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There's something happening across Britain. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
I know! Mams everywhere cooking their families' tea. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
Yeah And the best thing is, we're on a mission to eat it! | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
Well, kind of. We're on a mission to discover and celebrate it. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
There's recipes that have been handed down through generations. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
And where we find 'em, we're going to share 'em. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
Digging deep under the crust for little nuggets of history. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
And then there's the recipe fair! | 0:00:26 | 0:00:27 | |
Oh, I love that bit. All those recipes coming straight to us. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:32 | |
Hey! It's another Mums Know Best recipe fair, in a field. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
Yes, we've got sun, rain, hail, shine, grass, clouds - the lot. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
Oh, and today's exploration of alfresco dining. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
Yes! Things that taste better outside. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
-Hello. -How are you? Pleased to meet you. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
-We know loads about alfresco cooking. -But are we going to end up doing it in the rain? | 0:00:47 | 0:00:52 | |
I don't know. That's for nature to decide. That's the whole charm of eating outside. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
We'll be tracking down three families with a passion for the outdoors. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
People who cook perfect food for the sunshine... | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
When you eat outside, you don't have to eat curly sandwiches. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
Oh! That's heaven. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
'People who like to cook in a field...' | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
Any man that uses lard is a mate of mine! | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
'And we cook our own food perfect for eating in the garden. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
'Or, for a little boating trip. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
'We know that you like to get busy in the kitchen, so every recipe | 0:01:19 | 0:01:23 | |
'you see is there for you on the Mums Know Best website. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
'We have collected literally hundreds of them. And you know what that's taught us? | 0:01:26 | 0:01:31 | |
'That when there's food to be cooked, our mums really do know best.' | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
Before each recipe fair, we set ourselves a challenge. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
We set out to find three home cooks who epitomise the theme of the fair - | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
in this case, those who cook great food for eating outdoors. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
And, I have to say, when we heard from our first mum, we knew we were onto a winner. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
We could visit mums in rainy old Blighty, or go to sunny Spain. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:17 | |
Are you mad? Let's go to Spain! | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
-Hola, hombres! Como estas? -Oh, mwah, mwah! | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
'Rebecca wrote to us to tell us about the Spanish food she cooks.' | 0:02:23 | 0:02:29 | |
SHE SPEAKS IN SPANISH | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
She grew up in Spain, but now lives in the UK with Ian, her husband, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Amelie, their daughter, and a new baby on the way. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
So, welcome, come and meet Amelie, my daughter. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
'Ian and Amelie get to enjoy Rebecca's Spanish cooking, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
'because she was taught classic dishes by her family in Madrid. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
-My daughter, Amelie. -Ah! -She's fast asleep. -Sssh. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:55 | |
'We turned up just as she was making the iconic dish - tortilla. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:59 | |
'It's a recipe from her mother who died two years ago, | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
'but Rebecca still follows her instructions precisely.' | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
Mum made me wait until I was a certain age, until I was a woman, as it were, | 0:03:08 | 0:03:14 | |
And as soon as she said I was ready, she just went, | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
"Right, here." Initiation. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
-We do a good tortilla, don't we? -We do. We do. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
-Not as good as mine, though, of course. -Oh, yeah? | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
You see, it lacks that generations of Spanish woman behind me. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
They'll all be standing behind me now going like that. Arms folded. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
-Looking at you, "Men shouldn't be in the kitchen." -You better get this right! -Yeah. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
Tortilla, which means "little cake" in Spanish, | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
is a potato and onion omelette. It starts with cooking down onions. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:45 | |
-It's a lot of onions. -You want a nice, big, fat, juicy onion. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
-You want a Spanish onion. -That's the thing! | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
-Yes. -And it does look a lot, but when they cook down, they go really nice and soft and sweet. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
'Rebecca is using floury potatoes like we do. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
'But we then usually shallow fry them.' | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
This is the secret. And this is how my mum always did it, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
-and even my nana, who didn't have a deep fat fryer, used to do it in a hot pan of oil. -Right. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
-All you do is put it on about 160. So it's quite a low one. -Yeah. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
And you leave it, and you leave it for a couple of minutes, so they go soft | 0:04:16 | 0:04:21 | |
If you're using four large potatoes, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
you need about three medium eggs, or a couple of large ones. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
'Salt to season the tortilla gets mixed into the eggs.' | 0:04:28 | 0:04:34 | |
I'm going to put the onions in first. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
-You use the frying pan to cook? You're not going to make the tortilla in there? -I am. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
-Oh, you are. -Because it's had the onions in it, | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
-it's got the flavour of the onions which is really nice. -Recycled flavours. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
Yeah. So you don't need to clean your pan, or anything like that. Put your potatoes in there. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:53 | |
And you're just going to add your eggs on top. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
Oh! Are you not worried about the eggs scrambling on the potatoes? | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
-Not at all. You're just going to take your fork, and you... -Ah! | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
You smash it up a bit, and all it does is allow you to mix it all the way through. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:08 | |
This is bordering on genius. I mean, it is. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
-Well, thousands upon thousands of families can't be wrong, can they? -Techniques! -No. -Absolutely not. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:16 | |
'Rebecca has the tortilla on a really low heat.' | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
It's quite difficult to gauge when it's done, so you just have to lift the edges slightly, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:25 | |
-and you can just see a slight browning underneath. -That looks perfect. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
'It takes about five minutes until the bottom starts to brown.' | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
Do you flip it? | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
No! It's not a pancake! | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
I was just asking! You know! I mean, folk might want to know. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
So that's nearly ready to turn, actually. And all you're going to do is slide it onto the plate. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
-It's important you have a big enough plate. Put your pan on top. -Ah! | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
Here's the tricky bit - make sure it doesn't fall over. All you're going to do is flip it over. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:53 | |
I asked you before if you flipped it, and you said "It's not a pancake!" | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
-That wasn't a flip. It's a slide, it's a slide. -Slide. -Slide. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:01 | |
You just keep cooking it like that, really. You ignore it for a while. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
While I'm doing it, I make other dishes at the same time. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
'That's what she's been doing. From her recipe book, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
'she's already whipped up several dishes which together | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
'create one of Europe's greatest alfresco dining experiences - a proper tapas meal.' | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
-Boomer's Albondigas. -Boomer. Boomer is my nana. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
We called her Boomer because she had a booming voice. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
-It's her meatball recipe. -Albondigas. It's a great word. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
Al-bon-dingas. Isn't it a great word? | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
-Albondigas. -BOTH: Albondigas. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
Yes. There you go! You're a castanet away now. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
-It makes me go all funny that. -Oh. Ooh! | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
'Nana Boomer's albondigas are keeping warm on the stove. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:44 | |
'I bet she flipped those meatballs! | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
'Along with Uncle Roberto's gambas al ajillo. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
'Which I expect means flipped prawns.' | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
'And chickpea and steak cocido stew. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
