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-We're the Hairy Bikers!

-We're on the road to find recipes to rev up your appetite.

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-We're riding county to county to discover, cook and enjoy the best of British.

-Come on!

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We're here to define the true taste of Hampshire.

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I've got it! Oh!

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Today we're going to Hampshire, one of the southernmost counties of Britain.

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It's got cities like Southampton, Winchester,

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it's not just at the end of the M3. We've got France over there.

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We've got the New Forest with all the game, the ponies, the deer -

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you can't eat the ponies. SI MUMBLES

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So, there you go. We're about there.

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It's really cold.

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SI CONTINUES TO MUMBLE

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-Where am I going?

-Spain!

-Excellent!

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'On our quest to define the true flavours of Hampshire, we cook up a classic combination to tempt

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'the crowds at the National Motor Museum.

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'A mysterious rendezvous with one of the country's leading mushroom experts in the New Forest

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'leads us to some of the best fungi we've ever cooked.

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'We visit the former world-champion racing driver who uses microscopes and manure to take organic farming

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'to a whole new level.

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'And representing Hampshire in the cook-off is Alex Aitken.

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'Will we be able to beat him with the county's finest ingredients?'

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SPAGHETTI WESTERN MUSIC PLAYS

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It's awfully quiet!

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Too quiet!

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Cos they're all down the market!

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Winchester farmers' market is the biggest in the UK,

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so we're going to be spoilt for choice in this county. The market's got to be the best place to start

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our search for the real taste of Hampshire.

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The produce is amazing.

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Everything's grown in Hampshire or strictly ten miles from the county border.

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You ever seen an aubergine like that?

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-What would you do with that, tempura?

-Ooh, yeah.

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Aren't celeriac ugly looking things? But they're fantastic, aren't they?

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-I love it done with mashed potato with butter and white pepper and salt.

-Oh, God!

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-Just cos it's a bit ugly doesn't mean it's not lovely.

-No.

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-You've got buffalo farmed in Hampshire?

-Just down the road, 20 minutes away. Yeah.

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More a bit Wild West than prairie?

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It's more an Indian vibe going on.

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Indian water buffalo from Asia.

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But let's not get side-tracked.

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We're here to define the true taste of Hampshire.

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What do you think is the iconic foodstuff of the whole of Hampshire?

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Trout. With watercress.

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-Hampshire hogs and watercress.

-Hampshire hogs and watercress?

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-Trout. Beautiful local trout.

-Right.

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-Anything else...?

-Watercress.

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And the jams.

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-ALL:

-Watercress.

-Really?

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-Yeah.

-Time and time again that comes up.

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-This is tomato heaven, isn't it?

-It is to a lot of people.

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That looks wonderful. Look down there!

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Absolute panorama of tomatoes!

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Can we have a sample?

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Mm, that taste goes on forever.

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At this point, I wish we weren't on motorcycles and had a truck.

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THEY LAUGH I know!

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We can't do the shopping we want!

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Cor, the Hampshire hog.

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It's like Kingy on a sun bed.

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-SKIN CRACKLES

-Oh, listen to that!

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-Now that's crackling!

-Oh, look at that meat!

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You'll find that going around the country, each county has its little treasures.

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I've found a little treasure. I've found the crackling tree at the back of the pig!

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-Ah!

-Watercress!

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I knew about the trout, but watercress.

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-Watercress only grows in chalk streams, so where else are you going to get it?

-Yeah.

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In Victorian times they used to have bunches of watercress like this and eat it. Have some.

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-Do you want your own one?

-No! We'll share. Don't want to be greedy.

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I do love the peppery flavour of watercress.

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It's a real kind of substantial vegetable.

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And it's so good for you!

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It's got more calcium than milk,

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more vitamin C than oranges and more iron than spinach.

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Are there any secrets to keeping the watercress fresh, Jennifer?

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Leaf-side down in iced water.

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-That'll keep it an extra two or three days.

-Oh!

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And my husband's very pleased to know that it's a cure for baldness.

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You gotta eat it, dude!

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-SHE LAUGHS

-Fantastic element to a salad as well.

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Pear, blue cheese, walnuts and watercress.

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With a honey dressing - fabulous!

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-TOGETHER:

-Pear, blue cheese, walnuts...

-And honey dressing.

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With a nice honey vinaigrette.

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Not giving you any ideas.

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We might take that!

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Cheerio now.

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It was only picked this morning as well.

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-Thank you, my darling.

-A pleasure.

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Wherever we've gone in the world, nature always puts two foods together

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that complement each other perfectly.

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You're not wrong.

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We should put the two ingredients that Hampshire has to offer together - watercress and trout.

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-It's a must, Dave.

-It is.

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They were born together, they should die together.

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They can fry together. SI LAUGHS

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Ah! Hampshire trout.

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-Now it's closed season, so we can't have the brown trout.

-Yes.

-So we've got the next best thing...

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-Some beautiful reared rainbows.

-Could we have...? What do you reckon, about six?

-Yeah.

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-..Six trout would be brilliant. Thank you.

-OK, then.

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-Look at those! Beauties, aren't they?

-They do look very healthy fish.

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-Only came out the water last night.

-Just noticed here that you have oak smoked.

-Yes, we do smoked fish too.

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-We'll take a couple of them.

-Shall we?

-Yeah!

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I think we've got Hampshire cracked!

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It's purity - it's watercress, it's trout.

