :35:23. | :35:25. | |
So what will I be making for Will at the end of the show? | :35:26. | :35:30. | |
It could be his food heaven, pasta which I'm going to serve | :35:31. | :35:33. | |
First Theo's got a quick ragu which will go really well | :35:34. | :35:36. | |
with homemade tagliatelle then I'm going to make some ricotta filled | :35:37. | :35:39. | |
tortellini which I'll serve with a courgette and garlic sauce. | :35:40. | :35:41. | |
Or it could be food hell, liver I'll pan fry a piece of calves liver | :35:42. | :35:45. | |
in plenty of butter then serve it with crispy onion rings, deep fried | :35:46. | :35:48. | |
capers, a pile of creamy mashed potato and a rich red wine sauce. | :35:49. | :35:51. | |
As usual, it's down to the guests in the studio and a few of our | :35:52. | :35:55. | |
viewers to decide, and you can see the result at the end of the show. | :35:56. | :35:59. | |
A delicious dish. Happy with that? I love you. | :36:00. | :36:08. | |
Right, let's get another absolute favourite recipe from Mary Berry. | :36:09. | :36:10. | |
Like everyone today she's making plans for Christmas with | :36:11. | :36:13. | |
I bet she pays the congestion charge! I love Mary Berry. | :36:14. | :36:28. | |
Christmas would not be Christmas, if my cupboards were not bursting with | :36:29. | :36:35. | |
my favourite sweet indulgence, chocolate. No-one knows better about | :36:36. | :36:45. | |
it than William Curley, four times. Chocolatier of the year, four times! | :36:46. | :36:53. | |
Hello, William, Christmas, and I can't imagine Christmas without | :36:54. | :36:57. | |
chocolate. Is it a busy time for you? Yes it is the busiest time of | :36:58. | :37:06. | |
the year, the special tis are Dundee cake, port truffles. | :37:07. | :37:10. | |
What is your favourite? The Yule Log. | :37:11. | :37:13. | |
The Yule Log is served traditional in France as their Christmas | :37:14. | :37:17. | |
pudding. It dates back to the 16th century. I have made Yule Logs | :37:18. | :37:21. | |
myself. But never anything quite like this! If you take the mousse | :37:22. | :37:30. | |
and run it up the side. Like such... I bet you do this like | :37:31. | :37:38. | |
lightening when you do it. I must say, if I was doing this, I would do | :37:39. | :37:44. | |
several at one go, put them in the freezer and everybody who came to | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
supper in the next year would get it as their pudding, whether it was | :37:50. | :37:52. | |
Christmas or not. If I'm going to all of this effort, I would want to | :37:53. | :37:56. | |
show off. This wonderful creation is a | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
combination of a creamy hazelnut and almond and meringue centre. | :38:01. | :38:04. | |
You have done this before and you know exactly that they are going to | :38:05. | :38:11. | |
fit. Chocolate sponge. So that is rum with a sugar syrup? Indeed, yes. | :38:12. | :38:19. | |
These are crystallised chestnuts. Surrounding by a rich chocolate and | :38:20. | :38:26. | |
chestnut mousse. A meringue base, all covered in dark chocolate glaze. | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
It is just like a river flowing. A final few festive touches. | :38:38. | :38:41. | |
Oh, that looks amazing. Just look at that. | :38:42. | :38:48. | |
And the masterpiece is complete. Do you know, William, I have to | :38:49. | :38:52. | |
stand back and say, that really takes the wind out of my sails it is | :38:53. | :38:55. | |
magnificent. Thank you very much, Mary. It is | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
very kind. Why not go upstairs, have a little cup of coffee and a wee, | :39:01. | :39:03. | |
thin slice. Do you know, you you have twisted my | :39:04. | :39:14. | |
arm, go on! This is luxury per sonified. It is so chocolatey. And | :39:15. | :39:22. | |
it is full of surprises as you get through the layers. | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
The textures and the different flavours coming through. | :39:28. | :39:32. | |
Oh, so good. All that remain, William, is to wish you a very happy | :39:33. | :39:37. | |
Christmas, and you will have only have made about 1,000 of these come | :39:38. | :39:40. | |
Christmas. Indeed. Thank you very much, Mary. | :39:41. | :39:46. | |
Merry Christmas to you. That looked amazing. But if you have | :39:47. | :39:50. | |
not the time or the skill that William has, I have the perfect | :39:51. | :39:53. | |
recipe for you. A chocolate mousse cake. | :39:54. | :39:58. | |
So the cake is very simple to make. And the strongest chocolate flavour | :39:59. | :40:08. | |
you will get is from cocoa. To the cocoa, 25 grams, add three | :40:09. | :40:13. | |
tablespoons of boiling water. Aim to get a piece. A bit like soft | :40:14. | :40:17. | |
butter, you can spread it across. There it is. | :40:18. | :40:23. | |
Then add two eggs. 100 grams of caster sugar. 100 grams of | :40:24. | :40:28. | |
self-raising flour, and a level teaspoon of baking powder. | :40:29. | :40:32. | |
Don't make it heaped. It must be level. | :40:33. | :40:35. | |
Because if you put too much in, it will rise up and fall down again. | :40:36. | :40:41. | |
And lastly, 100 grams of baking spread. | :40:42. | :40:55. | |
Beautifully mixed, all one colour. Spoon the mixture into a greased | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
tin, lined with nonstick baking parchment. Chocolate goes so well at | :41:01. | :41:05. | |
Christmas time. I think it is just one of those times where we can be | :41:06. | :41:11. | |
indulgent! It only needs 25 minutes in the oven at 160 fan. | :41:12. | :41:17. | |
When it starts to shrink from the sides of the tin, it's done. It | :41:18. | :41:21. | |
should be nice and springy to the touch. | :41:22. | :41:26. | |
That looks perfect. To make it extra special, a little | :41:27. | :41:30. | |
brandy over the top. About two tablespoons. | :41:31. | :41:35. | |
A bit difficult to know where you have been, when it is a chocolate | :41:36. | :41:40. | |
cake but I think I am remembering, there we are. And that for luck. | :41:41. | :41:45. | |
Right, now to the chocolate mousse topping. Slowly melt 300 grams of | :41:46. | :41:53. | |
chocolate. I find using 50% cocoa solids is best. It adds just the | :41:54. | :42:00. | |
right amount of sweetness. While the chocolate cools, whisk 450 mls much | :42:01. | :42:07. | |
whipping cream until it is frothy. Fold that in... And you get the | :42:08. | :42:14. | |
easiest and the quickest chocolate mousse. And it is still a lovely, | :42:15. | :42:19. | |
frothy mixture. I'm going to put it on the top of | :42:20. | :42:30. | |