'I'll shut up now.' | 0:06:57 | 0:06:58 | |
So this is done. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
So, again, I'm just going to slide that onto there. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
And it's ready. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
'That, my friend, is a tortilla worthy of a Spanish passport. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:12 | |
'Traditionally, tapas was a slice of meat or bread | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
'placed over one glass of sherry to stop flies buzzing into it. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
'You can serve anything as tapas these days. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
-'It's just come to mean a small portion. -But Rebecca's tapas - | 0:07:23 | 0:07:28 | |
'whoa, what a selection.' | 0:07:28 | 0:07:29 | |
Look at that! Look at the colours in it. It's vibrant and lovely and... | 0:07:29 | 0:07:34 | |
And it just shows when you eat outside, you don't have to eat curly sandwiches. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:39 | |
'I've got to try the tortilla that's staring me in the face.' | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
Oh, that's heaven. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
-Now that is wonderful. -It's so sweet, isn't it? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
That is absolutely gorgeous. How can you get those flavours out of eggs, potatoes, onions? | 0:07:49 | 0:07:54 | |
-Because that's fundamentally it. -And who doesn't have that at home? -Oh, it's gorgeous. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:59 | |
'Rebecca talked us through how she had made the other dishes on the table.' | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
For the gambas al ajillo, you start off with a really nice extra virgin olive oil. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
You need to add chopped onions, chopped garlic, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
chopped chillies, and then you add paprika - use the spicy stuff. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
Leave it to cook for about ten minutes | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
till all the flavours infuse, and then you just throw your prawns in. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
-The prawns are quite spicy, aren't they? -Well, yeah, that's the chilli that's in there. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:26 | |
Oh, it's just absolutely wonderful. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
Loads of flavour, spice... Ah! | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
'And Nana Boomer's albondigas are a rich meaty tomato-y mouthful.' | 0:08:30 | 0:08:36 | |
All it is is your mince. We're going to add some chopped onions, chopped garlic, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
a couple of tablespoons of dried parsley. It has to be dried. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
Breadcrumbs and egg. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
You roll it in your hands and you fry it really gently. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
Take it out, don't worry if it's not cooked all the way through, because you'll add it back later. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:56 | |
'The rich sauce is flavoured with carrots, onions, garlic, parsley and saffron, | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
'boiled together for ten minutes.' | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
-You just add your meatballs in at the end, and it just brings the flavour. -It's lovely. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
-It tastes gorgeous. -How many of these will we take to the recipe fair? | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
-It's all so good. What's your favourite? -Gambas. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
My uncle Roberto's gambas - he knows what he's doing with fish. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
-Definitely. -You have to educate the world on your tortilla. -Definitely. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
And you've got to bring al-bon-dingers with you! | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
-Can you bring the lot? -I can, yeah. I'll stick it all in a Tupperware and away we go. -Fantastic. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
See you! Bye bye! | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
'Rebecca's recipes are going to bring the authentic taste | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
'of eating outside in the Spanish sunshine right to our recipe fair. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:38 | |
'I know! That tortilla was definitely flipped though. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
'Right, Si, it's our turn to cook some alfresco patio food. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
-'Fair dinkums. Time for a barbie, mate? -No! | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
'This is a barbie-free zone. But we are going to take our viewers to our own house. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
'You mean...our special secret house? I don't know. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
'Oh, it'll be great! | 0:10:00 | 0:10:01 | |
'But what's that got to do with cooking alfresco? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
'Oh, don't be so literal, Kingy. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
'Viewers, welcome for the first time on TV, to our own secret house.' | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
-Dave? -What, mate? | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
-I think I'm going to open a window and let a bit of breeze through. -Good lad. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:19 | |
Tea, mate? | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
Oh, belting. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:25 | |
-Ah, lovely. -Cheers. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
SLURPING Ah. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
Well, you're very privileged. Welcome to our summer house. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
-It's fabulous, isn't it? -It is. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
We'll show you outside - we've got a lovely pool. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
Is it nice out there, Dave? | 0:10:42 | 0:10:43 | |
-WATER SPLASHES -Beautiful. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
'As you can see, we designed the house along the clean modern lines | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
'of a trendy Manhattan loft apartment.' | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
You've just walked through a cupboard! The door's here! Honestly! | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
It's there. That's the door. Would you like a cup of tea? | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
Don't be ridiculous. You're in the closet. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
'Generally we do get on quite well when we're here, but we do see a lot of each other.' | 0:11:01 | 0:11:06 | |
-Shall we do some cooking? -Yeah, let's cook kievs. -Kievs. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
And there is only one chicken kiev. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
As cooked by Dave's partner, Lil. They're fabulous. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:17 | |
'There are lots of similar recipes...' | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
Isn't this lovely? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
'..from Italian pollo sorpresa to French chicken roulade.' | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
You would often think they were just eaten indoors. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
But we found differently, cos the chicken kiev is an alfresco dish, isn't it? | 0:11:30 | 0:11:34 | |
Yeah! My partner Lily, she's Rumanian and her home, | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
it's a quarter of a mile from the Ukrainian border, where Kiev is, | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
and they eat a lot of it there. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
Quite often, they'll take it outside, cold, like we would a Scotch egg, | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
and have it with a cucumber salad. That's what we're doing. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
I've butterflied a chicken breast, | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
and then put the cling film over the top of it. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
Nice and gentle, just start to beat it out. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
You don't have to be too brutal, but you do have to get it nice and flat and thin. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
'The version we cook in Britain is actually the American one, | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
'invented in New York for Russian immigrants. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
'It became really popular with frozen food manufacturers in the '80s, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
'but Lil's is the original one from Kiev, and it's much better.' | 0:12:13 | 0:12:18 | |
By giving the chicken a bit of a hammer, it ensures that you get really tender juicy chicken breast. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:24 | |
But the perennial problem is how you get your stuffing in your chicken kiev. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
This is Lil's way. It doesn't burst, it doesn't leak. I've got some butter. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
And one thing I caught once in the kitchen - that I never thought was in there - | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
it's cheese. Just cheddar, just ordinary cheese | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
-It gives it a richness, a wonderful taste. -It's a good thing. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
I always know I'm in for a good night when I come home, I can smell the kiev smouldering away, | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
-She's got that Rumanian accordion music on - I know it's a night of passion. -Honestly! | 0:12:47 | 0:12:52 | |
# I want to break free... # | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
I like an upright, you know. | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRS | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
Oh, for goodness sake, keep the noise down, Freddie! | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
SHOUTS: You should see the state of our rug, bringing it in from the garden! | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
And you've got to have garlic, haven't you? | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
About three cloves will do. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
-Clear off. -CAT MIAOWS | 0:13:15 | 0:13:16 | |
It's nothing to do with the cat! It's your feet! | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
Have some garlic, that'll shut you up. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
Garlic goes in with the butter and the cheese. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
Chop up a bunch of parsley, and what's nice is you get | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
this lovely green nugget of garlicy butter and loveliness. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:32 | |
And what she always does as well is two spring onions. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
MIAOWING What have you done to the cat? | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
It stinks of garlic! | 0:13:38 | 0:13:39 | |
