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The festive season is finally here and we're getting in the mood with

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a magnificent menu of dishes from some of the world's best chefs!

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The decorations are up, the tree is in position and so are

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The first is a regular face on Saturday Kitchen.

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His award-winning Italian food has made his restaurant inside the

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Intercontinental Hotel in London one of the most popular in the capital.

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Next to him is a man making his debut on the show.

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The food he serves at the Feathered Nest Pub in the heart of the

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Cotswolds has helped him create a trophy cabinet as bulging as Theo's.

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Good morning. Good morning. Welcome, Kuba, the first time on the

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show. Theo, you are cooking first, what are you making? Pan fried

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scallops with chilli, sage and lemon and Swiss chard.

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Also are new-season olive oil. And Kuba, what is on the menu for

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you? For me it is the wild boar. It is Forest of Dean wild boar loin and

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sausage parcel, sour winter slaw and poached quince.

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So, mulled flavours. A puree and a caramelisation? Yes.

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So two very different but equally tasty dishes to look

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forward to and there's more great food in our archive films.

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We've got festive offerings from Rick Stein, The Hairy Bikers,

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Now, our special guest has already enjoyed a career featuring half

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a dozen platinum albums, 10 top ten singles and several sold out tours.

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His latest album, 85% Proof, has already topped the charts and

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Welcome to Saturday Kitchen, Will Young!

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He's armed and ready to eat as well, by the looks of things.

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Welcome to Saturday Kitchen, the fabulous, Will Young! What do you

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like in the kitchen? That is dirty, that napkin.

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Is it? What are you like in the kitchen, come on! I'm OK. I can do

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three dishes. I am good at a roast. My mum is a really good cook. I'm

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very good at spaghetti Bolognese, that is my favourite dish-hi! I can

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do chops, under the grill! Well, we have loads on offer for you later

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Now, of course, at the end of TODAY'S programme I'll

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cook either food heaven or food hell for Will It's up to the guests in

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the studio and a few of our viewers to decide which one you get.

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Italian food. You mentioned spaghetti but any

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pasta? Yes, I love it. What about the dreaded food hell?

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Livers, dill, any of that stuff. Please, don't do it. I'm such a nice

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person. Look at this face... It's not up to me!

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For food heaven I'm going to make fresh pasta then use it

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First with a quick ragu that Theo is going to make for us then I'll fill

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some tortellini with ricotta and a pinch of nutmeg to go with

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Or Will could be having food hell, liver I'll pan fry a piece

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of calves liver then serve it with deep fried capers, onion rings,

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some creamy mashed potato and a rich red wine sauce.

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But you'll have to wait until the end of the show to find

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If you'd like the chance to ask either of our

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A few of you will be able to put a question to us, live,

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And if I do get to speak to you I'll be asking if you want Will to face

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You can also send us your questions through social media by using

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Right, let's get started and up first this morning, is Theo Randall.

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We are making pan fried scallops with chilli, sage and lemon and

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Swiss chard. I'm going to use a tiny amount of

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capers, then with the lentils. They are green, from Umbria.

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We are boiling them with garlic. These are famous lentils? Yes. They

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have a sweet flavour. Irthink that the best thing is to boil them if

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you put in too many things, like pancetta or tomato, you lose the

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flavour. You can tell from the colour? And

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the size. They are tiny. They take about 15 minutes to cook.

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They have a little bite to them. I have the Swiss chard here. We are

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going to blanch it. And if you can't get those lentils,

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Puy lentils will do? That is fine. We are cutting the leaves of the

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chard with the stalks. The stalks have so much flavour. The stalk is

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the best part of the Swiss chard. I grow masses of this at home. You

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get rainbow chard? Rainbow chard is nice but I find that the red chard

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is too stringy. You have to be careful how you cook it. So blanch

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that in boiling, salted water. Chop the leaves up.

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You want the roe on the scallops? I love that the roe on the scallops.

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Cook that in as well. I also love getting somebody else to

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prepare these more than anything else.

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They are lovely looking scallops. So, the fennel and the garlic now.

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Once the chard is blanched, I add the fennel and garlic to the pan

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with the oil. That give it is a nice bit of flavour.

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The last time you were on, you were opening a restaurant abroad? That is

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fully up and doing well in Bangkok. It is doing fantastic.

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Do you change much on the menu? You would be surprised.

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The style in Asia is more about sharing. So you adapt what you do.