the sponge now. I'm going to chill it overnight in | :42:31. | :42:35. | |
the fridge. That will firm it up, and then I will turn it out. | :42:36. | :42:56. | |
A little sifted cocoa over the top makes a professional finish. This is | :42:57. | :43:02. | |
the sort of thing that William would have done with his Bousche, Noelle. | :43:03. | :43:14. | |
I think that is super and stylish. And everyone will go" Ah." When they | :43:15. | :43:22. | |
come in. And then a little icing over the top. It also makes it look | :43:23. | :43:30. | |
like snow at Christmas. That's my special, indulgent chocolate sponge. | :43:31. | :43:34. | |
Still to come this morning on Saturday Kitchen Live. | :43:35. | :43:38. | |
Nigel Slater is enjoying his own 12 tastes of Christmas. | :43:39. | :43:40. | |
He's adding cranberries to sauteed sausages before making some | :43:41. | :43:42. | |
decorative biscuits with plenty of ginger to hang on the tree! | :43:43. | :43:45. | |
It's Kuba's first attempt at the Saturday Kitchen omelette | :43:46. | :43:48. | |
I've got high EGG-spectations of course, but unfortunately he's | :43:49. | :43:51. | |
up against the Usain Bolt of the egg world, Theo Randall. | :43:52. | :43:55. | |
Will Theo be able to turn in a similarly EGG-ceptional | :43:56. | :43:58. | |
performance to the one that got him to the centre of our pan? | :43:59. | :44:01. | |
Can he BREAK that incredible time of 14.76 seconds? | :44:02. | :44:03. | |
You can see the action, live, a little later | :44:04. | :44:11. | |
on. And will Will be facing food heaven, pasta two ways with both | :44:12. | :44:14. | |
a quick ragu and also filled with ricotta and a pinch of nutmeg. | :44:15. | :44:18. | |
Or food hell, pan fried calves liver with deep fried onion rings | :44:19. | :44:21. | |
You can see what he ends up with at the end of the show. | :44:22. | :44:28. | |
And this next chef is a man I stumbled across whilst travelling | :44:29. | :44:34. | |
I stopped for lunch at his pub The Feathered Nest near Burford | :44:35. | :44:38. | |
and was blown away by the food so I had to invite him to cook with me | :44:39. | :44:47. | |
We have a selection of unusual ingredients. But much of this you | :44:48. | :45:00. | |
make yourself? Yes, we have some wild boar today. It is from the | :45:01. | :45:05. | |
Forest of Dean. It is a great discovery this year. It is a 100% | :45:06. | :45:10. | |
wild beast. So we are serving it with quince and | :45:11. | :45:15. | |
bits and pieces. I am cracking on with this mixture. | :45:16. | :45:20. | |
I will start with the stuffing for the sausage meat to go around the | :45:21. | :45:25. | |
loin. So we have lovely smoked lardons. We are going to melt it | :45:26. | :45:30. | |
down and use instead of butter this time to fry the mushrooms. | :45:31. | :45:35. | |
So, instead of butter we are using the fat from the animal. | :45:36. | :45:40. | |
Yes, pure and lovely. It will give a hint of smokiness to it. | :45:41. | :45:45. | |
So to get them first. Then they can cool down before mixing them with | :45:46. | :45:47. | |
the sausage meat. The sausages from wild boar, and the | :45:48. | :46:02. | |
liquor is the secret ingredient here. All this can be replicated | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
with pork loin and apple sausages for example. Look online for wild | :46:10. | :46:14. | |
boar because it's possible to get. Tell everybody about the pub itself. | :46:15. | :46:18. | |
It's been there for several years now. We kind of cook a detour. Tell | :46:19. | :46:29. | |
us about it. Yeah, it's a tiny village between Burford and Stowe. | :46:30. | :46:36. | |
The pub is situated on top of the hills, so you can see the rolling | :46:37. | :46:43. | |
hills of the Cotswolds. We have four bedrooms with that view to enjoy. | :46:44. | :46:50. | |
Yeah, lovely, lovely restaurant with lots of lovely food. You've been | :46:51. | :47:00. | |
there since when? Before that you were with Raymond Blanc. What got | :47:01. | :47:07. | |
you started cooking? Right, should I say this or not It's your first time | :47:08. | :47:10. | |
on the show. I always liked to eat, as you can see. My mum wasn't that | :47:11. | :47:17. | |
skilful or adventurous. She was happy to do one sort of meal for | :47:18. | :47:20. | |
three or four days for example. Which I didn't like that. So to sort | :47:21. | :47:25. | |
of spice it up a bit, I started to cook. That's how it started. You | :47:26. | :47:33. | |
went to college, bits and pieces? I did my financial management in | :47:34. | :47:39. | |
Poland. Then I felt that's not what I wanted to do. That's not my type | :47:40. | :47:44. | |
of job. I came to England. Found the college, which I didn't know exists, | :47:45. | :47:49. | |
to be honest. I enrolled in the course when I was 24. You started | :47:50. | :47:53. | |
quite late on in life, for a chef. Yeah 24 years old. Most of them... | :47:54. | :48:00. | |
27 was my first job. Yeah. This is for the stuffing there? Yes wild | :48:01. | :48:06. | |
mushrooms with the lardons, which we will mix with the sausage meat. I | :48:07. | :48:12. | |
have the mixture for the quince, vanilla, bayleaf, star anise, | :48:13. | :48:15. | |
juniper, cinnamon and sugar and vinegar. We bring this to the boil | :48:16. | :48:20. | |
and cook it. Yes, basically a mulled wine with quince in it. Orange and | :48:21. | :48:25. | |
lemon as well. Yes, keeping it festive. It's a lovely base for the | :48:26. | :48:32. | |
quince. You've been at the restaurant since it opened, five, | :48:33. | :48:40. | |
six years? Yeah, I'm living in it since 2012. You are just starting to | :48:41. | :48:44. | |
bed it in. You've just got the food that you wanted is that right? | :48:45. | :48:48. | |
Because as I said, I started a bit late. It takes years to get to what | :48:49. | :48:56. | |
you enjoy. It was a bit of trial and error for a while. Now I think we | :48:57. | :49:09. | |
are getting there. I've got a big love in general for game. We have | :49:10. | :49:13. | |
plenty of it. This time of the year, that's my speciality. That's what I | :49:14. | :49:18. | |
want to focus on. The rest is a bit of everything. Because of, you know, | :49:19. | :49:23. | |
we are all fairly international over there. So, it's a bit of everything. | :49:24. | :49:27. | |
Tell us about the boar. What makes this so special? The boar, first of | :49:28. | :49:35. | |
all, it's 100% wild. That's what makes it special. It's from the | :49:36. | :49:41. | |
Forest of Dean. It's quite young. It's like a 20 kilo carcass, which | :49:42. | :49:49. | |