'This is the secret of how to get the filling into your Kiev without it leaking everywhere.' | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
You take the filling, and what she says is, | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
she makes a little baguette shape out of it, like so. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
Take the chicken... | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
A bit of seasoning, some salt and some pepper. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
Now all we do is we roll this up. Because the chicken's been beaten, there's plenty of acreage, | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
and the chicken's slightly kind of sticky. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
-You have to roll it quite tight... -Yes. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
-That's important, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
'The kievs get dipped in flour, then egg, | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
'then doused in breadcrumbs.' | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
We've heated the oil up to a gentle rumble. Now put them in seam-side down. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:21 | |
One... | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
Two... | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
Look at that, brilliant. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:26 | |
RUNNING TAP WATER | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
'We're going to make Lil's Rumanian cucumber salad as well. It goes perfectly with a picnic.' | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
What I'm going to do with the cucumber is take a potato peeler - | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
we've washed the cucumber, make sure you do that - | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
and then just draw the potato peeler down it, so you get lovely, lovely ribbons. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
-Lil always skins the cucumber first. -Does she? -Yeah. -We're on the telly, | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
we want a bit of colour and a bit of greenery! | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
Oh, fair enough, then. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
Do you want to see me photo wall? Come on. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
Oh! Dave and his photo wall. Honestly. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
What I've done is, it's like a collage. You know those wonderful Victorian homes | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
where you have that wall of photos? That one, that's me and Kingy in the Atlas Mountains. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
I was following King up a mountain pass. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
The road was gravel! I couldn't believe we did that. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
That one, that's in Namibia, where we made a barbecue in the sand dunes. We had zebra burgers. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:23 | |
'If you can tear yourself away from Dave's photo wall, | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
'keep an eye on your kievs. Keep turning them, and about 15 minutes should see them perfect. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:31 | |
'The salad is really easy to put together.' | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
Some sour cream... | 0:15:34 | 0:15:35 | |
And some mayonnaise. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
And some of that wonderful Eastern European spice, paprika, for colour and flavour. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:45 | |
Then we just garnish that with some sliced hard boiled eggs. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
-Now it's time to serve up. -Lovely. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
Resting, or even allowing the kiev to cool, won't harm it at all. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
The chicken will be tender from the bashing, and the filling will be held together by the melted cheese. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:01 | |
The thing is, it's going to taste | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
so much better when we eat it outside this fusty old house. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
Come on, mate. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
-Shut the door, keep the cat in. -MIAOWING | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
-I don't want it sniffing round the chicken. -Oh! -Oh, heaven. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:21 | |
Oh, the pool is looking lovely. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
It is! That algae cleaner's worked a treat. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
Mmm. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
It's really authentic, but I think the spring onions and the cheese, | 0:16:27 | 0:16:32 | |
they make all the difference. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
The thing is all the butter ensures the chicken stays juicy. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
-There's nothing, there's not one spot of it leaked. -I like the salad. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
-Mmm. It's lovely, isn't it? -There's a lovely fresh note to it. -Yeah. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:46 | |
So why do you think food tastes better outside? | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
Think about fish and chips, you know, it tastes better out of a newspaper, | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
when you eat them outside next to the beach. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
Oh! Yes, it is the air. You feel you can breathe... | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
'Back on our search for cooks with alfresco credentials, | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
'we've left the bikes behind and are walking the footpaths of Hungary in search of some outdoor cooks.' | 0:17:03 | 0:17:08 | |
Blimey. We should be able to smell the paprika, you know. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:13 | |
'Don't listen to him! This is Leicestershire. But we are looking for some Hungarians.' | 0:17:13 | 0:17:18 | |
See? See! I told you! | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
This is posh camping. Hello! | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
-How are you? It's good to see you. -Hello, mate. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
Karl and Marika are brother and sister. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
Their late father was Hungarian, and now they keep that heritage alive | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
for their own children | 0:17:31 | 0:17:32 | |
by re-enacting the lifestyle of the Magyars, | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
their nomadic Hungarian ancestors. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
Hello, Marika! | 0:17:39 | 0:17:40 | |
'Steady on, mate. They just go camping sometimes.' | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
-We bring the bograc, which is the traditional Hungarian... -What's that called? -A bograc. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
The farmers or the sherpas put the food in, go out and do the day's work, | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
and then they come back later for a slap up... | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
-And it's all done. -It's all ready for you. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
Marika and Karl are cooking us two Hungarian recipes. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:03 | |
First, a porkolt stew. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
That's that, let's make the porkolt. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
'Porkolt is a traditional meat dish | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
'from the ancient nomadic inhabitants of Hungary - the Magyars.' | 0:18:10 | 0:18:15 | |
-First things first, it's always lard. -Any man that uses lard is a mate of mine! | 0:18:15 | 0:18:20 | |
-I hate to use cliches but here's something I prepared earlier. -No! | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
Well, OK, you be Fanny, I'll be Johnnie. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
-Sorry? -Do you know what I mean? Fanny Cradock and Johnnie Cradock. -Oh, right, OK! -Give over, will you? | 0:18:27 | 0:18:33 | |
'Onions and garlic are the base of this stew, | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
'which would have been cooked exactly like this by the nomadic Magyars. Well, apart from the Tupperware. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:42 | |
'Their ingredients would be cooked in one pot, probably on grass next to their tents, like us.' | 0:18:42 | 0:18:47 | |
Right, we're going to add the paprika now, and we need to take it off the heat. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
That's a definite, otherwise we're going to burn it. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
'If you burn paprika, the natural sugars in it will become bitter, | 0:18:54 | 0:18:58 | |
'so Karl is adding chicken stock to lower the temperature of the pan.' | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
-I'd probably put two tablespoons, sort of. -Two tablespoons. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:07 | |
You know those...the paprika that you get in the glass jars? | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
Well, Karl's just put two of them in! | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
BOTH LAUGH So you need to think bigger, and don't be shy. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
What we've got here is the belly pork. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
-If you look at that now, there's no liquid in there. -No. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
-Next time you look at that, that'll be a third full of juice. -Juice. -Yeah. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:30 | |
'Karl lowers the heat by raising the pot and leaves the pork to simmer, | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
'which gives us a chance to ask his mum | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
'how they've ended up cooking Hungarian classics in Leicestershire. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
'The story all starts with their father fleeing the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
'And ended up outside the grocer's shop where their mum was working.' | 0:19:45 | 0:19:52 | |
I was in the shop window and then this whole lot of Hungarians | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
came to the window! And I was frightened to death. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:00 | |
The Hungarians are coming! Hide the cornflakes! | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
-What was it that attracted you to him? -I don't know, really. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
'Karl's dad might have been quite a looker, but he was a great cook too. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:13 | |
'And it's time now to add more peppers to the stewing porkolt. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:18 | |
'And since pepper in Hungarian is paprika, Karl adds some fresh ones.' | 0:20:18 | 0:20:23 | |
Karl, what are those whopping big chillies? | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
-Paprika is the red pepper. -Right. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
-These are the ones that are crushed down to make the paprika. -Yeah. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