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But it is all about Italian food. It has a different set up. There is a

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big bar and an outside terrace. It is very much about the sharing

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plates. There is a wonderful slicer with

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lots of hams and cheeses. It is a great venue. We are doing a repush

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in the restaurant in London. In January we are closing for the month

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and going to gut it, new entrance, new bar, new furniture. Everything.

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It will look fantastic. Are you getting rid of the amazing

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pictures in there? No, the Peter Blakes, they are staying. Definitely

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not. They are fabulous. They are part of the furniture, really.

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So, the scallops are ready. A fantastic. I have the sage here,

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that is deep-fried. What about the lentils? They have

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garlic and water in there. We are seasoning them with salt and pepper.

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I have lovely oil. It is new-season oil. It is the first pressing of

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oil. You have to look at that. Taste this... You can see the

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colour. Look at that. Have a taste. It is green-green! It is really,

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really spicy. So you have the scallops. I will get

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a little bit of oil on the scallops. I have a really hot pan.

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Isn't that delicious? It is strong. Very strong.

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So, the oil on the scallop, not the pan.

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So, cover the scallops in oil. It is pepperey? Yes.

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It is spicy. A spicy flavour. It is lovely with greens and lentils.

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And the colour. It is cold-pressed. So it has had no

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heat treatment. It has not been cooked. When you have olive oil that

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has a taste of olive in it, it has been heat-processed.

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So, you finally chopped the stalks of the chard? Yes. And now a little

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bit of garlic in the pan. I am using this new season oil. You would not

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normally cook with it? No, but I want to share it.

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Now, do you want me to deep-fry the sage? You want quite a lot of it?

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Yes. So the lentils are seasoned up.

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Taking out the garlic there. Then we will add salt and pepper in

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there. If you can't get these, the Puy

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lentils? They are fine. I love lentils. I could eat them

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every day of the week. Taste these... Now, how long would

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you cook these for? About 15 minutes.

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So, a little bit of lemon, so with the new oil, the lemon.

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The key to cooking the scallops is to Lee them? Leave them and turn

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them over. With the colour on one side, we use

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the heat of the pan. So, now get the chard out.

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I will pick out the capers from the rehearsal.

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I noticed that! An extra addition! Once the garlic and fennel has

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cooked I will add the chard to it. Cook that away.

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Get rid of the pan. So, you want a dry pan for these?

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Yes. Take them off the heat.

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Remember if you'd like to put a question to either of our chefs

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Calls are charged at your standard network rate.

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Chilli in there. Anchovies in there? Yes.

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You need good quality? The ones in the tin are fine but a little more

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and they can be amazing. A little oil and a squeeze of lemon.

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Reduce the heat in the pan. Don't cook anymore on the stove. Then a

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little bit of chard. This is a little wet.

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Some nice braised chard. It is quick to cook.

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If you get the coloured one. They are amazing? My favourite is the

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yellow one. So, nice lentils. It is a very simple dish.

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Do you need any, I have tonnes of the stuff.

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?16 a kilo? ?16 a kilo?! I have to pay the congestion charge coming

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into London now, all of that stuff! So, add the scallops on to the

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lentils. . A dash of oil.

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You are recommending this to cook with? No, just use a Virgin olive

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oil of the this is special. This has just been pressed a couple of weeks

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ago. It is very pepperey.

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And there with your beautifully deep-fried sage. You just reminded

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me, James, I forgot to pay the congestion charge! Pay it now? It is

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too late. Was it yesterday? The day before.

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You have had it now! Sorry, carry on.

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So, we have pan fried scallops with chilli, sage and lemon and Swiss

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chard. Easy as that.

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Right, you get to dive into this one.

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Taste that. Tell us what you think of that. It has that little hint of

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oil, that is pepperey. You can really taste it.

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The colour is amazing. It looks like something left on my gashage floor

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but it is an amazing colour. Tell me what you think? The lentils

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are good. So nice. Happy with that? Yes.

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Right, let's get some wine to go with this.

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Our wine expert Susy Atkins has been down in Devon this week.

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So let's see what she's chosen to go with Theo's super scallops.

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It's the start of December. The festive season is upon us. This week

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I'm in Exeter to choose my wines but before I do, I'm going to look

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around the city, starting with the Christmas market.

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I always loved the fresh and appealing Italian dishes thaw make.