is like a suckling boar. It's lovely and tender and a flavour is not too | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
strong or gamey. Realistically it's like a tasty, lean, perfect pork. | :49:55. | :50:00. | |
You get the entire carcass? Yes. The entire carcass. I'm going to roll | :50:01. | :50:06. | |
the loin. The loin is very lean. To protect it, I'm going to roll it in | :50:07. | :50:13. | |
that sausage meat. Yeah, whole carcass and then we use it all. Use | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
it for Sunday roast leg. And then we do a dish with trying to do all the | :50:20. | :50:28. | |
cuts. That's on one plate. How many chefs are in the kitchen? When we're | :50:29. | :50:38. | |
lucky around seven, you know, seven is ideal plus two kitchen porters. | :50:39. | :50:43. | |
Their job is probably the most important in the kitchen. | :50:44. | :50:50. | |
Absolutely. I was talking to Theo before, they do all the tortellini | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
and raviolis. Explain what you've done here? The loin, the sausage | :50:55. | :51:01. | |
meat, rolled around the loin. Just put it in clingfilm just to shape | :51:02. | :51:04. | |
it. If you do that beforehand you can put it in the fridge to set up. | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
That will help to you keep the lovely, round shape. I'm going to | :51:11. | :51:17. | |
make a lot of noise for a few seconds. Then we have the stomach | :51:18. | :51:24. | |
lining, basically. That doesn't sound very appealing that. Will | :51:25. | :51:28. | |
completely disappear while we're cooking the boar. You use this a lot | :51:29. | :51:35. | |
as well, Theo, not just wild boar, but this. Yeah, yeah. It's brilliant | :51:36. | :51:39. | |
for wrapping meat, particularly loins when they don't have that much | :51:40. | :51:44. | |
natural fat. Use it for things like pork loin and venison. Wild boar is | :51:45. | :51:52. | |
funny, because it's hard to get really good wild boar. We use | :51:53. | :51:56. | |
shoulders to make a ragu or something. I'm really interested in | :51:57. | :52:03. | |
tasting this. I use the stomach lining to wrap my albums and it | :52:04. | :52:07. | |
disappears. That will be controversial for sure. That could | :52:08. | :52:14. | |
be a really good album. What do you want, a plate? A pan. #12k34r let's | :52:15. | :52:21. | |
put one on. Where's the winter slaw? It's all over there. Perfect. How | :52:22. | :52:29. | |
long would you leave this slaw that I've made? You leave it in the jar | :52:30. | :52:38. | |
at room temperature, three days minimum. Up to a week. It depends | :52:39. | :52:47. | |
how sour you want it. Then you can put it in the lar dear or fridge -- | :52:48. | :52:55. | |
larder or fridge for months. It's a ready-made condiment. Would you | :52:56. | :52:59. | |
leave it in the fridge to firm up? Ideally yes. We just want to seal it | :53:00. | :53:12. | |
to get the colour nice. We will put that in there, 10 to 14 minutes. No | :53:13. | :53:18. | |
more than medium for the boar. It's a restaurant and pub, you've just | :53:19. | :53:21. | |
started to win a collection of awards recently. Started to come | :53:22. | :53:26. | |
through. We went to Brighton, third time in a row, won the gold tourist | :53:27. | :53:33. | |
pub of the year. That was great. What's still amazing about this job | :53:34. | :53:37. | |
is you find hidden gems and secrets. I didn't actually say this in | :53:38. | :53:42. | |
rehearsals, but - I don't mean to offend all the chefs on Saturday | :53:43. | :53:47. | |
Kitchen last year - but it was the best plate of food I've tasted this | :53:48. | :53:50. | |
year. And you don't have a Michelin star. Which I couldn't understand. I | :53:51. | :53:55. | |
can't really answer that question. I'm very humble, now I can work. But | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
it was - you're going the same colour at that now! Yes. I was so | :54:01. | :54:07. | |
impressed that I took Pierre Kaufmann as well. He couldn't | :54:08. | :54:11. | |
believe it. The stuff is incredible We are doing the slaw. Amazing new | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
season olive oil. You're going to mix this? Just a bit of olive oil to | :54:18. | :54:28. | |
bring it to life, bit of herbs, salt, sugar, just a little slaw, | :54:29. | :54:32. | |
which is perfect. It can be made in advance, keep in a jar. Always ready | :54:33. | :54:41. | |
to go. -- ready when you are. It's full of vitamin C. In Eastern Europe | :54:42. | :54:46. | |
before citrus fruit was available, that was your source. This is not | :54:47. | :54:51. | |
like kimchy? No, it's water, salt and veg. Quince puree on the bottom. | :54:52. | :55:04. | |
Some of this lovely Sour Kraut. It's just jazzed up. We are going to use | :55:05. | :55:11. | |
one, that will be enough. Top and tail. It -- tail. | :55:12. | :55:22. | |
It -- tail it. I've cooked the quince in the pan. Perfect. The The | :55:23. | :55:29. | |
ceps are incredible actually. They exceeded my expectations. You want a | :55:30. | :55:36. | |
bit of that to go with it? New season olive oil, perfect. Give us | :55:37. | :55:42. | |
the naming of this Wild boar from the Forest of Dean, with sour winter | :55:43. | :55:48. | |
slaw, amazing massive cep and poached quince. Watch this man, he's | :55:49. | :55:53. | |
going to be a genius. There you go. Thank you. | :55:54. | :56:01. | |
You heard it here. Dive into this. It looks amazing | :56:02. | :56:02. | |
You heard it here. Dive into this. It looks amazing and tastes | :56:03. | :56:05. | |
fantastic. Interesting with this, it's on the outside the stuffing. | :56:06. | :56:09. | |
Normally you'd put it on the inside. Look how juicy that loin is. That's | :56:10. | :56:17. | |
the purpose of it. By wrapping it with the fat around it, you keep it | :56:18. | :56:24. | |
all, like bacon. It's not as strong as you would think. But young boar, | :56:25. | :56:29. | |
that's why. Happy with that? Delicious. You're a genius. There | :56:30. | :56:32. | |
you go. Right, let's head to Exeter to | :56:33. | :56:33. | |
see what Susy has chosen to go Kuba, your wonderful dish has | :56:34. | :57:03. | |
several components. The key to matching the right wine is to | :57:04. | :57:06. | |
partner it with the most dominant flavour on the plate, in this case | :57:07. | :57:10. | |
the wild boar. I node a fairly rich red. From the new world I'd pick | :57:11. | :57:16. | |
something from South America, like this Tupungato. I've gone for | :57:17. | :57:20. | |
something with a decidedly more peppery character. It's from the | :57:21. | :57:26. | |