Now, these are hot, a hot variety. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
'While the porkolt gets perkier,' | 0:20:33 | 0:20:38 | |
Marika can make her Hungarian alfresco dish - | 0:20:38 | 0:20:40 | |
cabbage stuffed with pork and rice. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
'Blanched cabbage leaves will be the wrapping | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
'around a filling of minced pork, rice, onions and paprika.' | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
Right, William, me master class. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
'It's a team effort to fill the pan up with the parcels.' | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
-Is that the cabbage water? -Yeah. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
'Marika then tops it up with the cabbage water and one can of tomatoes. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
'It's left on a simmer to let the rice cook through. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
'In preparation for the feast, the table gets dressed Hungarian style. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:14 | |
'As do the ladies... | 0:21:14 | 0:21:15 | |
'and us.' | 0:21:15 | 0:21:16 | |
LAUGHTER I've got a Hungarian boob tube on here! | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
What we say in Hungary is "egeszsegedre". | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
ALL: Egeszsegedre! | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
-And knock it down in one. -Oh. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
Ooft. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:33 | |
'Served with mash, Marika's stuffed cabbage is cooked long enough for the rice inside to become tender.' | 0:21:33 | 0:21:39 | |
I love the flavour of the rice because it's taken all the juice from the pork. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:44 | |
-Yeah. -And the cabbage holds it together. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
It's lovely hearty food. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
'Karl's porkolt smells fantastic.' | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
See the juices have come off the meat? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
Look at that, man. Go on, then. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
'It's served with cucumber dressed in white vinegar and sugar.' | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
-It's so tender, you know? Sometimes belly pork, it can be tough. -Yeah. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
-This isn't, this is falling apart. -That contrast with the cucumber. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:08 | |
-Mmm. -Vinegar... -Yeah. -Sugar, heat, meat, sweet... -Superb, man. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:13 | |
'You could cook these recipes in a kitchen, | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
'but it's so much more fun being outside. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
'And how cool to be taking something to the recipe fair descended from Nomadic tribespeople. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:24 | |
'Now that's alfresco.' | 0:22:24 | 0:22:25 | |
-Superb, man. Really, really good. -Absolutely superb. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
Another day, another bike ride. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
I know! What alfresco nationality shall we visit now? | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
We've done Spanish, Romanian, Hungarian. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
Ah, mate, it's got to be time for an Australian barbie, now, hasn't it? | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
Nah! We can do better than an old barbecue. Let's go back to Blighty for inspiration. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:54 | |
Us British have had a love affair with eating outside for generations. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
A lot of generations. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
And now we're going to whip up a medieval treat | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
that became a staple of the British picnic hamper. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
Welcome to our potting shed. But we're not potting plants, we're potting this. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:11 | |
Salmon... Beef... Ooh! | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
These little jewels are a classic way of preserving meat or fish, | 0:23:15 | 0:23:20 | |
and perfect for alfresco dining. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
Potted beef, which we are going to cook first, is rich in spices. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:27 | |
'And the secret is the spiced butter the beef is going to cook in.' | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
We need to take some freshly-ground nutmeg. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
And we want about half a teaspoon of ground ginger, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:38 | |
a good pinch of cayenne, | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
about half a teaspoon of good quality salt, | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
two whole cloves of garlic. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
Now, we put that onto a gentle heat and just let it melt. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
Because as the butter heats up, it's going to warm the spices. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
That's going to infuse the meat, because that's what we're going to cook the meat in. Oh! | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
We're going to use braising steak. We need to cut any sinew away, | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
we don't want any chewy bits in this. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
It's like a sandwich spread, it's luxurious. There's no gristly bits with it, is there? | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
No, mate, absolutely not. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
And just pack them in this little dish here. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
Now pour the spiced butter mixture over the meat. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
-It's quite old-fashioned. The spices are old-fashioned. -They are. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:21 | |
Have you seen how it's just covered the meat? | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
What we need to do now is make a really good seal on that. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
And we do that with tinfoil, because we don't want any of that flavour to leach out. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:31 | |
The beef is going to cook slowly for a good three and a half hours | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
at a moderate 150 degrees. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
The term "potting" actually means a method of preserving. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
A layer of fat protects the meats from the air and stops it going off. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:46 | |
'So the fat we're going to use is clarified butter. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
'It's going to cover the cooked meat and form a seal. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
'Gently heat up some more butter so it separates.' | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
See all this white stuff? That's all the milk solids from the butter. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
That's what we want to get rid of, because the milk solids in the butter will send it off. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:06 | |
'Skim those off and you have pure clarified butterfat left. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
'When your meat is cooked, it should look like... Well, this.' | 0:25:10 | 0:25:15 | |
-Is that tender? -Look at this Dave, look. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
-That looks like a bowl of Chum. Eat that, you'd -Winalot! -Ha-ha! | 0:25:17 | 0:25:22 | |
-Well, you've always been me -Pal! | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
-Cut it out, will you?! -Other brands of dog food may be abused. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:30 | |
You could put this in a food processor if you wanted it fine. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
They never had them in Napoleonic times, did they? | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
You know, they never had them. I like the manual method. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
But you're absolutely right, you could. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
'Flatten the top of the meat, and then carefully cover it with your clarified butter. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:49 | |
'The meat is freshly cooked, and should be free from bacteria | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
'and that butter is going to keep the air out, keeping it fresher for longer.' | 0:25:52 | 0:25:57 | |
And that's the potting part. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
Sprinkle some green peppercorns on the top. Another top tip - | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
we can honestly say with this potted beef, there's no need to put butter on your bread. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
-DAVE CHUCKLES -No. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:11 | |
Now Dave is going to make the potted salmon. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
This is going to be our little tea | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
for when we go out fishing to tickle the odd trout. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
-I'm looking forward to that. -Oh, it'll be good, Dave. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
'I'm using two types of salmon - | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
'chopped smoked salmon, and freshly poached salmon.' | 0:26:26 | 0:26:30 | |
-Oh, that's flaking nicely, isn't it? -It is. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
Some cream cheese goes in there. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
You add some lemon zest, and some dill fronds. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
Use as much dill or as little dill as you like. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
I'm not putting salt in this - I've got smoked salmon, that's salty enough. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
But what I am doing - loads of black pepper. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
And just give that a good whip up. If I was in the kitchen at home, I would put this in a food processor. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:53 | |
Now there's a third type of salmon to go in. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
That's just been cooked in butter. | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
I've cut this into chunks because I want it to stay chunky. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
The rest of it's going to be a spread, this is going to be like little nuggets in it. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
-A lovely textural difference as well there, isn't there? -Oh, yes! | 0:27:06 | 0:27:11 | |
I just want to fold this salmon in gently. I don't want to break those chunks up. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:16 | |
-You see? look at that. -Oh! | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
All I do now is pot the potted salmon in the pot. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:22 | |