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It's clean, fresh flavours.

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Yes! Let's use our imagination and pinch Jennifer's recipe!

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-Cheers! Thank you very much!

-Thanks, fella!

-Nice trout!

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'With our ingredients decided, we're heading into the heart of the New Forest

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'and to Beaulieu, the grand residence of Lord Montague.'

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Beaulieu is home to the National Motor Museum, every petrolhead's dream,

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with over 250 of the most important vehicles ever built.

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But there's no time to get distracted, as there's a hungry crowd waiting for our take

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on tastes of Hampshire.

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We'll be cooking up trout en papillote - that's a paper parcel to you and me.

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And a fresh watercress and smoked trout salad.

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-Here we are again!

-And we're doing two very simple dishes

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using the two signature ingredients, we feel, of Hampshire -

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watercress and trout!

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Look, potatoes - put them in boiling water. It's interesting this, isn't it?

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CROWD LAUGHS This isn't the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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This is greaseproof paper.

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And we're going to cook the trout en papillote,

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or in a paper bag.

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Make like a little parcel...

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The fish cooks in all its own juices.

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No washing up, just throw it away.

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People say, "Can you cook trout or salmon in the dishwasher?"

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-Do this with foil. Put it in the dishwasher on a hot wash...

-Why would you want to cook your fish in there?

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It's questions you get asked. However, don't put the tablet in!

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LAUGHTER

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-Or you'll end up burping a lot!

-You've washed trout!

-Yes.

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This is rings of butter that we're going to set the trout on.

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-Real butter?

-Oh, it's real butter.

-Real Hampshire butter, I think.

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-It is.

-Everything we've got here, we've got from Hampshire.

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Even the oil - we're not using olive oil, we're using rapeseed oil from Hampshire.

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-How's that?

-Oh, that's marvellous!

-Isn't it?

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So we're placing the fish on its little trivet of fat.

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LAUGHTER Right!

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Next step, season that trout on its inside and out...

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Look at the flesh and the colour of that trout.

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-We both love fly fishing for trout, and Hampshire's great for fishing.

-It is very good.

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-Should we tell them about my trophy?

-Oh, yeah. Go on.

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A long time, years ago, I was fishing in the north

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and, um...I caught a monster trout and ended up passing a tattooist...

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I had the trout tattoo. CROWD LAUGHS

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Dave thought it was an original bit of artwork and what happened was there was a fish and chip van

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-went by with the same thing on it!

-LAUGHTER

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-Now then...

-However... Children, don't get a tattoo!

-No.

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It's not big and it's not clever.

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-Have you seasoned that all right?

-Beautifully.

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Right, now the fresh herbs.

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OK, what we have is some dill...

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Goes well with fish.

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-A sprig of chervil?

-I think so.

-So just build that up like that...

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And then, do you know what this is?

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-BOY:

-Coriander?

-Nah, looks like coriander. Well done, good lad.

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It looks like coriander, very similar leaf.

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It's flat-leaf parsley.

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I'm just going to cut some nice thin slices of lemon to put on the top.

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-There you go.

-Just put some oil... Look at the colour of that!

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Rapeseed oil's great. You can substitute that for extra virgin olive oil. It's, um...

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a great salad oil. It's quite kind of nutty.

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That watercress is gonna steam in the fish juices

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and that'll be our vegetable.

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So we'll put that said watercress around our trout...

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Now I'll attempt to close this!

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Has anybody got any Sellotape?

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THEY ALL LAUGH

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-Dear, me!

-Think Cornish pasties for this.

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Seal this nice and tightly.

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For a dinner party, you can imagine you've got 12 people coming,

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just prep 12 paper bags up, like this. Apart from your potatoes

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you've got 12 boil-in-a-bag dinners!

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Except it's posh boil-in-a-bag.

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-Should we do another?

-Should we?

-Yes!

-Let's.

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I reckon that we can get one of those done, from scratch, in three minutes.

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CROWD LAUGHS

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-Look at that, dude!

-Butter on. Butter on. Hurry up!

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Lemon juice!

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Finished! How long was that?

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-One minute 30.

-Right.

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Conclusive proof that you can cook a meal for 12 in 18 minutes.

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Sit that in a hot oven for about 10 to 15 minutes.

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Think we're trouting.

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We're going to get on with some salad.

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Again, using trout. Again, using watercress.

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Lovely smoked... Some little mustard dressing.

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Some local horseradish, mixed with some creme fraiche.

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It's gonna be an amalgam of lovely gorgeousness, isn't it?

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It's a honey dressing, not mustard.

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-What did I say?

-A mustard dressing.

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-Did I?

-Yes. But you were very good till then.

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-Thanks.

-The salad will have some pear and some walnut as well.

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We'll make a nice honey vinaigrette for that.

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And I've got to tell you, you haven't seen anything until you've seen the Myers

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crack a walnut with his bare hands! Oh, yes!

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Finger. Walnut...

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Zen...

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Good!

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-APPLAUSE

-I'll show you that again.

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HE EXHALES MEDITATIVELY

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CROWD LAUGHS

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Ow! HE HUMS

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CROWD LAUGHS I want another one!

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I could be a nut ninja!

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SI LAUGHS

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The middle-aged mutant ninja nut cracker!

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LAUGHTER

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Now the other thing is...

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You know how pear has that slight aniseed flavour to it?

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It goes really well with fish, that. And also, because it's cold,

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you want to have those different textures on your palate, and flavours.