deep south of France. The wine I've chosen is the Terre d' Ardoise 2013. | :57:27. | :57:36. | |
Carignan is a grape variety that you get in the south of France that | :57:37. | :57:41. | |
makes wines that are not only hearty and robust, but Tha'it spicy twist, | :57:42. | :57:48. | |
specially good in the winter months. Deep colour and a gorgeous scent of | :57:49. | :57:55. | |
spicy BlackBerry. There's that lovely red berry and BlackBerry | :57:56. | :57:58. | |
again that. Goes well with that winter slaw. Because this is a ripe | :57:59. | :58:02. | |
wine, it has a juicy quality that can cope with the poached quince. | :58:03. | :58:09. | |
The main thing that's going on here is a lovely, savoury twist to a | :58:10. | :58:12. | |
hearty red wine, that's exactly what I need to match the earthiness of | :58:13. | :58:16. | |
the wild mushroom and of course that gorgeous star ingredient, the wild | :58:17. | :58:22. | |
boar. Kuba, this dish is a real wintertime treat and it calls for a | :58:23. | :58:26. | |
fine, top-notch red wine to go with it. Here it is. Enjoy! They're | :58:27. | :58:31. | |
enjoying the food any way. There's not a lot left. What do you think? | :58:32. | :58:36. | |
Very good. It goes perfectly with the boar and the quince. Sweetness | :58:37. | :58:40. | |
of quince and it's perfect. Everything works on there. That | :58:41. | :58:46. | |
cabbage is just... Delicious. With that porcini and cabbage, texture | :58:47. | :58:48. | |
and flavour is brilliant. With that wine... It's difficult to get wild | :58:49. | :58:52. | |
boar in this country, but that's the best I've had. Best I've ever | :58:53. | :58:58. | |
tasted. It's amazing. I smelt it, didn't drink. It my uncle actually | :58:59. | :59:04. | |
goes out, he's a deer stalker and goes to Germany to shoot wild boar. | :59:05. | :59:07. | |
Right let's get a recipe from Si and Dave, the Hairy Bikers. | :59:08. | :59:10. | |
They're attempting to cook their way through all | :59:11. | :59:12. | |
the items mentioned in the song, the twelve days of Christmas! | :59:13. | :59:15. | |
And they're starting at the beginning of course, with | :59:16. | :59:17. | |
a partridge in a pear tree, well a partridge with pickled pears! | :59:18. | :59:22. | |
That was awful. That's what happened when you get here at 4am | :59:23. | :59:39. | |
We're meeting Delia. No, we're not. Tricia? No. Allan Partridge, dude. | :59:40. | :59:45. | |
Partridge in a pear tree. First line Tricia? No. Allan Partridge, dude. | :59:46. | :59:47. | |
Partridge in a pear tree. First line of the song. We're meeting the man | :59:48. | :59:56. | |
who was the inspiration for Allan Partridge. Dancing on the ceiling | :59:57. | :00:01. | |
has brought those boots with the velcro on underneath... We're | :00:02. | :00:08. | |
cooking our first dish for the real Allan Partridge, that's lush Kingy. | :00:09. | :00:12. | |
We've decided to get into character and dress in sports cashuals. It's a | :00:13. | :00:20. | |
homage to it. You look like a stick of candy floss and I look like a | :00:21. | :00:30. | |
fruit Bonn Bonn. You lock like Noel Ed monds in the House Party days. | :00:31. | :00:43. | |
Partridge. The great alternative to the | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
traditional Christmas bird. It is succulent and feeds more than | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
enough. Ideal over the festive period. The | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
dish starts with the sweating down of a shallot or a humble onion. And | :01:00. | :01:08. | |
this is the basis for the stuffing, sausage meat and chestnuts and some | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
bread. I don't know what is after that, | :01:13. | :01:19. | |
chestnuts roasting on the fire? And now for the Christmas, the fruit. It | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
is a Tudor thing. The opulence. To put in fruit, to celebrate and make | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
things more rich and lush. Now we are both believers in eating | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
game. It is out in the wild it is natural, it is healthy. | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
Posh folk have game. Yes, wearing hats like this, and | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
they go out bagging things. You, there! Shoot that bird! It's | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
great. The stuffing draws the flavour from | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
the partridge, the partridge taking flavour from the stuffing. It is | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
like us, we help each other, we live together. | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
We don't live together! When did we live together? What do you mean? | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
Well, before, now we have wives and stuff. Now, look at this, it does | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
not say, eat me but soon it will look brilliant. There is no way this | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
is going to get dried out. They are moist inside, they are wrapped in | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
bacon, moist with butter. Everything apart from the bones is going to be | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
yum, yum. They go into the oven at 180 | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
degrees, for about 40 minutes but don't overcook them! To go with | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
them, we are making fondant potatoes. With a gorgeous texture. | :02:40. | :02:48. | |
One of the most luxurious ways to cook the hummable sudden. We are | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
frying them in butter, then simmering them in stock with thyme. | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
Letting them simmer this will you can cut through. | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
Now, the partridge is done. The potatoes are in. Now the pear! . | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
Peel your pear down. White wine vinegar, loads. Some | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
water, not too vinegary! Then to that, sugar. | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
Then, cloves, cinnamon and star anise. | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
Bring that lot to the boil. It will take five minutes until soft. | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