Now we use the butter we used to cook that salmon in | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
as our butter to pot the salmon. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
And that, my friends, is potted salmon! | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
Just pop that in the fridge, | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
and let's take these potted treasures for our tea. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:41 | |
And the other ones we can have for our supper. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
Right, we're there! | 0:27:45 | 0:27:47 | |
Have you got the painter? | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
Yeah, I've got the painter, mate. I'll get the stuff. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
Go on, keep going. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
That's it. Will you pass the food? | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
Go on, dude, you'll be all right. It's nice there, look. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
I want me tea. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
Not only is this going to be delicious, | 0:28:07 | 0:28:10 | |
but it's really easy to deal with on a picnic. Or a boating trip! | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
Let's break bread... | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
Take the potted beef... | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
You'll get fat! | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
Oh! Dave, it's brilliant! | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
I hope it chokes you. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:26 | |
Dave, I'm having the potted salmon with the brown bread | 0:28:27 | 0:28:31 | |
because I just think there's a certain happiness of marriage of flavours with brown bread, you see. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:37 | |
-Well, I hope it poisons you! -In fact, I cannot stop eating it! | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
I hope your heart stops. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:43 | |
You see? | 0:28:43 | 0:28:44 | |
Bitter. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:46 | |
'Onwards, my friend! Out of the countryside and into suburbia. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:53 | |
'Well, at least it's got lots of lawns for ball games and barbies and that. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
'Give up on the barbecue nonsense, Kingy! And, anyway, the weather's rubbish. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:02 | |
'Oh, well, never mind. You've been looking forward to this next lady we're visiting, haven't you? | 0:29:02 | 0:29:07 | |
'Oh, not half. Apparently she does things with summer fruit flavours you wouldn't believe.' | 0:29:07 | 0:29:12 | |
-Put the kettle on. -Lovely. -Make some tea. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
Jayne lives near Lincoln with her husband Bob. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
Her daughter Claire wrote to us | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
to tell us that apparently her mum is the queen of desserts. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:25 | |
Follow me into the dining room. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
'Now Jayne seems like a perfect housewife, | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
'but I have a feeling there may be more to her than meets the eye.' | 0:29:30 | 0:29:33 | |
When I was about, dare I say that age... 40... | 0:29:33 | 0:29:37 | |
I thought it's now not Mrs, not Mum, it's Jayne's time. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:41 | |
Our son had joined the army cadet force, and I went along to help out | 0:29:41 | 0:29:47 | |
and amazingly, I was offered a commission. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
They said, "Are you prepared to train up for four years?" | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
You had a weapon and all that sort of stuff and mud and... | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
Oh, yes. And full army uniform. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:57 | |
The children used to love it. I used to come home in full army uniform, | 0:29:57 | 0:30:01 | |
straight from a weekend away, and you come back absolutely... | 0:30:01 | 0:30:05 | |
I would have bet my mortgage that a woman like you wouldn't do something like that. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:09 | |
I've got to be honest with you and hold my hand up and go, that's quite remarkable. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:14 | |
-I'm very impressed. -Oh, bless you. Well, I'm very humbled. Thank you. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:18 | |
So what are we cooking? | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
The thing that we're going to cook today, in honour of my mother, is Mum's wild plum summer pudding. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:27 | |
A classic Victorian dessert made exactly the way Jayne's mum learnt from her mother, | 0:30:27 | 0:30:33 | |
using wild plums gathered from the hedgerows. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:37 | |
-I love to delegate. One pan. -Officer. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
-Yes, sir. -Sir. -Hold it. How do we get...? | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
-Ma'am. Was it ma'am? -Ma'am. -Ma'am. -Ma'am. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
'Pay attention! There's a briefing on plums, straight ahead.' | 0:30:45 | 0:30:48 | |
Wild plums are very tiny, like cherries. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:50 | |
Because they're so small, the flavour is very intense. That is pure wild plum pulp. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:57 | |
I've never tasted hedgerow plums before. | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
I don't use a lot of sugar because I think that plums should actually have a sour taste. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:05 | |
They're certainly sticky and a huge plum flavour. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
That's perfectly balanced. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
-Yeah. -With citric acid, all those citrics and all those kind of yummy acids kick in. -All the citric-th! | 0:31:09 | 0:31:15 | |
It's got us like that! | 0:31:15 | 0:31:16 | |
I'm actually cheating. Rather than use up all the store in the freezer, | 0:31:16 | 0:31:21 | |
by adding plums that have been bought. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
-Oh! -Shock, horror. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:26 | |
-You've not bought plums, ma'am? -I know. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
-To make up the bulk. But the flavour... -Will come... | 0:31:29 | 0:31:34 | |
-Will come from... -The wild ones. -So, who's on plum duty? | 0:31:34 | 0:31:38 | |
-I'll do plums. -Are you're going to be on bread duty? | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
I'd love to be on bread duty. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:42 | |
OK. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
Si is commissioned as Corporal Plum De-stoner, and I am posted to the rank of Private Bread Trimmer. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:50 | |
That's what I like to see. Everybody working. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
My battery of thrillingly specific bread shapes will form the outer defence wall of the summer pudding. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:59 | |
So we just tip the old sugar in. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:01 | |
My bought plums, now thoroughly de-stoned, get some sugar rations added, and a little water. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:06 | |
A couple of tablespoons to cover the bottom. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:07 | |
That then goes on the stove. Give it a whirl because it is vital that you don't burn this sugar. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:13 | |
Oh, will you two stop! | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
Just behave. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:18 | |
Most fruit can be treated like this for summer pudding, not just plums. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:23 | |
Jayne has more tastes of the hedgerows to add in... | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
-her wild damson vodka. -Over here. Now this was made last September, | 0:32:26 | 0:32:33 | |
and has been stewing in my garage since then. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:37 | |
Oh, that's lovely! It's quite tart, isn't it? | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
What we're going to do now... or what you're going to do. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
-Yes. -Is... -Yes, ma'am. -We're going to compile it. First of all we're going to add the wild plum puree. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:54 | |
It's a fabulous colour, Jayne. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:56 | |
And that's going to thicken it, | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
and it's going to add a lot of intense flavour. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
-Mm. -Pick out the larger of the base circles. -Yeah. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:06 | |
Drop it into the pulped fruit. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
Jayne's summer pud boot camp! | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
The idea is to charge the trimmed bread with the juice, and post it to the outer reaches of the pudding. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:16 | |
-Dip and place, Dave. Dip and place. -It's important to overlap the pieces... | 0:33:16 | 0:33:20 | |
-that provides the strength. -The juices are absorbed into the | 0:33:20 | 0:33:23 | |
rest of the bread, and in doing so it thickens the pulp, so that when it's been chilled and turned out... | 0:33:23 | 0:33:30 | |
-Mm-mm. -..you can actually carve it. Now your lids. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
-Private Bread Trimmer, you have made a beautiful job of covering up your plums. -Why, thank you, Corporal! | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
-So what we do is, we put clingfilm on. As tight as possible. -Yeah. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:41 | |
-Turn. -Fridge. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
The weight will then sink. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:46 | |
-Fantastic. Send on R&R to the fridge for two days for it all to thicken up. -Have you got the colour? | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
Can I just say If it takes two days, have... have we... | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
have we made one earlier or have you got camp beds and, like you know... rations? | 0:33:54 | 0:33:59 | |
Well, I just happen to have two in the fridge. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:03 | |
Now, where should you enjoy a summer pudding at its best? | 0:34:03 | 0:34:07 | |
Well, not today in Jayne's garden, it seems. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:11 | |
I hope our commander has a backup plan. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:15 | |
Would you like to come into our dining room, which has now been set out with... | 0:34:15 | 0:34:19 | |
-Oh, wow! -Look at that! -That is fantastic, man. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:21 | |
-Absolutely. -Look at the colours, though. The colours are fabulous. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
-I know. -Yeah. -Well, this proves that you can still have outside, inside on a rainy day. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:31 | |