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-The salad doesn't just have to be a load of old lettuce, does it?

-It does not.

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-Look, you can see the size of the chunks of the pear.

-Nice pear.

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Look at that.

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You want to get a bit of pear and a bit of walnut in each bite.

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The reason is there's a slight bitterness to the back of the walnut when you bite it.

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You know, great nutty flavour, but a slight bitterness. And what happens is that the pear

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-complements it perfectly because it's slightly sweet.

-Rapeseed oil.

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You could use extra virgin olive oil but when in Hampshire, use what's local.

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White wine vinegar. 50-50.

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Honey from Brockenhurst.

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About those fillets - just trim them off...

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-DAVE HUMS

-Have you gone all Miranda again?

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Look how this is flaking.

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This is oak smoked trout. Absolutely gorgeous!

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Oak smoked trout.

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-Do you want to try this vinaigrette?

-I do.

-That's the honey.

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Very nice. It's lovely.

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-Good balance?

-A good balance, I would say.

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We'll just pour what we think... is right on that.

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That'll stop the pears discolouring.

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Do you not have to use any special kind of pear?

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No. The best pears to use are the pears that are in season.

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And you want quite a firm pear just for that texture.

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As a final finish for the smoked trout

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I'm just making a little topping.

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Some creme fraiche...

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some hot horseradish...

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Horseradish is always a great one with smoked trout.

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And some nice wholegrain local cider mustard.

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Oh!

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Does anybody here eat a lot of trout?

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-MAN:

-Yes. Twice a week.

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-Do you fish for trout yourself?

-No. A friend.

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-So you get his fish?

-Yes.

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Did you notice how he said "friend"? He said it in a sort of, "I've got a mate who's a poacher, so..."

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THEY ALL LAUGH

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Just put some of that wonderful horseradish and mustard on there...

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-Look at that!

-There we are.

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Here we have it - the watercress, walnut, pear, smoked trout salad

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with a honey vinaigrette and horseradish, creme fraiche and mustard topping.

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Hurray! APPLAUSE

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But we mustn't forget our first dish - trout in a paper parcel.

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Now the watercress has wilted down beautifully.

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All that butter and juices, that's our gravy.

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-This will serve, how many would you say, Dave?

-Two.

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Yeah. I would say that.

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-I think one trout per person.

-Look at that, you've got the outside of the fish...

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Good that, innit? Yeah?

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These lovely potatoes. And, of course, the butter.

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Just to finish...

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-Sprinkles!

-Some chervil.

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Our homage to Hampshire trout, dude.

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Our homage to Hampshire.

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APPLAUSE

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But what will the locals make of it?

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It's the salad I want to taste.

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-It looks lovely and moist.

-Good, are you getting all those flavours?

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-Good, innit?

-Very good. Enjoying that.

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What do you think of the fish, ladies?

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-I'll be trying that.

-It's a very fragrant way to cook the fish.

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I haven't had watercress with trout before, but that is lovely.

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-I'll try it at home.

-What about the potatoes, boys?

-Yummy!

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-Try it.

-I don't like fish.

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Try a piece of pear in it.

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-A nice touch with the flavours?

-Hmm.

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-See?

-Oh, I like the pear.

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-Is it a winner?

-Hmm, with the pear. It's lovely.

-Great.

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-What do you think of the salad?

-I was a bit suspect about the horseradish.

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But it really sets it off really nice.

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-Quite glad you came, really.

-What was this one again?

-It's watercress.

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Oh, watercress. Yeah, this is so nice.

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He's going, "Is the watercress good?" THEY LAUGH

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-Very nice.

-Ladies?

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-Thumbs up!

-Thank you very much.

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Our two ways with trout and watercress hit the spot with the locals

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but our biggest challenge is yet to come.

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As always, we're taking on one of the county's top chefs in their restaurant,

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using local ingredients to see who can best define the taste of the region.

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It will be up to local diners to decide whose dish best represents

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the true flavours of Hampshire.

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Our opponent today is...

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Alex Aitken - the self-taught chef and owner of restaurant Le Poussin

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in the heart of the New Forest.

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Alex has held a Michelin star for the past 15 years.

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I'd left school without many qualifications

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so I got a job in a kitchen washing up.

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As for training, I never went to college. Never worked in anybody else's kitchen as a chef,

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so I really, really am totally self-taught.

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We are based in the heart of the New Forest. The New Forest itself is a great larder

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and we do pick wild food. We pick lots of mushrooms.

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There's shoots around here and we get game and venison virtually all the year round.

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Then there's the small-holding farmers who produce wonderful pork,

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free-range chickens, ducks - it's just a great place to run a restaurant.

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My favourite dishes are wild dishes.

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It's like eating off the forest floor coming here, cos I forage for everything.

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Today we're going to do some venison with wild mushrooms. It's me.

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Saddle of venison with pears, walnut and a beautiful game sauce.

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It's not going to be easy, this one. I can sense it.

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DAVE SNIFFS I can smell truffles and furniture polish.

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We'll be all right. Confidence. He's self-taught, we're self-taught.

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It's all gonna be fine.

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He's coming!

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-Hi, there.

-Nice to meet you.

-I'm Dave. Pleased to meet you.

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-You can cook, can you?

-Right, I'm off. See you later!

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-Come on!

-Boys, I'm not that scary. Come in!