This is a preserve jar. You have to sterilise this before pickling | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
anything. Put in the pears. Trying to get them to stand up. | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
You want to well pack them in, don't you. | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
You do. Look at that. Put in the cinnamon | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
stick and a sprig of rosemary. It will flavour them beautifully. After | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
a few weeks they are ready to eat. But the longer you leave them, the | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
better they taste. There you go, mate. Merry Christmas! | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
Fabulous. The pears have taken on all of the | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
spices, and it is soft, soft, sweet and sour, oh! Yes, it tastes like | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
pear but it is undoubtedly a pickle. That one is a dynamite winner. | :04:18. | :04:24. | |
The pickled pears are a great accompaniment to the flavours of the | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
partridge. With the vegetables, this dish is a wonderful Christmas treat. | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
Now, all we have to do is plate up. Any minute now, our guest, Wally | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
Webb will be here. That is him. The legend that is. | :04:39. | :04:46. | |
How are you? Nice to meet you. You are a Mod. You have a Lambretta. | :04:47. | :04:54. | |
That is pretty cool. Yes it is a '66. | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
There, Wally, a festive feast. Oh, you have done this for me. Very well | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
presented, I might say. Thank you, sir. | :05:06. | :05:15. | |
Pickled pears, fondant and Patrick and peas! It is a party! It is. | :05:16. | :05:25. | |
Like having tinsel in your mouth. The only thing is, you there is no | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
such thing as a free lunch. Indeed. So, what we need is to get you and a | :05:32. | :05:41. | |
few others to sing the first few lines of A First Day Of Christmas. | :05:42. | :05:50. | |
Ouch! I think Wally should stick to records rather than singing. | :05:51. | :05:59. | |
Better singing than we got. Time to answer your foodie questions. | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
Each caller will also help us decide what Will could be eating | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
What is your question, John? I have a boneless saddle of venison. I need | :06:07. | :06:18. | |
the best way to roast it, ie, fast or slow. And what to serve it with. | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
If you are getting that, invite us to cook it! Well, the shoulder, if | :06:24. | :06:31. | |
it has the flaps and skin. I would trim it, with the trimmings, I would | :06:32. | :06:39. | |
use for the stuffing and chestnuts, cranberries, the Christmas flavours. | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
Put it in the middle. Roll it tight. You don't want to overcook it. It | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
meads to be medium rare. So, 180 degrees, sealed in a pan. 180 | :06:51. | :07:00. | |
degrees, for 50 minutes depending on how big it is. | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
What would you do with it? Well, red cabbage, and the Shaw would be | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
delicious. What about me? What would you do | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
with the venison? Play my music! What dish would you like to see, | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
heaven or hell? Sorry, Will, it must be hell! Oh! You have been tweeting | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
the show all morning. We have a couple to read out. | :07:27. | :07:38. | |
Rachel at William's: Most fabulous guest today! Will, what is your most | :07:39. | :07:48. | |
famous Christmas starter? Well, I love bilinis on Christmas day. That | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
is kind of a starter. With smoked salmon? I would go for bigger | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
prawns, on the shells. I love a prawn cocktail. | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
Do you have a another one for us? Yes, I have one from Tanya: Four | :08:04. | :08:11. | |
pieces of lamb neck with bone in, a wintery recipe, please. Perhaps with | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
pearl barley? What do you reckon? Seal the lamb neck off, add squash | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
and chestnuts, celery, cooked slowly with white wine. Add the pearl | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
barley. In the oven cooked gently. All of the pearl barley puffs up | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
with a vegetable lamb. The lamb neck is lovely as a hotpot. | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
It must take time with it. Yes, delicious. When it is cooked | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
slow. Then scrapping off the meat from the bones. | :08:50. | :08:58. | |
Joanne, what is your question? I have some pheasant from the | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
butchers. I have no idea how to cook it. | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
Pheasant, I love it with senior air yack. The breasts can dry out. Seal | :09:07. | :09:16. | |
it off in butter in a big pan. Get some celeriac in with the pheasant | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
with hot milk and cook slowly for 45 minutes to an hour. All of the milk | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
reduces, it thickens with the celeriac, the milk helps with the | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
full flavour of the fessant. Good luck with that. Don't overcook | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
them. What dish would you like to see at the end of the show? It must | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
be heaven. Claire from Bristol, are you there? | :09:43. | :09:45. | |
Yes. What is your question? I like duck, | :09:46. | :09:55. | |
what is the best way to cook it. Probably starting with the duck | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
breast? Dry pan, no oil. Skin side down. Then the duck in the pan and | :10:02. | :10:13. | |