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I've made it my mission to find an Italian wine to match. If you want

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something crisp and refreshing, go for a gavi. This would be a good

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partner. I've gone one better, something that goes with the earthy

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flavours of the dish. The wine I've chosen is the Regaleali Case Vecchie

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2014 and it's from Sicily. What I found when I made this dish is that

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the usual wines we mash with scallops were too crisp and floral

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in this case. I needed something from a warmer climate, something a

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bit riper. This wine is properly dry and it's unoaky. It has a certain

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ripe, rounded texture that comes from the warm sun of Sicily. That's

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what I need to match up to the earthier elements of this dish,

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particularly the lentils and sage. But then on the finish, you've got

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that nice refreshing acidity. That's what I need to cut through the

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scallops. Theo, it had to be a white wine to go with your glorious

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scallops and lentils. I wanted an Italian wine, at that. I hope you

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enjoy this. We certainly are. Delicious. Perfect

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with the scallops, that chilli. I didn't tell her there's anchovy in

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there, but it works really well. I really like it. A lot of flavours in

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there. Strong flavours with the sage, capers and the anchovy. Good.

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You mention something a bit, while we were cooking with olive oil. This

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is cold pressed. They don't add temperature to the oil. So the

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mortemure you add to the olive paste, it extracts more oil.

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Generally when you have pale oils they tend to be manufactured. It's

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the power of social media. They're online doing this. Yes, I really am

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Will Young's fat older brother. There you go. Coming up: Look at

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that! I just need that in the back. Coming up a great recipe for us. I'm

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making boar with sour winter slaw, beautiful cep, amazing and wild

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mushrooms. Delicious. You can ask either of our chefs a question. Call

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us now on this number: tweet your questions now use as well.

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He's in the party mood this week and having Christmas lunch with

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the top Spanish chef and Saturday Kitchen regular, Jose Pizarro.

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But first he's throwing a little festive fiesta of his own!

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I thought I'd kick the festivities off this year with a party for a few

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friends. I'm treating them to dishes that I'm cooking over the Christmas

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break. Even the Spanish ambassador agreed to come along. Don't get me

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wrong, nothing beats roast Turkey with all the trimmings for Christmas

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Day lunch. But while travelling through Spain, I stumbled on many

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dishes that would make a welcoming treat for a Christmas eve supper or

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indeed those challenging days following Boxing Day. No Spanish

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feast is complete without jamon and they don't come any better than

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this, it's very expensive. Hence the thin slices! I was inspired to come

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up with this recipe of clams with serrano ham and sherry in our Villa

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nestled among the olive groves. I chop serrano ham, which means

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mountain ham. These are dry cured for six to 18 months. I'm told the

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best comes from the region of Aragon. After frying that off, I add

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two or three bay leaves, chopped onions and garlic. Now for the

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clams. Small, carpet shelf clams would be ideal for this dish. Next

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the sherry. Sherry became fashionable in the English court,

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when Sir Francis Drake attacked the port of Cadiz and seized 3,000

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barrels. That will take about three minutes, no more, just for them to

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steam in that deliciously aromatic, I wish you could smell it, the

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flavours of the ham and sherry. I'm using this sherry, which is slightly

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sweet. It goes really well with the ham and onions, which I cook for

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about ten minutes. Don't know whether I put too much

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ham in, because I guessed the quaunts after seeing the dish. Carb

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-- quantities. But it goes so well with the flavour of the clams and

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the slight sweetness of the sherry. It's sort of like a symbiotic

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agreement of flavours, if you like. This dish works well both as a

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portion of tapas or as a starter at any Christmas or new year starter.

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I'm hoping it makes a promising start with my guests here. Oh, wow.

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Thank you. Very nice. It wouldn't be the same without the sherry. Jimmy

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Burns is a respected writer on Spain. He fondly remembers the

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imports of Christmas in their family home. English dad, Spanish mum and

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born in Spain. That's right. Turkey on Christmas, but I really looked

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forward to the lamb. Can you imagine, marinated in wine and

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herbs, very simple, lots of olive oil. Slow cooked. Very slow cooked.