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Courage. I said we'd be all right.

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We're here. Let battle commence!

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-What are you kicking off with, Alex?

-I'm gonna kick off with saddle of venison

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cooked rare, with pears, walnuts and a beautiful game sauce.

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I might sneak in a New Forest haggis.

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How can you sneak in a New Forest haggis?

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-It's not the sort of thing that falls out your pocket, is it?

-No!

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-I think he had that planned all along.

-He has.

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-What this?!

-Potatoes.

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-That's not a potato, that's Imperial Leather, that.

-No, no.

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-Very special potatoes.

-Poshest potato I've seen.

-There's two reason for it -

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one, yes, it'll look pretty on the plate.

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But the other reason is we have a uniform shape, and when we cook it, it'll cook correctly.

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Otherwise if you put all sorts of different shapes and sized potato,

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-one's raw, one's soft and there's one in the middle that's just right.

-What are you doing first?

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These fondant potatoes. We call them fondant, which means "melting",

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cos they've been cooked slow but in lots of butter.

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So in this pan here I've got butter, garlic and a little bit of thyme.

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-A fella after our own hearts - he's not shy with butter.

-No.

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-Butter's lovely!

-It's a good thing.

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Right, well, those there... nice colouring. I'll just pop them in the oven

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and eventually they'll come out golden and beautiful.

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The next garnish to prepare is the pears.

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-And these are very simple.

-What pears are your preference for this dish?

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Conference pear is best. These are a bit soft, to be honest.

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-Are you sure about putting pear with venison?

-Definitely.

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We want the richness of the venison to be contrasted with fruit.

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And then I like to add nuts, which are my caramelised walnuts.

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-Really?

-Are they nice?

-They are very nice.

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I know, I've had a few! THEY LAUGH

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This is the flavouring, what we're gonna cook the pears in, which is a garnish.

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Some cinammon stick, star anise...

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orange peel...

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A little bit of sugar...

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We'll let a bit of heat go on there cos I always think when you're using aromatics

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it's quite nice to get some heat out of them first. And then some red wine...

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Just simmer away, and, um...

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-it'll be ready for us to use when we cook the venison.

-Right.

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What I do with the venison is I will cook it first and put it to rest.

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And then while it's resting, we finish the sauce and bring the dish together.

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How long would that deer be hung for?

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That one was hung for three weeks.

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PAN SIZZLES

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-The texture of that venison, it's lovely and sticky, isn't it?

-Butter-like, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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-It will be so tender.

-Yeah.

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Oh, look at that!

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You see you can tell the quality of the meat, cos there's an instant colour on that meat.

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-It's caramelised straight away.

-Just wonderful.

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-Here, unlike what you saw with the potatoes, I'm using a lot more olive oil here.

-Yes.

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Which is quite good, cos venison is very good for you and very little cholesterol.

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-I hope what you're cooking's got little cholesterol as well.

-Loads of oil.

-Little cholesterol.

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The thing is we know what we do well.

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-And it's not subtle.

-No!

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No.

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Oh, look at that!

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And there's so much flavour in that...

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the basting juices that we've put back on there.

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And we will leave it there. It's in a warm kitchen...

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-Don't touch!

-Sorry.

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The warmth of the kitchen... I knew you were gonna go...

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-But the great thing is in the warmth of the kitchen, it will just be left to repose.

-Yes.

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He's saying "repose". Dude, we need to learn language like that! Repose.

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Right, the pan's now seriously hot,

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and when I was working earlier, preparing the venison,

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I took off some of the trimmings and chopped them up.

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So using the same pan, as well, that we were using,

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just to add extra flavour to the sauce...

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..and then we've already made stock, but when I make my sauces, I like to add carrot, celery, leek.

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And this will give sweetness to the sauce a little bit as well and help with the colour.

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And I suppose really all we're doing is building up flavour upon flavour.

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-Is that redcurrant jelly?

-That's redcurrant jelly gone in there now.

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So I now have to balance sweetness with sour, so I also add red wine vinegar.

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Ah!

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-It will give colour as well, cos it'll go really dark.

-Look at that!

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So you can see now, all that redcurrant jelly, the red wine vinegar,

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has virtually gone almost to a caramel. Almost.

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That's just a little bit of red wine, a little depth of alcohol,

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an extra little flavour.

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And these boys here - we've got to keep turning them...

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It's just the glaze on that, man - I mean, it's just...

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That's now reducing well, and we add some wonderful game stock.

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That's the basis for the sauce. We're building our dish now, nearly ready to present it.

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Just got to finish the garnishes, so we're getting towards the end.

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-There we are - look at that. That's the pears now, that lovely rich colour, the wine...

-Yeah.

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-And the aromatics and, oh-h...

-HE SNIFFS

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-Whoa! That's fabulous.

-That's cleared me senses.

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From now on, we're not doing potatoes unless they're square!

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These lovely pieces here, what happens to...?

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-THEY LAUGH

-Chef's perks!

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-It's a bit chewy, but it tastes good.

-It's all right, you know?!

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These are a secret weapon, the New Forest haggis.

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I'll put a little bit of the sauce in there.

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-I think that's unfair.

-You really do?

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-No!

-Good!

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So I'm now just getting the pans ready to warm up all the different garnishes.

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This is one of my favourite ingredients.

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What is it?

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Mashed swede.

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What the swede really goes well with...

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-The haggis!

-The haggis! You can't have haggis without neeps!