render the skin down. Until it is crispy. Then seal it on the other | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
side for two or three minutes then in the oven and a good rest. | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
What dish would you like to see, heaven or hell? Heaven, because I | :10:23. | :10:29. | |
love Will. And we have to apologise to John, | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
there, Will was getting carried away! Now, the Omelette Challenge. | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
Kuba, who would you like to beet on the Bharatiya Janata Party? -- beat. | :10:41. | :10:56. | |
Pierre Koffman! Oh! So, cracks on the screens. | :10:57. | :11:05. | |
Ready? 3, 2, 1, go! I have made a harsh of this one. | :11:06. | :11:16. | |
That was quick. You have been practicing. | :11:17. | :11:25. | |
Of course he was. Right, Theo, first of all. | :11:26. | :11:33. | |
Was that three eggs?! Do you think you beat your time? No, I don't | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
think so. You were mega fast. 15. 8 seconds. | :11:39. | :11:46. | |
That puts you in second place. It's not fair... I was trying to | :11:47. | :11:53. | |
cover that up! I'm not putting it in there. | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
Right, Kuba. He has been practicing. Did he practice enough? He beat Mr | :12:01. | :12:09. | |
Pierre Ko if, fman. You are next to Jose there. | :12:10. | :12:10. | |
Very good. So Will get his food heaven, | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
fresh pasta served in two ways first with a quick ragu | :12:18. | :12:19. | |
and second as tortellini, Or food hell, | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
calves liver with deep fried onion Our chefs will make | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
their choices whilst we get a couple of simple festive food | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
ideas from Nigel Slater. And he's starting off with some | :12:30. | :12:31. | |
sticky cranberry sausages. Right, | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
it's time to find out whether Will So Will, | :12:35. | :12:35. | |
your food heaven would be pasta. Theo's brought his special eggs | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
in and we're going to make fresh tagliatelle to go with a nice | :12:40. | :12:42. | |
and quick ragu. Also we're going to roll some pasta | :12:43. | :12:44. | |
out and fill it with ricotta and nutmeg to make some tortellini | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
and serve them with a courgette Or you could be having food hell, | :12:48. | :12:50. | |
liver, which would be pan fried and served | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
with onion rings, deep fried capers, We are going to have a look at Nigel | :12:54. | :13:00. | |
Slater. He is starting off with for us, | :13:01. | :13:02. | |
enjoy this one. My first taste of Christmas, is | :13:03. | :13:04. | |
often confined to the day itself. But its magnificent colour and | :13:05. | :13:06. | |
flavour can actually give festive cheer to any dish. | :13:07. | :13:08. | |
My first flavour is always can berries. The minute I see them, I | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
have to use them. Christmas is a sweet and sticky time. So it is nice | :13:12. | :13:14. | |
to have something that is a bit sharp. | :13:15. | :13:15. | |
So I have red onions here. I want them to cook slowly. | :13:16. | :13:18. | |
So that they become sticky and jammy. | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
They have a sweetness to them. It will balance out the sour | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
cranberries. Put those over a moderate heat, not | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
too high and give them time... This cheerful flavour is going to pep up | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
an otherwise everyday ingredient. There's not many people I know who | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
don't like a sausage. I have bought these chipolatsa as | :13:47. | :13:53. | |
they feel more festive. There is something fun about them. | :13:54. | :13:56. | |
Pop them in the onions just as they start to soften. | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
So the onions are really sticky and the sausages have started to brown. | :14:03. | :14:05. | |
It is time to add my real Christmas flavours. | :14:06. | :14:24. | |
The cranberry jelly... And then some cranberries. A good handful. | :14:25. | :14:33. | |
Use fresh or frozen. And keeping the heat quite low, let the jelly melt | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
and the cranberries cook through. You will see that sticky glaze | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
appear. It is a mixture of the cranberry jelly and the sticky bits | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
from the onions and the sausages. A wee bit of salt and pepper. Then a | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
little bit grated clementine.en this no-one is in any doubt what time of | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
year it is! This is the first of the Christmas flavours. The first time | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
that I see cranberries. So there it is, Christmas on a fork! | :15:11. | :15:23. | |
This playful dish, will gently deliver festive cheer when you have | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
the first flurry of visitors on the way. It's a great way to work in | :15:29. | :15:31. | |
that first taste of Christmas. Flavours can unlock memories and my | :15:32. | :15:53. | |
next taste takes me back to my childhood and the magic of the | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
season. I use it all year round, but at this time of year, spicy ginger, | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
to me, is one of the most festive tastes of all. I think my lover of | :16:05. | :16:11. | |
ginger started with good old ginger nuts. I've discovered something | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
better. I've discovered spice biscuits. I start with 80 grams of | :16:16. | :16:26. | |
muck rawo sugar -- muscavado sugar, smells like an old fashioned sweet | :16:27. | :16:34. | |
shop. And 70 grams of butter. Then I'm going to cream this until it's | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
dark and fluffy. The ginger is going to be the king of tastes in this | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