-Would you like to sit down and we'll discuss what drinks... -Oh, yes. Absolutely. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:35 | |
Claire was right. Her mum really must be the "Queen of Desserts". | 0:34:35 | 0:34:39 | |
I don't think I've ever seen such a plethora of fruit flavours on a table. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:43 | |
Cake one - Jayne's orange semolina cake. Whole oranges... | 0:34:43 | 0:34:48 | |
-skin, pith and all. -Oh! | 0:34:48 | 0:34:52 | |
-Oh, that is amazing, actually. -That's perfect. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
-There's just a slight bitterness but it's a whole, it's a whole orange flavour. -Orange. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
It's like the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, isn't it? | 0:34:59 | 0:35:01 | |
Oh, it's just amazing. 'Right, number two... | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
'gooseberry fool.' | 0:35:03 | 0:35:04 | |
Oh! | 0:35:06 | 0:35:07 | |
Man! 'Sharp gooseberry fruit balanced with a sweet custard.' | 0:35:07 | 0:35:10 | |
That's fabulous. It's zingy and tangy but, just sweet. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:15 | |
-Yeah. -Just sweet. -Just enough. -Yeah. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
Dessert three... tarte au citron. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
With an entire lemon grove stuffed into it. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:24 | |
It takes eight lemons, which... | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
you have to zest all eight. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
-You know you've been zinged, don't you? -Mm. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
They catch you there, don't they? | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
Yeah. 'And there's more! Mississippi mud pie.' | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
'Raspberry waffle cake.' | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
'Victorian jelly honeycomb.' | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
'Old-fashioned summer punch.' | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
'And the most amazing fresh lemonade.' | 0:35:43 | 0:35:47 | |
-Oh, it's wonderful. -The recipe here is from great-grandma. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
-That's spectacular. -Lip smacking! | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
You're good at this, you, aren't you? | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
-Dear me! -Oh! We've got the cake yet. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:59 | |
Oh, you're joking. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
And finally, the one we have really been waiting for... | 0:36:01 | 0:36:04 | |
Jayne's Mam's Wild Plum Summer Pudding. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
Not cooked, just rested for a few days. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
A really rich, dewy... | 0:36:10 | 0:36:11 | |
Wow! | 0:36:11 | 0:36:12 | |
-Oh, wow! -Oh, that is spectacular. Mm. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:17 | |
I think that's one of the nicest puddings I've ever had. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:19 | |
The right amount of balance between the acidity and the fruit and the sugar. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
-And sharpness. -It's perfect. -Oh! | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
But what on earth are we going to ask you to bring to the Recipe Fair? | 0:36:23 | 0:36:28 | |
-What do we have? -We've got to have the summer pudding and we've got to have the orange and semolina cake. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:33 | |
-I think the lemonade. -The lemonade because we can serve jugs of that with the main meal. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:37 | |
I think I'm going to give you a kiss. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:41 | |
-Oh, steady. -Military precision, that. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
Oh, it was, wasn't it? | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
What a truly inspirational visit to end off our exploration of alfresco dining. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:50 | |
-Now we can do the washing up. -Oh, man! | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
I knew it! I knew it. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:55 | |
I almost hope it's raining at the Recipe Fair, so our guests | 0:36:57 | 0:37:01 | |
get a taste of Jayne's desserts the way we have. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
That's going a bit too far, Si. But we've had so many tastes of the outdoors, | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
without even a barbie in sight. This is going to be a great Recipe Fair. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:13 | |
So, have we done it? | 0:37:15 | 0:37:17 | |
Have we got three family cooks to take to the Recipe Fair? | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
I'd say! We have got Rebecca's awesomely authentic recipes from her family in Madrid... | 0:37:19 | 0:37:25 | |
Tortilla and Gambas. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
And the food cooked by the Hungarian Magyars, but prepared for us by Marika and Karl. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:33 | |
And from my Lil, traditional Chicken Kievs... perfect patio food. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:37 | |
And from Britain, the Victorian picnic classic... | 0:37:37 | 0:37:41 | |
Potted Beef and Potted Salmon. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:42 | |
And the most marvellous trooping of the summer fruit colours, from Jayne. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:46 | |
It's official. We've done it! Bring on the Recipe Fairs. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:51 | |
We invite people from all over Britain, to join us for a day in a field, | 0:37:53 | 0:37:58 | |
to share and celebrate all their recipes. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
And they have brought not just recipes, but lovely cooked food too. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:05 | |
-What have you got? -Lime and mascarpone cheesecake. -Wor! | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
-Beef Stroganoff. -You star. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
-This is a minced lamb crumble. -Vanilla fudge. -Vanilla fudge, Yes. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:15 | |
-That looks lovely. -Meat and potato pie. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
That looks fantastic. Black treacle? | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
No, it's just dark brown sugar. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:22 | |
What have you got? | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
-Ooh! That certainly makes the sun shine on a grey day. -Doesn't it? -How lovely. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:29 | |
We have as our special guests, the Studley Grow, Cook and Eat Group. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:33 | |
They're going to be feeding our fairgoers, once they're sorted. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:38 | |
And of course, our home cooks we've collected | 0:38:38 | 0:38:42 | |
on our travels need installing in their very own special tent. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
It's nice to see you. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
Normally, all the cooking goes on under cover, but not today. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:50 | |
-You we want here. -With your kind of Magyar ancestry, you could cook | 0:38:50 | 0:38:54 | |
over there by that rock. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:55 | |
Come rain or shine, your pot'll be on fire. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
-Thanks very much. -Right then. Come on. | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
Here are your Mums Know Best aprons. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
-Oh. Why, thank you. -And we've done a bit of waterproofing on your two, | 0:39:03 | 0:39:08 | |
-you know. Good luck. -Right. That's us. Crack on, all right? | 0:39:08 | 0:39:11 | |
-See you later. -OK, Bye. | 0:39:11 | 0:39:13 | |
Over in the Little Top, we have our recipe sharing wall, | 0:39:14 | 0:39:21 | |
and also our resident food historian, Gerard. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
His job is to uncover some of the more unusual recipes, and the stories behind them. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:30 | |
Well, we have a novel food item, made by this wonderful lady here, Pip Mannion, | 0:39:30 | 0:39:39 | |
-who is going to tell you... -Hello. -all about this splendid cake pie. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:42 | |
It's cake pie, yes. My - at the time - boyfriend | 0:39:42 | 0:39:44 | |
made a comment that surely, cake pie would be | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
the best food invention there could be. I had a think because if you make a sponge cake, it'll rise | 0:39:47 | 0:39:53 | |
-and it's split the pastry. -Yes. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:54 | |
But I had this recipe for a chocolate brownie cake | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
-and I thought, that... that might just do the trick. -Oh, brilliant. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:01 | |
So on his next birthday I turned up with cake pie for him and now we're married. So it all worked! | 0:40:01 | 0:40:07 | |
-Oh, brilliant! -You're married? -That's brilliant. -It is. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
It's deliciously light looking pastry. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
-Ooh! Wow! -Oh, my lord. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:15 | |
-Wow! -Have a taste. It looks fantastic. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:19 | |
-That is definitely a pie, and a cake. -Mm. -It's really good. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:24 | |
-Oh, it's lovely Because the cake's nice and moist. -Mm. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:27 | |
-Oh! -So you're getting the benefit... It needs to be contained, to be imprisoned. -Yeah. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:31 | |
And I say it's a great vehicle as well for getting it to your gob. Mm. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:36 | |
-Exactly. -Beautiful. -How have we come to the 21st century and not been previously invented? | 0:40:36 | 0:40:41 | |
-Yeah. -I have to say, if you delivered that on your birthday, I would have married you and all. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:45 | |
Thank you very much indeed. Brilliant. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
-Guys, we've got a lovely picnic food made by Tim. Hi, Tim. -Hello, Tim. -How are you doing, man? -Good. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:06 | |
-And it's called fridge chicken. -Oh! -As simple as that. Why? | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
What you do is you see what's left in your fridge, and you put it on a chicken. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:15 | |
-Who's living in there then? -You spatchcock a chicken. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
-Yeah. -And you stick it into a pan. And if you've got any leftovers in the fridge, any leftover vegetables, | 0:41:18 | 0:41:23 | |
chuck in on top with a tin of tomatoes, some mushrooms, some chilli. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
-Right. -And some chorizo. And cook it for a couple of hours. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:29 | |