-Hey, man!

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Buttered cabbage, eh?

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Simple as that.

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Start here - this is where the haggis will go.

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It's a meteorite of swede!

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I'll pick the best ones, as these are going out to be tasted.

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-Have we got any greens?

-Oh!

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-You can smell the thyme and the garlic coming through.

-Oh, yes!

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-Candied walnuts.

-A couple of spare ones.

-I couldn't possibly(!)

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Just perfect.

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Yep.

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Well done, mate. That's fantastic!

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-Well, I hope the guys that are gonna taste it enjoy it. That's the most important.

-Oh, I think we might!

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Oh, cor!

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Oh!

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I have to say, this sauce is just to die for.

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A little bit of that swede...

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It is technically a haggis - it's not a full haggis, it is a haggis.

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Look at the colour of that pear.

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-I know.

-I think we're in bother here, dude, cos it's a perfect execution of each individual element,

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and we ain't got a Michelin star.

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Yeah. In the words of the poet, we're knackered!

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But it's the locals who will decide whose dish is best

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in a blind tasting coming up.

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The pressure's on.

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What can we cook that's a real taste of Hampshire to beat that?

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-The watercress and trout went down well.

-Yeah.

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-We don't want to do that, though, do we?

-No.

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-We need to up the ante more than that.

-What about...? A-yeah! Look at that!

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I've had an idea - pig.

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-Hampshire pigs!

-Hampshire hog.

-Oh, where's it gone?

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You're seeing things again.

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But it's a good idea, though.

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-There's another one!

-Pigs and fungus...

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Over there!

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There's loads of them, dude!

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-If we're gonna beat Alex, we need the best possible pork.

-Can't we just go to a butcher's?

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We might stand a chance with this little number -

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crispy belly of pork on a bed of wild mushrooms

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with wild boar and mushroom tortellini. But it can't be any old pork,

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it needs to be the best in Hampshire.

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So we're making a pit stop with a man who's truly gone off-road.

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Former Formula One racing driver Jody Scheckter

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left the fast lane 12 years ago and took up farming with a difference - biodynamic farming.

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-Its message is simple - healthy soil...

-Means healthy grass.

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-Means healthy animals...

-Means healthy meat and probably the best pork in Hampshire.

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Jody Scheckter - fast driver, but a very slow farmer, I gather.

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Ah! Here's the man himself!

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-Pleased to meet you.

-Jody, I'm Si. Nice to meet you, man.

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Want to have a look at the farm now?

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Absolutely. For sure.

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Cor, being driven by Jody Scheckter! Fast cars and sausages!

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If you have a look, you'll see our grass. 31 herbs, clovers and grasses. No rye grass,

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and half a per cent red clover.

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So it's all old varieties.

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But what goes into the soil to make it so rich and diverse?

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Yeah! Steaming piles of manure!

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Here's the compost.

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We're actually growing bacteria and fungi to put on the land.

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We take temperatures every day.

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We put compost in, seaweed in,

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biodynamic mixes and biology mixes. We don't let it go over 65 degrees.

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We are not reducing waste. We are making compost.

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In his pursuit for perfect meat,

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-Jody's even got a lab.

-Oh, no, not science!

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-I failed biology at school.

-Don't worry, dude, I'll explain.

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In the lab, chemists and biologists analyse every particle,

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so they can produce naturally top-quality soil.

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But we mustn't forget the main reason for our visit.

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We're hunting for Hampshire's best pork to compete against Alex Aitken,

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and Jody's got just the thing.

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These wild boars would wreck your farm, given the chance!

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Yeah, we try to keep them as natural as we can among the trees.

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But you need special fences dug down and you can't rotate them.

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We like to rotate the animals around the whole farm. The meat's fantastic.

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It's stronger, isn't it? I think it'd be good for ravioli, or part of a dish.

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-Can we buy some off you?

-Sure.

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GRUNTING

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-This is perfect.

-It's absolutely unbelievable, Dave.

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-Nice layer of fat, nice marbling.

-The butchery skill here is second to none.

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-So, boys, could we have some belly pork?

-Rind on, for nice crackling.

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-OK.

-Could we have some loin of wild boar? It doesn't need rind on,

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-cos I'm gonna mince it for tortellini.

-Right.

-That's us done.

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-We got Jody Scheckter doing the meat!

-What can you say? We're laughing!

-We're laughing!

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Hampshire's New Forest is home to some of Britain's finest fungi,

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and we're going to get some chanterelles.

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Oh, the joys of biking in Britain.

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The county's mushroom expert moved here 30 years ago, and leads the field in foraging.

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She's a bit of an enigma.

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A secret rendezvous

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in a secluded layby in the New Forest.

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We're here to meet

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the mistress of the mushroom.

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She's late!

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La femme de la fungi!

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And we're soaking.

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-I thought mushrooms didn't like the rain.

-They don't. I'm sure they don't.

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Yeah, but these are wild mushrooms. Whoa!

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Ah!

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-Mrs Tee!

-Hello!

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-Mrs Tee!

-Nice to see you.

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-It's wet.

-Is it a good day for mushrooms?

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I know. It's never that wet in the trees, you know, so...

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-Shall we go into the forest?

-Yep.

-Hey!

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'It might not look like it, but this is the perfect season

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'for foraging in the undergrowth.'

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OK, we are going in here now.

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'We're looking for a very special variety - the brown chanterelle.