recipe. An extra kick of spices will make all the differences. What's | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
really good is getting a nugget of cardamom in your mouth when you eat | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
a biscuit, and there's an explosion of flavour. Dark treacle will bring | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
out the flavours of the sugar and butter. I need about two | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
tablespoons. Then comes the plain flour. 250 grams. A little by -- | :17:05. | :17:23. | |
bicarbonate of soda and then the ginger that. Goes into the butter | :17:24. | :17:33. | |
and sugar. The yolk of an egg binds the ingredient. Then the ground | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
cardamom. That needs a bit of milk to bring the mixture together. A bit | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
of flour on the board to stop the dough sticking to it. Go as thin as | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
you dare. Once you've got some festive shapes, | :17:51. | :18:06. | |
pop them in the oven for about 15 minutes at 180. What I want with a | :18:07. | :18:15. | |
crisp biscuit like that is a refreshing drink. I've got a great | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
cocktail to go with them, very Christmassy, very easy and it's full | :18:21. | :18:28. | |
of gingerment -- ginger. Something cool and sharp, few more of those | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
festive cranberries will work well with spicy jirninger. Using the | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
sticky syrup from the jar will bring out the flavours. Now for the | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
Christmas fizz. I'm using cider. Give them the briefest blitz so the | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
cranberries keep some of their texture. | :18:55. | :19:07. | |
So, crisp little biscuits. These sweet treats would be delicious as | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
they are. But I think I can make them even more festive. Icing sugar | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
with a little lemon will work wonderfully with the spicy ginger. I | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
want this to be able to trickling from my spoon. -- trickle from my | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
spoon. Not so thin it pours off the biscuits, but not so thick it lands | :19:30. | :19:35. | |
in a blob. The only way to do this is from a height. You'll make a bit | :19:36. | :19:38. | |
of a mess. You just have to go with it. | :19:39. | :19:51. | |
Whether you let the children find these heavenly decorations | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
shimmering on the tree or serve them up still warm from the oven, once | :19:57. | :20:02. | |
you've made these for someone, they will always remember and Christmas | :20:03. | :20:05. | |
and ginger will stay with them forever. | :20:06. | :20:12. | |
It's time to find out whether Will is facing Food Heaven or hell. | :20:13. | :20:21. | |
Heaven would be pasta. Theo's famous for it. Lovely eggs in here with a | :20:22. | :20:28. | |
ragu and some beef. Pasta dish with ricotta and corgette. Food Hell | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
would be liver, capers, beer battered onion rings, mashed potato. | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
A very chefe sort of dish. It was down to these guys to decide your | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
fate. Well, I have two brilliant people cooking two brilliant dishes. | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
So I'm sure Food Hell will be just as good. That's what you're having! | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
Is that what I'm having. Oh, I take all that back. | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
I said to you it's a chef's dish. Liver and onions. That's what we're | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
doing. It's calves liver. You'll love it. Oh, no! First thing I'm | :21:02. | :21:10. | |
going to get you to do, if you can do me the shallots, that would be | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
great. Kuba could be peel the potato in the pan at | :21:15. | :21:15. | |
great. Kuba could be peel the potato in the pan at the far end. I will | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
get on and cook the liver. Can I just grab the flour. I start this | :21:20. | :21:28. | |
off with a touch of flour. Salt and pepper. I'm going to cook this and | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
take it out of the pan and make a sauce with this as well. Tiny bit of | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
flour. Very hot pan. You can use a tiny bit of olive oil. Why do you | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
use flour? That will give it colour. The key to liver is you've got to | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
cook it so it cooks not too fast because it can toughen up the liver, | :21:49. | :21:51. | |
but you've got to cook it so it colours more than anything else. You | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
can put colour on it by adding some oil and some butter. Put the butter | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
in and you get a nice colour first. Because this is calves liver it's | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
nicely thin. Pop the liver straight into the pan. We cook it rapidly in | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
that butter and olive oil for about a minute each side, no more. Then we | :22:14. | :22:21. | |
will take it out and let it rest. I will make a sauce from whatever we | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
have left in the pan as well. What you can do as well, Will, in a | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
minute, I'm going to make the batter. It's made with some flour, | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
the liver is happening here, a bit of yeast. Good pinch of salt, keep | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
that away from the yeast. Keep it separate. That's the key to it. The | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
liver is not far off now. We'll lift this out. I'm going to get you to do | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
beer battered onion rings. Capers? Yes, capers in first. Oh, no, you | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