Leave it to go cold and you've got a superb picnic. | 0:41:29 | 0:41:32 | |
-That's lovely. Great hangover food. -It is. It works. -Oh, yeah. Mm. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:35 | |
-It works. Definitely. -Is there a recipe as such? -There is a recipe, yeah. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
-The joy of it is... -Enjoy eating fridge chicken. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
-Thank you very much. -Thank you very much. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:42 | |
-Nice to meet you. -Thank you. -Well done, Tim. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:44 | |
Now then guys, we've got a couple of lovely German people to come and | 0:41:49 | 0:41:51 | |
tell us what these delightful things are, and it's Michael and Stephanie... | 0:41:51 | 0:41:55 | |
-brother and sister. -Hi Mike. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
-Hi Michael. -Hi Morning Hi. | 0:41:57 | 0:41:59 | |
-Hello, mate. Nice to see you. Hiya. -What are these wonderful things? | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
-Tell us all. -Well, these are frikadellen. -Yeah. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
And these are bone marrow dumplings. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:09 | |
Bone marrow dumplings? | 0:42:09 | 0:42:10 | |
That's a new one on us. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
-They're lovely, aren't they? -Oh, they're lovely. | 0:42:12 | 0:42:15 | |
-Really meaty. -Really beefy. -Mm. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:17 | |
The bone marrow dumplings and frikadellen meatballs are specialties | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
from the north Rhine region in Germany. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:24 | |
-They are superb. -They are superb. -I'm glad. -And how do you get the bone marrow in there? | 0:42:24 | 0:42:28 | |
Well, you get a little bit of bone from the butcher and you scrape it out. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:32 | |
-Yes. -And then you heat it up and it liquefies. -Yes. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
And then you pour the fat into the mixture. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:39 | |
-It's a shame that we don't use bone marrow more in our cooking. -Yes. -Because it's such a useful thing. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:44 | |
-Frikadellen. -Yes. -Mm. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
They're quite strong, quite spicy and a quite salty | 0:42:46 | 0:42:51 | |
-version of meatballs. It's the ideal picnic and party food really. -Mm. -Yes. -And so tasty. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:57 | |
-Fantastic Thank you very much. -Thank you very much. -Thank you. Much appreciated. | 0:42:57 | 0:43:02 | |
Michael and Steffi's recipes will be on the website, with all the others shared at the Recipe Fair. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:15 | |
In the other top, today's team of invited community cooks are starting to give out their food. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:27 | |
-Oh, hello. -All right? | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 | |
-So you're the Studley Grow It, Cook It, Eat It group. -Yeah! | 0:43:31 | 0:43:36 | |
They run a weekly workshop educating people that great food can be cheap. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:40 | |
So we try to keep it so we always have a starter, two main courses and a pudding, and we try to do it | 0:43:40 | 0:43:45 | |
for two pounds. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:46 | |
We've got a lot of young mums that are not confident cooking, special needs adults. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:51 | |
-Right. -And you know, people that live on their own. | 0:43:51 | 0:43:53 | |
And we had... one of the adults the other day, she was... | 0:43:53 | 0:43:56 | |
she's got special needs, and she was just chopping and helping Sophie, | 0:43:56 | 0:43:59 | |
and she went away and phoned her mum in the corner. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:02 | |
She said, "Mum, guess what! I've opened a tin, I've chopped an onion... " | 0:44:02 | 0:44:05 | |
That's fantastic. Basic skills like that are transferred to the family, then the children eat well and... | 0:44:05 | 0:44:11 | |
-Yes Yeah. -Oh, well done you guys. | 0:44:11 | 0:44:12 | |
For such cheap food it's pretty inventive | 0:44:13 | 0:44:16 | |
-The pork mince with Thai spices and plum sauce is simply served in a pancake. And it works. -Phwoar! | 0:44:16 | 0:44:23 | |
-They're lovely. -They are. -Good. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:25 | |
And these ricotta pancakes are genius. A really light batter flavoured with ricotta and vanilla, | 0:44:25 | 0:44:31 | |
served with plum compote from their allotment. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:33 | |
-Ah! -Oh, he liked that, then. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:36 | |
-I'm just necking the juice, you know. -Oh, yeah. | 0:44:36 | 0:44:38 | |
Outside the mums' tent, Karl is getting his fire going. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:43 | |
Hello! I've just bought these for you. | 0:44:43 | 0:44:45 | |
-Jayne's executing her battle plan. -There's plenty to do. I think we'll prepare this fruit. | 0:44:45 | 0:44:50 | |
-So our mums... -and Karl... | 0:44:52 | 0:44:54 | |
are all gainfully employed, which means that we can psych ourselves up for Gerard's Skills Challenge. | 0:44:54 | 0:45:00 | |
We've got a sushi challenge going on today with our skills test. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:06 | |
-Na-na-na! -Ta tat ta! -Book! -Wiyah-hi! | 0:45:06 | 0:45:08 | |
-But we need some other competitors, Si. Ladies. -Ladies, Ladies. I do like ladies... | 0:45:08 | 0:45:14 | |
'Now's the time for Gerard to put us and three fairgoers through our paces.' | 0:45:14 | 0:45:18 | |
You've got great hair that matches your top So you're coming in. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:22 | |
And you just look worried, so you can come in. It'll be all right. Be all right. | 0:45:22 | 0:45:27 | |
Today Gerard is making Japanese sushi rolls, bite-sized treasures of rice and raw fish. I love 'em. | 0:45:27 | 0:45:34 | |
So we start with the rolling mat that helps to construct and press the sushi together. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:42 | |
And the nori sheet, the sheet of seaweed. | 0:45:42 | 0:45:44 | |
'On top of the Nori seaweed sheet, Gerard is layering up sushi rice | 0:45:44 | 0:45:48 | |
and a little wasabi, a hot Japanese horseradish.' | 0:45:48 | 0:45:51 | |
-And the fish of choice we're using today is some lovely salmon loin here we've got. -Yeah. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:58 | |
And then, alongside that, I'm going to have a green stripe of sliced avocado | 0:45:58 | 0:46:05 | |
and then what we have to do is use the bamboo mat, to fold | 0:46:05 | 0:46:10 | |
the nori and the rice, keeping it really as tight as you can. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:14 | |
'If it's been rolled tightly, you should be able to slice it and display it elegantly on a plate.' | 0:46:14 | 0:46:19 | |
-What we're all going to have to do at the end is pick it up with our chopsticks and eat it. -Yeah. | 0:46:19 | 0:46:24 | |
Listen. He's just found out that you can eat seaweed, | 0:46:24 | 0:46:28 | |
and now you've got to ask him to use two sticks to pick what he's made up with. He's not a happy man. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:33 | |
So, I'll give you a countdown. Three...two...one. Get rolling. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:39 | |
Is there a time limit on this, Gerard? | 0:46:39 | 0:46:41 | |
-Well, by the end of the week would be nice. -Fine, OK. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:44 | |
'There are loads of types of sushi This is maki. Literally in Japanese it means rolled sushi.' | 0:46:44 | 0:46:50 | |
That's right. Nice and tight. Press the rice down. | 0:46:50 | 0:46:52 | |
Think gentle. We're not all Texan. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:57 | |
'But seriously, maki sushi? Making a mess, more like.' | 0:46:57 | 0:47:00 | |
'The sticky sushi rice is dressed with rice vinegar and sugar, which compliments the flavour of the fish. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:05 | |
'And nori is actually a sea algae. It's been pressed, rolled and dried into sheets. | 0:47:05 | 0:47:11 | |
Keep it nice and tight. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:16 | |
Sushi ingredients are quite common and cheap in oriental supermarkets | 0:47:16 | 0:47:19 | |
and this makes a great fun DIY dinner party. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
The innards have come out! | 0:47:22 | 0:47:24 | |
Just squash it in a bit. It'll be all right there, look. Nobody will ever know. | 0:47:24 | 0:47:28 | |
'You don't have to use raw fish You could use smoked fish, crab, | 0:47:28 | 0:47:31 | |
'prawns, vegetables or strips of cold omelette.' | 0:47:31 | 0:47:33 | |
-Look at the Myers Man! -Ha! | 0:47:33 | 0:47:37 | |
-Look at this. Well done. -Have you finished, dude? -Yeah. | 0:47:48 | 0:47:51 | |
-He can't wait! -Look, guys, this person is about... | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
Les, stop! You've got to dip it in there. | 0:47:54 | 0:47:58 | |
Yeah, and I've got to judge it first. I need to have a look at them. | 0:47:58 | 0:48:01 | |
Oh, sorry, Les is off. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:03 | |
-I have to see it before you do it. They're pretty good, aren't they? -They're mega. | 0:48:03 | 0:48:07 | |
This one is pretty good but it sort of fell apart, didn't it? | 0:48:07 | 0:48:10 | |
It did really, yeah. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:11 | |
I like this one. | 0:48:11 | 0:48:13 | |
-Very neat. -A little bit of a gap there. | 0:48:14 | 0:48:17 | |
But I think the blokes have it, really. Can you give them a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen? | 0:48:17 | 0:48:22 | |
-A big round of applause everyone. -Well, done you men. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:26 | |
-He's done very well. I think we should let him eat it. -Go on, Les. | 0:48:26 | 0:48:32 | |
CHEERING | 0:48:32 | 0:48:37 | |
It's nothing like steak and kidney pudding, is it? | 0:48:37 | 0:48:41 | |
Over in the mums' tent, it's just one big masterclass. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:46 | |
Put that cabbage right tucked under. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:48 | |
Marika is passing on her cabbage-rolling skills. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:52 | |
It's like the Generation Game, isn't it? | 0:48:52 | 0:48:55 | |
Rebecca is holding court on tapas techniques. | 0:48:55 | 0:48:58 | |
Yeah. You cook them just till it kind of goes quite cloudy. | 0:48:58 | 0:49:01 | |
Jayne is drilling the fairgoers in operation "dessert storm". Get it? | 0:49:01 | 0:49:07 | |
And Karl, he's just doing his own thing. | 0:49:09 | 0:49:13 | |
Over in Gerard's tent, he's just struck picnic jackpot! | 0:49:13 | 0:49:19 | |
What a beautiful display we've got here from Helen, Helena and Beryl. What have we got, anyway? | 0:49:19 | 0:49:24 | |
I can see some soda bread here, that's delicious. You've made that, with your lovely jam. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:30 | |
-Yes, I've made that. -Brilliant. Beryl, what's your favourite picnic food? | 0:49:30 | 0:49:34 | |
-I can see you're clutching a book there. -It's very special and all my cooking is out of this book. | 0:49:34 | 0:49:38 | |
-You are the modern housewife, I can tell. -I am. This book is at least 100 years old. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:44 | |