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'It sounds French, but they've been picked here for generations,

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'and all the locals say Mrs Tee is the best person in Hampshire to find them for us.'

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-Food for free!

-Yeah!

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And it's marvellous quality too,

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but we're going to see tons where we're going.

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-Look in the grass.

-Oh, yeah.

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And in between the ferns.

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Oh, right.

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That's something which we don't eat.

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So it doesn't matter what it is - we're only looking for brown chanterelles here. Look!

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-Look, look!

-Oh, wow!

-Now you can start...

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-There's loads!

-They're hiding under the grass.

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We're careful to leave the stem in so as to make more mushrooms.

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That's right. So in ten days' time, they'll be back.

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-Oh, you're pulling them out!

-Sorry! I'm supposed to nip them, aren't I?

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-I had me glove on. Sorry, Mrs Tee!

-It's all right, don't worry.

-SHE LAUGHS

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Here, look, look - they hide under the ferns. Look at those!

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If the chanterelle was a supermodel,

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that one would be Claudia Schiffer! Hey-hey!

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You don't happen to have any other varieties somewhere warm and dry and lovely, do you?

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-Yeah, at home! Yeah!

-Oh, thanks very much! We'd love a cup of tea!

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-SHE LAUGHS

-OK, bye-bye, mushrooms!

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See you soon!

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-THUNDER ROLLS

-When they are growing,

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the paler ones are the younger ones,

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-and the darker ones are the older ones, right?

-OK.

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And then you leave the spot alone for ten days, then you go back,

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-and you pick the same mushrooms all over again.

-They're very precious, aren't they?

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They are after you've picked them, because you know how many times you've bent down to do it!

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-It's a labour of love, really, isn't it?

-That's right.

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Mrs Tee, we've got chanterelles here, which is what was available.

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Do you have other mushrooms that we could buy? Because when we cook against Alex, we want a selection.

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Well, the next ones I've got here is the hedgehog. It has needles underneath.

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And they peel off like that.

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And there are some chefs who actually scrape them all off,

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because they say they look like maggots.

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-They're a firm mushroom when cooked, aren't they? Fleshy and meaty.

-I love them with cream sauce on pasta.

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-Oh!

-Yes! Or chicken - they'd be lovely, wouldn't they?

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The chanterelles you can mix up, for a nice colour contrast.

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-You can undercook mushrooms, but you cannot overcook them.

-Oh, right!

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-That's interesting. I've never heard that.

-Do you have anything else?

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-I've got here what we call odds and sods.

-Brilliant!

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This is a sand bolete. This is honey fungus here.

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Oh, wow! That would make a really nice base for the belly pork.

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-Yeah - nice sauteed mushrooms.

-And I can use a mixture in the ravioli.

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-I think that would be... What does that sound like?

-Yeah, I think that sounds marvellous.

-Thank you.

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I've had a wonderful time. Thank you.

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And thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with us. Quite remarkable.

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So...

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changed sides. What are you now cooking for me, boys?

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Hampshire crispy belly pork with a divan of wild mushrooms...

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A divan?!

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-A divan, dude.

-Ssh!

-Never heard that before? All the Michelin-starred chefs are using it now, divans!

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With satellites of wild boar and wild mushroom tortellini.

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-And with that we have a sauce.

-It has juniper in it, red wine, sage, rosemary.

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-With an apple!

-What do you mean, with an apple? We were doing well till you went, "With an apple"!

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It will be up to local diners to decide whose dish best represents the true flavours of Hampshire.

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-First off, look at that belly pork.

-That does look superb.

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First thing I've got to do is scar that in a really fine chequerboard fashion.

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-That lets out some of the fat?

-Yeah, it leaches out some of the fat.

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-I have a tendency to cook it fat up.

-Because then the fat permeates through.

-Yeah.

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While Dave's cracking on with that, I'm going to get on with a simple rub.

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Some garlic, in a pestle and mortar,

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garlic cloves, some salt, bay leaves with the vein stripped out,

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Render it down into a light "crema". Just as it's going into a cream,

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-put some whole peppercorns in, until it gets soft...

-Then you can rub it well into the fat.

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Well in there. What I do now is

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I pour boiling water onto that, and it opens up. It goes, "Whoo!"

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We've got to dry that now, otherwise we'll never get crackling.

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-For us, working in your kitchen, it's like a pub pianist playing a Steinway!

-Thank you! Do you like it?

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It's bonzer, innit? All sorts of toys we're gonna use -

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your pasta machine,

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your Robot Coupe. We'll show you what a Robot Coupe is later.

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-Looks great. Can I smell?

-Yeah.

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Massive savoury smells, aren't they? So...

0:34:230:34:26

We turn this over, but we don't have time to marinate it,

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-because that's really how it should work. Score through into the grain of the meat.

-Is it overnight?

0:34:290:34:34

Yeah, I would. I would.

0:34:340:34:36

I feel, when you've got super-good produce like this belly, not to marinate it so much...

0:34:360:34:42

Same with my venison - I didn't marinate that at all.

0:34:420:34:45

And if you're going to marinate fish, you're talking about 15 minutes.

0:34:450:34:48

-Yeah.

-I kind of sense with this that the quick hit of the bay and the garlic on the surface will be right,

0:34:480:34:55

-cos you want the integrity of the meat in the middle.

-OK, that's it.

0:34:550:34:59

Now, we'll put it on a grill with a tray underneath to catch the juices.