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Slow cooked lamb happens to be a family favourite, with a good chef

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friend of mine called Jose Pizarro. These days he's a successful reatour

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in -- restratour in London. He asked me to cook for a festive get

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together. I remember this one with my grandmother. It's slow roast and

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it's marinated with garlic, parsley, thyme, white wine, olive oil, salt

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and pepper. That's it? That's it. Simple. Then you have time to enjoy

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with your friends. It's Christmas, it's time for enjoy. To me you

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epitomise a new look about Spanish food, which has a real seriousness

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about good produce. For me, always. Because I was working in

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Michelin-starred restaurant. Then I go back to my roots. I go back to

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the ingredient, the quality and the simplicity. You are working with

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your fingers. Exactly, put all the parsley on. This lovely piece of

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lamb. This is only one of a lot of quite special dinners and lunches

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for Christmas. There's a lot of work goes into Spanish Christmas. Like we

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say, the mother and grandmothers are always very busy at this time. Wine.

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We are going to use plenty of wine for this. So you get all the residue

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of flavours. Olive oil. About two tablespoons. Some water.

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More wine. Fair enough. And some thyme. Just to give some

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countryside flavour. Leave marinated like this for two hours. Hola! We

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got the lamb ready for roasting just in time for the arrival of the

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guests. It was time to begin the celebrations and break open the

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bubbly, which for the Spanish, of course, means Cava. Thank you for

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coming. Thank you for having us. What's for dinner? Lamb. The lamb

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went into a moderate oven to roast for at least three hours. The slower

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the roast the better the end result. APPLAUSE That's nice. Oh, gosh.

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Beautiful. I think it's time to carve it. Come on then. Perfectly

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cooked. Tender. That's still very, very juicy. We don't make gravy in

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Spain. We just use the juice. I call it gravery. -- gravy. Can we have a

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Spanish carol. Ole! Feliz Navidad.

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Like the crew would say, are we surprised by this? We call it the

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medals. Medals. Yes. I loved Jose's recipe for roast lamb, just like his

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mama used to make, a perfect choice if you're looking for a festive

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roast with a difference. Jose certainly knows how to have

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a party! Christmas parties are always fun

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but can be a little stressful So I thought I'd show you

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a simple recipe that you could serve It's blinis and I'm going to serve

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them with both smoked salmon pate and then also with mackerel

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and a beetroot and shallot pickle. A touch of melted butter and flour.

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Dried yeast. Salt, keep the salt away from the yeast because it kills

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yeast. What yeast needs is basically warmth and moisture to feed. So

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sugar in there to help it. Then we take some butter, melted butter.

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That's basically going to be poured into here as well. And some milk.

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Chuck the whole lot in. Whisk it together and you end up with a

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batter. Now once you've achieved this batter - switch that on - once

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you have the batter like that, you let it prove. Only for a little bit.

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What you end up with, see the difference in those two? Yeah.

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That's started to prove. Then all we do is we have the proved mixture.

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It's bubbled up. You can see it. Then we take the egg whites, which

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we throw into the batter mix. Mix this together. That is your blini

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mix done. That's all it is. We will cook them with butter in a span and

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serve it with a nice smoked salmon mousse, which I know you are a fan

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of smoked salmon. I love it. I have a funny story. Smoked salmon into a

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blender, blitz it up, lemon juice, creme fraiche, double cream and you

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have yourself a nice little salmon mousse. First, congratulations. New

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chapter, new Syria, four-year break -- new era, four-year break. Number

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one album. A lot of friends and family bought it! It's been an

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unbelievable ride for you. I mean, you wanted to sing when you were

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very young. Yeah, always. Always wanted to sing. You were on stage

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quite young as well. And performing, not singing, but theatre and bits

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and bobs. I was going to be an actor, yeah. When I was 13 I had a

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choice to go to drama school. Then I wanted - because I have a twin

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brother Rupert - and I wanted to stay with him. You have three

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brothers remember. And my lost-lost brother. It's a very emotional

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morning for me actually! New family member and congestion charge. Yes,

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but I'll have great food for the rest of my life. Brilliant. My

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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What is your favourite? The Yule Log.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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It -- tail it. I've cooked the quince in the pan. Perfect. The The

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ceps are incredible actually. They exceeded my expectations. You want a

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bit of that to go with it? New season olive oil, perfect. Give us

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the naming of this Wild boar from the Forest of Dean, with sour winter

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slaw, amazing massive cep and poached quince. Watch this man, he's

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going to be a genius. There you go. Thank you.

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You heard it here. Dive into this. It looks amazing

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You heard it here. Dive into this. It looks amazing and tastes

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fantastic. Interesting with this, it's on the outside the stuffing.