It's yellow with age, and this is... | 0:49:44 | 0:49:47 | |
-was my mother's, and these are her recipes. -Yeah. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:50 | |
We used to use this as a child. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:52 | |
Brilliant. So you've really brought your family's food history to life, | 0:49:52 | 0:49:56 | |
on this picnic table here. I love the way that you've made some homemade drinks because... | 0:49:56 | 0:50:00 | |
I think it's one thing we often neglect in picnics is, some squash or Pimms, dare I say. | 0:50:00 | 0:50:06 | |
-Those are out of this book. -Are they? -Yes. -It says in brackets... | 0:50:06 | 0:50:10 | |
-alcoholic. -Yes. -As if I'd need to guess that it wasn't. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:12 | |
-It's got the Welsh cider in. -Has it? Fantastic. A lovely bit of cider. | 0:50:12 | 0:50:16 | |
So Satvinder and Harpreet, I know that you're big picnic people. | 0:50:18 | 0:50:22 | |
A little bird has told me that And today you've brought a wonderful big box of pakora, | 0:50:22 | 0:50:27 | |
which for me is an ideal spicy picnic food. Tell me, | 0:50:27 | 0:50:30 | |
-are these held together with a kind of flour? -Yeah it's gram flour... -OK. -.which is made from chickpeas. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:35 | |
Right. And they're lovely cold, aren't they? | 0:50:35 | 0:50:37 | |
I had one earlier on. I nicked one. I love them! They really looked so nice and I thought oh, | 0:50:37 | 0:50:43 | |
they look really good. And they're always vegetarian, are they? | 0:50:43 | 0:50:46 | |
No. You can have anything in them, as long as it can be held together. | 0:50:46 | 0:50:50 | |
What would be your favourite picnic destination? | 0:50:50 | 0:50:52 | |
We picnic mostly in the lounge. | 0:50:52 | 0:50:55 | |
Right. Great. I'm going to have a sneaky snifter of one of these. You have one as well | 0:50:55 | 0:51:02 | |
And then you can help me pass them round. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:04 | |
-Pakoras are really easy. -That is really spicy. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:09 | |
Which means you'll have more time to eat them - in the lounge. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:13 | |
Before our Recipe Fair closes for the day, it's our turn to cook. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:16 | |
Sausage rolls are a picnic classic but we are going to cook something that's similar, but a bit more fun. | 0:51:16 | 0:51:21 | |
For our alfresco offering, we're going to do minced beef pinwheels. It's one of those wonderful things | 0:51:21 | 0:51:28 | |
you can do with a slab of puff pastry. | 0:51:28 | 0:51:30 | |
'These are really easy, and once you've got the method, | 0:51:30 | 0:51:32 | |
'you can be as creative with the filling as you like.' | 0:51:32 | 0:51:35 | |
Now the pinwheel, it was one of those things when you were a kid, you know you used to pin like a | 0:51:35 | 0:51:39 | |
whirligig to a stick - the pinwheel. | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
But this is the same but with mince and pastry and without the stick. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:46 | |
it's basically a savoury mince you're making. Finely chopped onions and sweated down garlic. | 0:51:47 | 0:51:52 | |
-That'll do us I think. -Beautiful. -Take that off and let it cool. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:56 | |
Minced beef. | 0:51:56 | 0:51:58 | |
A little bit of fat in it, you need that. What we're going to do, | 0:51:58 | 0:52:02 | |
is we're going to add some flour. All the juices that come out of the meat, | 0:52:02 | 0:52:06 | |
the flour will absorb that and we're going to add some mixed herbs, plain common or garden | 0:52:06 | 0:52:11 | |
dried mixed herbs. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:13 | |
A big dollop of tomato puree for a bit of richness. Now season it well. Salt. Pepper. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:18 | |
Lots of pepper cos it's great with the beef. | 0:52:18 | 0:52:20 | |
What we do is then we just massage the meat. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:24 | |
Now meanwhile, I have a pack of puff pastry and I'm going to roll it out. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:30 | |
And bought puff pastry is OK. There's not much wrong with it. | 0:52:30 | 0:52:33 | |
Once your mince is well mixed, it needs to be pressed out onto the pastry. | 0:52:33 | 0:52:38 | |
-This isn't one for the vegetarians. A sheet of beef flesh. What would a vegan put in a pinwheel? -Nuts. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:44 | |
-Nuts? -Nuts? | 0:52:44 | 0:52:45 | |
I'd rather eat my own feet. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:47 | |
Now this, we're topping that with cheese But if you don't | 0:52:49 | 0:52:52 | |
like cheese, don't put cheese in. You could put horseradish in, or a spread of mustard would be nice. | 0:52:52 | 0:52:58 | |
Eggy wash the edges... | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
and roll it up into a sausage. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:03 | |
I reckon we'll get a dozen out of this. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:05 | |
Cut them up evenly into about one- inch thick discs, and lay them out | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
on greaseproof paper. It doesn't matter if they puff up and touch each other. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:13 | |
You can do this if you want. You brush it with egg. | 0:53:13 | 0:53:17 | |
I like this bit. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
I just love the formality of this But you could do really posh ones, | 0:53:19 | 0:53:24 | |
you know like chicken and wild mushroom ones Just make a duxelle | 0:53:24 | 0:53:27 | |
of mushrooms out of... | 0:53:27 | 0:53:28 | |
you know, like you would do for a beef Wellington. And chicken. Gorgeous, you know? | 0:53:28 | 0:53:33 | |
Haggis would be good. Haggis pinwheels. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:36 | |
Will you stop watching us? You're putting us off! | 0:53:41 | 0:53:45 | |
Just pop those into a moderate hot oven... | 0:53:45 | 0:53:48 | |
about a hundred and seventy degrees Celsius... | 0:53:48 | 0:53:52 | |
for about 15 minutes and honestly, they'll be puffed up, they'll be golden, tasty and brill. | 0:53:52 | 0:53:59 | |
Doesn't 15 minutes go quick when you're having fun? | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
There we are. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:06 | |
-Oh. -Oh-ho! And I'd just take these outside with a nice | 0:54:07 | 0:54:11 | |
glass of wine or a pint of beer, and I think the job's a good 'un. | 0:54:11 | 0:54:14 | |
Sit in your garden. Ladies and gentlemen... mince beef pinwheels. | 0:54:14 | 0:54:19 | |
How do you get on? Did you get any recipes? | 0:54:26 | 0:54:28 | |
Yes, super. I've got Grandma's Ginger Cake for my daughter to make when we get home. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:31 | |
-Brilliant. -Oh, good. Good. | 0:54:31 | 0:54:33 | |
I've chatted to lots of people | 0:54:33 | 0:54:35 | |
and written some things down off the recipe board. | 0:54:35 | 0:54:37 | |
-We've got the pakoras which I think everyone loves. -Yeah. | 0:54:37 | 0:54:41 | |
-They were brilliant. And the cake pie. -That was good, wasn't it? -We thought it was a good invention. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:45 | |
-Gooey chocolate cake in a pastry. -The cake pie was good, wasn't it? | 0:54:45 | 0:54:49 | |
-It was good. -I've written that down, along with half of the people here. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:53 | |
-I think half the country's going to be cooking cake pie. -Yes, cake pie. | 0:54:53 | 0:54:58 | |
After each Recipe Fair, we have a banquet to thank everyone who's helped to make it so special. | 0:54:58 | 0:55:04 | |
And we eat all the grub we've discovered. | 0:55:04 | 0:55:07 | |
The perfect end to a perfect day. We get to feast now. | 0:55:07 | 0:55:10 | |
We do. We do. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:12 | |
For starters, we're off with Rebecca's selection of tapas, which is albondigas, the tortilla... | 0:55:12 | 0:55:19 | |
-And all the prawns have been eaten, but never mind. -Oh! | 0:55:19 | 0:55:23 | |
-Ah! -Look at that! | 0:55:23 | 0:55:26 | |
Have you ever seen a plate of albondigas as good as that? Look at them! | 0:55:26 | 0:55:30 | |
We have Karl and Marika with their perkelt. And perky perkelt it is too! | 0:55:30 | 0:55:36 | |
Now this is catering Hungarian style, yes! | 0:55:36 | 0:55:40 | |
-Come on! Look at that. -Hey! | 0:55:40 | 0:55:42 | |
And stuffed cabbage, and last but no means least, | 0:55:42 | 0:55:46 | |
we've got Jayne with her wonderful summer pudding, and other assorted treats of summer, brought to us. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:54 | |
-And there's our chicken Kievs. -Potted beef and potted salmon. | 0:55:59 | 0:56:03 | |
And minced beef pinwheels. | 0:56:03 | 0:56:05 | |
-Quick... march! -Hey! | 0:56:05 | 0:56:09 | |
You know, Si, whatever we eat under this summer evening sky, it's going to feel very special. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:15 | |
Yeah, mate, and this is really good food to be eating alfresco. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:21 | |
-Come on! -Hooray! | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
There's something about having hot foods outside, | 0:56:32 | 0:56:34 | |
and when it gets colder and you're sort of wrapped up | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
and it just tastes a lot nicer outside, I think. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:40 | |
I've eaten absolutely everything and it was fantastic! | 0:56:40 | 0:56:44 | |
Stuffed cabbage, perkelt, tapas. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:47 | |
I think the fried potato, the Spanish stuff. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:50 | |
-Very nice. -Lovely. -Some of the recipes I've tucked in my pocket | 0:56:50 | 0:56:55 | |
to take home with me so I've got a collection. | 0:56:55 | 0:56:58 | |
Kievs. Magnificent. | 0:56:58 | 0:57:01 | |
I really like the potted salmon because it's very creamy and very fresh, and lovely to eat outside. | 0:57:01 | 0:57:06 | |
My food went down really well. I was surprised how many people came back for seconds. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:13 | |
And I can't wait till I get into them cakes over there. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:17 | |
Woah! | 0:57:21 | 0:57:23 | |
A work of art! | 0:57:25 | 0:57:26 | |
It's been a most wonderful day. It's been a wonderful experience, meeting | 0:57:33 | 0:57:35 | |
everybody. But the wonderful thing is the camaraderie between the mothers. | 0:57:35 | 0:57:40 | |
Exhausting but brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. | 0:57:40 | 0:57:44 | |
Dude, alfresco dining. Fantastic, man. And the food definitely tastes better outside. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:52 | |
It does and without a doubt, we've certainly pushed the gastronomic envelope. | 0:57:52 | 0:57:56 | |
Great food, great people. What a day. | 0:57:56 | 0:57:59 | |
-What a feeling! -What a sensation! | 0:57:59 | 0:58:01 | |
-Ha-hey! -Hey! Oh, it's brilliant. | 0:58:01 | 0:58:03 | |
Next week on Mums Know Best, we look at the food people love to cook on a lazy weekend. | 0:58:03 | 0:58:08 | |
From posh puds. ..Yes! | 0:58:08 | 0:58:11 | |
To quick and simple snacks. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:12 | |
Banana duvets. | 0:58:12 | 0:58:15 | |
And slow and special dishes. | 0:58:15 | 0:58:17 | |
I wish you could smell this - it is absolutely unbelievable. | 0:58:17 | 0:58:21 | |
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