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But because there's garlic in that and it's raw, we don't want it to burn.

0:35:040:35:08

Aluminium foil over the top, stick it in an oven,

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150 degrees for a good hour.

0:35:110:35:13

Take it off, increase it to double, move it up into the oven,

0:35:130:35:17

do it for 15 minutes, that's your crackling.

0:35:170:35:19

-So which one of you is the pasta maker?

-Mr Myers.

0:35:190:35:22

Yeah. Well, really, it's my missus, you know. She's a Latin,

0:35:220:35:26

and this is proper pasta flour, six egg yolks and one whole egg.

0:35:260:35:30

This is gonna be richer than Donald Trump's hairpiece!

0:35:300:35:33

THEY LAUGH Right.

0:35:330:35:35

Egg...bowl,

0:35:350:35:37

numero uno.

0:35:370:35:39

Whisk...

0:35:440:35:46

This needs kneading now.

0:35:460:35:47

-I always get the kneading jobs, me!

-He's got strangler's hands!

0:35:470:35:51

-Working...

-Get that beauty working, like that.

0:35:510:35:54

Thank you.

0:35:540:35:55

If you roll it around like that, it'll start to come off the palm of your hand,

0:35:550:35:59

-and that's when you know you're there, dude.

-Fantastic.

0:35:590:36:03

Cling film, fridge, half an hour.

0:36:030:36:06

Meanwhile, let's make the wild boar filling.

0:36:060:36:10

Brr!

0:36:100:36:12

-Are you doing the onion and stuff?

-I'll do the onion if you do the butchering. You like that.

0:36:120:36:16

-I love it.

-You're doing a good job, taking that sinew out.

0:36:160:36:20

It's such good produce. It would be a pain if you made a mess of it.

0:36:200:36:24

You make the same amount of work, really, making a nice dish, as you do making a bad dish.

0:36:240:36:28

You're not wrong.

0:36:280:36:30

-Onions and garlic. Dave, how...?

-We're gonna process that.

-So if I just keep that chunk like that...

0:36:300:36:37

-Very lean.

-Yeah. Nice.

0:36:380:36:40

-You're gonna add some fat to that, are you?

-We are.

0:36:400:36:44

-Some nice belly pork fat.

-Is that cured at all, or just straight...?

0:36:440:36:47

-No, just straight.

-These are nice and translucent. I don't want them to brown,

0:36:470:36:51

so I'll put those aside. Now we get the meat in the Robot Coupe. Meat, fat...

0:36:510:36:57

I'll put the meat in first, then the fat. Right.

0:36:570:37:01

That goes there.

0:37:010:37:02

See, this is the thing with professional gear.

0:37:040:37:07

It's brill!

0:37:070:37:10

I'm going to start to prep some of these fantastic mushrooms from the New Forest.

0:37:100:37:14

We've got chanterelles here.

0:37:140:37:17

-We've got a bolete...

-Or boletus.

-Or boletus.

0:37:170:37:21

-And we've got the most fantastic hedgehog mushroom.

-This meat now, I've kind of coloured it up,

0:37:210:37:26

and it's broken down nicely into a granular thing. I'm gonna put some stock into that now,

0:37:260:37:31

and some seasoning.

0:37:310:37:32

It's more delicate than I expected.

0:37:350:37:38

-Yes.

-You've got those mushrooms going in it - a great balance. I might be getting worried!

0:37:380:37:43

-I don't wanna cook this much more, do I?

-I'll put those mushrooms in.

0:37:430:37:48

More seasoning, I think.

0:37:490:37:52

I've got to have the filling for the tortellini cold before I roll it up,

0:37:520:37:57

-or else I'm going to end up with little pasta pies!

-Nasty work if it's not cold.

0:37:570:38:01

Right. We'll start rolling out our pasta now. With pasta,

0:38:010:38:05

you've got to start thick and work thin. I'll put it in, you do that,

0:38:050:38:09

-like the organ grinder's monkey!

-Go on, then.

0:38:090:38:12

Yeah. Now I fold it up...

0:38:120:38:14

Ooh, you rebel!

0:38:140:38:16

Without a cause!

0:38:160:38:18

Slowly, slowly, slowly!

0:38:180:38:20

This is teamwork.

0:38:200:38:22

Right.

0:38:220:38:24

-That's been in what's called a blast chiller.

-Tortellini,

0:38:240:38:28

you put a little bit - not too much - down the edge, like so.

0:38:280:38:32

A little bit of eggy... and we roll this.

0:38:320:38:35

-Are you there?

-Yeah, we're there, dude.

0:38:350:38:37

I just nip the ends, curl that round, join the ends,

0:38:370:38:41

and that's a Michelin-star tortellini!

0:38:410:38:44

-OK, while Dave's cracking on with the tortellinis...

-I'll watch you make this sauce.

0:38:440:38:49

We start off with some red wine - about 250ml.

0:38:490:38:53

What do you reckon? Three or four sage leaves?

0:38:530:38:56

-Three sage leaves, five juniper berries, sprig of rosemary, one apple...

-Got that.

0:38:560:39:02

-One centimetre-size slice of fresh ginger.

-You're not wrong.

0:39:020:39:06

I lived in Singapore when I was a boy, so ginger and pork to me is...

0:39:060:39:10

-It's a must.

-Yeah, absolutely.

0:39:100:39:12

-It's starting to smell really nice.