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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

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you go. Right, let's head to Exeter to

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see what Susy has chosen to go Kuba, your wonderful dish has

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several components. The key to matching the right wine is to

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partner it with the most dominant flavour on the plate, in this case

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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

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something with a decidedly more peppery character. It's from the

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deep south of France. The wine I've chosen is the Terre d' Ardoise 2013.

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Carignan is a grape variety that you get in the south of France that

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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.

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The main thing that's going on here is a lovely, savoury twist to a

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hearty red wine, that's exactly what I need to match the earthiness of

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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

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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

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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.

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Right let's get a recipe from Si and Dave, the Hairy Bikers.

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They're attempting to cook their way through all

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the items mentioned in the song, the twelve days of Christmas!

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And they're starting at the beginning of course, with

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a partridge in a pear tree, well a partridge with pickled pears!

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That was awful. That's what happened when you get here at 4am

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We're meeting Delia. No, we're not. Tricia? No. Allan Partridge, dude.

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Partridge in a pear tree. First line Tricia? No. Allan Partridge, dude.

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Partridge in a pear tree. First line of the song. We're meeting the man

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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

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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.

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Partridge. The great alternative to the

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traditional Christmas bird. It is succulent and feeds more than

:00:50.:00:54.

enough. Ideal over the festive period. The

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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

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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.

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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

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water, not too vinegary! Then to that, sugar.

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Then, cloves, cinnamon and star anise.

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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,

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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.

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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

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becomes tough and it almost burns in the pan. Got to be pink. We take the

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batter like that. And this is good, old beer. Not lager. We pop that in

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there. The key is the yeast. Often when you make beer batter with just

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flour it's soggy. You need to mix it, like the blini mixture earlier.

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Let it prove. They look very g, you know. Do you like deep fried capers?

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I don't think there's anything more I'd rather have. We let that prove.

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Then what we're going to do is take out our onion. Shallots there. A bit

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of red wine. Deglaze the pan a bit. The onions, we're going to chop

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these up. You can get these onion rings on as

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well. Grab the onions. You see the batter is almost alive, you see? Oh,

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yeah. You can do this bit. Just take them in the batter and deep fry

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them. Shove them in there? Cover in batter and throw them in.

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In we go with the stock. This is a bit of beef stock. You can get now

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from the supermarket, this is veal stock, which you can get. It's

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wonderful. It makes a great sauce. The key to this is reducing it down.

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You have to get this nice and hot now and reduce it down. At the same

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time, I will add a tiny bit of chervil. I love the an seed flavour.

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-- aniseed flavour. It's not fennel itself. You put the list together,

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not me. You're breaking my heart! You put the list together. Basically

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we're going to reduce this down. If you don't like capers this is a good

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way to start. Deep fry them and they burst open. You get a delicious

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flavour. Or just don't eat them. That's another option. Are you doing

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now any way. Sauce is reducing down. We have our

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mashed potato not far off. We finish the sauce with butter, as well as

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salt and pepper. Then I put sherry vinegar, which cuts through the

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flavour of the liver as well. A bit of seasoning, salt and pepper.

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People just tuning in, your album was launched in May? Yeah. Number

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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

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shows. I'm writing some scripts and hopefully have got - because I act

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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.

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Everyone's different but I like waiting. I need to have a break,

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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

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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.

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There you go, a nice sauce here. This is reducing down all the while.

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The liver is just allowed to rest. That's the key to it. The onion

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rings I need in about... 30 seconds. Yes, chef! Taste of that. Maybe a

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tiny bit more vinegar. That's the key. A little sherry vinegar. Yes,

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it cuts through. Just a tiny bit. This is shallots in here with

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chervil. That's almost good enough to eat on its own. Don't really need

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anything else. Apart from onion rings (! ) Yes

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chef. Sorry chef. While you're messing around, read that. We have

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wine from ASDA from ?5, what is there a choice of them? Yes, that's

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it. Special offer. I'm dyslexic and that will complicate my entire

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morning big time. Grab the onion rings. That looks good, you know.

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Looks amazing. There you have it. Grab the knives and forks. I will

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serve the wine to go with it. Will, dive in. Give us the name of

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the album then. The album, sorry, 85% proof. My caper range is

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coming... LAUGHTER

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Next year. Well that's all from us today

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on Saturday Kitchen Live. Thanks to Theo Randall,

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Kuba Winkowski and Will Young. Cheers to Susy Atkins

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for the wine choices! All the recipes from the show are

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on our website. Simply go to:

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