dropped the capers. That's the idea of this, you see. Then what we're | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
going to do is we have the liver here. You cook it nice and pink. I'm | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
going to turn the heat down and gently cook it now. If you cook it | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
too fast, I don't know what you think, you can toughen up the liver. | :23:11. | :23:15. | |
Cook it gently in butter is the best way. If you cook it too fast it | :23:16. | :23:18. | |
becomes tough and it almost burns in the pan. Got to be pink. We take the | :23:19. | :23:28. | |
batter like that. And this is good, old beer. Not lager. We pop that in | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
there. The key is the yeast. Often when you make beer batter with just | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
flour it's soggy. You need to mix it, like the blini mixture earlier. | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
Let it prove. They look very g, you know. Do you like deep fried capers? | :23:45. | :23:52. | |
I don't think there's anything more I'd rather have. We let that prove. | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
Then what we're going to do is take out our onion. Shallots there. A bit | :23:57. | :24:07. | |
of red wine. Deglaze the pan a bit. The onions, we're going to chop | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
these up. You can get these onion rings on as | :24:12. | :24:20. | |
well. Grab the onions. You see the batter is almost alive, you see? Oh, | :24:21. | :24:25. | |
yeah. You can do this bit. Just take them in the batter and deep fry | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
them. Shove them in there? Cover in batter and throw them in. | :24:32. | :24:40. | |
In we go with the stock. This is a bit of beef stock. You can get now | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
from the supermarket, this is veal stock, which you can get. It's | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
wonderful. It makes a great sauce. The key to this is reducing it down. | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
You have to get this nice and hot now and reduce it down. At the same | :24:56. | :25:02. | |
time, I will add a tiny bit of chervil. I love the an seed flavour. | :25:03. | :25:11. | |
-- aniseed flavour. It's not fennel itself. You put the list together, | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
not me. You're breaking my heart! You put the list together. Basically | :25:16. | :25:27. | |
we're going to reduce this down. If you don't like capers this is a good | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
way to start. Deep fry them and they burst open. You get a delicious | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
flavour. Or just don't eat them. That's another option. Are you doing | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
now any way. Sauce is reducing down. We have our | :25:42. | :25:49. | |
mashed potato not far off. We finish the sauce with butter, as well as | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
salt and pepper. Then I put sherry vinegar, which cuts through the | :25:56. | :25:58. | |
flavour of the liver as well. A bit of seasoning, salt and pepper. | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
People just tuning in, your album was launched in May? Yeah. Number | :26:04. | :26:07. | |
one, another number one album as well. You just finished a tour. | :26:08. | :26:11. | |
Yeah. What's next for you? What's the plan? The next plan is summer | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
shows. I'm writing some scripts and hopefully have got - because I act | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
as well - I have some drama stuff coming up. That always takes a while | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
to do. Yeah, that's it. How long do you have to wait before the next | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
album's out. It must be tempting to roll them out all the time. | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
Everyone's different but I like waiting. I need to have a break, | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
creatively. I'll probably start doing some writing. Then once the | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
summer shows kick in, I'll do a lot of writing after that. I'm really | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
into writing this comedy drama at the moment. So I'll take two months | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
off to do that. Fantastic. Great fun. We look forward to seeing it. | :26:56. | :26:59. | |
There you go, a nice sauce here. This is reducing down all the while. | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
The liver is just allowed to rest. That's the key to it. The onion | :27:04. | :27:09. | |
rings I need in about... 30 seconds. Yes, chef! Taste of that. Maybe a | :27:10. | :27:19. | |
tiny bit more vinegar. That's the key. A little sherry vinegar. Yes, | :27:20. | :27:26. | |
it cuts through. Just a tiny bit. This is shallots in here with | :27:27. | :27:37. | |
chervil. That's almost good enough to eat on its own. Don't really need | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
anything else. Apart from onion rings (! ) Yes | :27:44. | :27:55. | |
chef. Sorry chef. While you're messing around, read that. We have | :27:56. | :28:04. | |
wine from ASDA from ?5, what is there a choice of them? Yes, that's | :28:05. | :28:10. | |
it. Special offer. I'm dyslexic and that will complicate my entire | :28:11. | :28:14. | |
morning big time. Grab the onion rings. That looks good, you know. | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
Looks amazing. There you have it. Grab the knives and forks. I will | :28:20. | :28:28. | |
serve the wine to go with it. Will, dive in. Give us the name of | :28:29. | :28:36. | |
the album then. The album, sorry, 85% proof. My caper range is | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
coming... LAUGHTER | :28:42. | :28:41. | |
Next year. Well that's all from us today | :28:42. | :28:43. | |
on Saturday Kitchen Live. Thanks to Theo Randall, | :28:44. | :28:46. | |
Kuba Winkowski and Will Young. Cheers to Susy Atkins | :28:47. | :28:49. | |
for the wine choices! All the recipes from the show are | :28:50. | :28:52. | |
on our website. Simply go to: | :28:53. | :28:55. | |
bbc.co.uk/Saturdaykitchen Christmas Day may be the highlight | :28:56. | :29:22. | |
of the holidays... | :29:23. | :29:25. |