-Talking of smelling...

0:39:120:39:16

-Pork!

-Oh, yes, indeedy!

0:39:160:39:18

Right, then.

0:39:180:39:20

What we do is rub some oil on it and stick it underneath the grill.

0:39:200:39:25

Hey! Oh, yes!

0:39:250:39:27

-I'll put those in the fridge.

-Right, mate.

0:39:270:39:31

-I'm going to crack on with these mushrooms.

-Shall I finish your sauce off?

-Would you mind?

-No, no.

0:39:310:39:36

What I'm going to do now is double the volume with stock, and this has to boil down.

0:39:360:39:41

-I'll look after that.

-Great, right.

0:39:440:39:46

-There's a pan for your mushrooms.

-Brilliant. Oil...

0:39:460:39:50

Bit of butter, chef?

0:39:500:39:52

Try and get this to the boil.

0:39:520:39:54

If that was me, chef, I'd say that was enough.

0:39:540:39:58

Autumn in a frying pan.

0:39:580:40:00

I think the sauce is ready now, for finishing.

0:40:020:40:04

That's reduced by half. I'm just going to sieve that, and then finish this with beurre -

0:40:040:40:09

-a knob of butter at the end.

-You're not shy of using butter, are you?

-No. Neither are you!

0:40:090:40:14

Oh-ho-ho! Look at that, man!

0:40:140:40:18

-How is it?

-That looks gorgeous.

0:40:180:40:21

-We need to get these mushrooms back on.

-The plates.

0:40:210:40:24

-Right. Chanterelles are in.

-Just before I take this off the heat,

0:40:240:40:29

-good bit of chervil.

-Yeah, goes great with the mushrooms.

0:40:290:40:32

OK, mate?

0:40:320:40:33

Great colour, isn't it?

0:40:330:40:36

Right. The tortellini's going in.

0:40:360:40:38

A gentle rumble - if it's boiling, they'll fall to bits. Basically, when they float, they're done.

0:40:380:40:43

-How's the tortellini going, mate?

-Beautiful.

0:40:450:40:47

They're all floating, there's no casualties. I'm gonna toss them

0:40:470:40:51

in butter and truffle oil.

0:40:510:40:52

-I'm starting to put the belly pork on top of the...

-Great.

0:40:530:40:57

On there, truffle oil...

0:41:020:41:04

Look at that!

0:41:060:41:08

-Look at that.

-There we are!

0:41:080:41:11

Hampshire on a plate. We can do no more.

0:41:110:41:14

That's good. Mm.

0:41:170:41:19

The wild boar comes through,

0:41:190:41:21

and then you've got that stronger flavour from the mushrooms, and the bacon fat. It really worked.

0:41:210:41:27

I'm quite worried! Is my venison gonna be good enough to stand up

0:41:270:41:31

-against your belly pork?

-Who knows? Nobody ever knows, do they?

0:41:310:41:34

Well, we're about to find out. The diners don't know whose dish is whose. First up

0:41:340:41:41

is Alex's venison. What will the locals make of it?

0:41:410:41:45

Very nice. It's got a sweet taste to it as well.

0:41:450:41:47

Representing Hampshire, absolutely perfect.

0:41:470:41:50

I like the tenderness and succulence of the venison,

0:41:500:41:53

which was exactly how I like it.

0:41:530:41:55

I thought the pear went with it very well. I like the sweet with the savoury.

0:41:550:42:00

It was tender, typical of the area, and nicely presented.

0:42:000:42:04

-I thought there were too many flavours, in a way.

-The only thing I'd miss out was the pear.

0:42:040:42:08

Spot on.

0:42:080:42:10

DAVE: 'As we suspected, the venison was a hit.

0:42:100:42:13

'It's the moment of truth for our belly pork.'

0:42:130:42:15

Very, very good.

0:42:170:42:19

Oh, that's lovely!

0:42:190:42:20

Mm!

0:42:200:42:21

-That pork is absolutely first class.

-I like the mix of colours -

0:42:210:42:24

what it looks like on the plate appeals to me enormously.

0:42:240:42:28

The crackling on the top was delicious. That's probably the most memorable part.

0:42:280:42:32

I like the presentation, but it did disappoint on flavour. The mushrooms were exceptionally good.

0:42:320:42:37

It's a very good, very tasty dish.

0:42:370:42:40

THEY CHEER

0:42:400:42:41

Thank you for coming to see us.

0:42:470:42:48

I think we've found some wonderful tastes and hospitality in Hampshire.

0:42:480:42:52

It was great fun, and I'm not good at competitions.

0:42:520:42:57

I don't do losing!

0:42:570:42:58

LAUGHTER

0:42:580:42:59

OK, moment of truth.

0:42:590:43:01

A show of hands for the venison, please.

0:43:010:43:03

One, two, three, four, five.

0:43:030:43:06

Ooh, close! And a show of hands for the belly pork and wild boar.

0:43:060:43:11

-Four.

-Four. Well, congratulations!

-Congratulations, Alex!

-Thank you very much indeed.

0:43:110:43:16

-Thank you very much.

-All I can say is, to run that close, I'm chuffed!

0:43:160:43:21

'Well, we came a close second to a very talented chef.

0:43:230:43:26

'Does that mean we get half a Michelin star?

0:43:260:43:29

'Afraid not, mate. But our journey around Hampshire has uncovered some fantastic local treasures.'

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