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You know what, Kingy? I love doing this. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
You mean riding all over the place and stuffing our faces? | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
Well, it's more about finding great recipes and passing them on, really. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
Yeah. But admit it, we have a right laugh, though, don't we? | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
-Thanks! -THEY LAUGH | 0:00:17 | 0:00:18 | |
No, you're right, dude. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
We're on a mission to collect all manner of culinary treasures. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:24 | |
From the mums who have been cooking them for years. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
And then we'll celebrate the dishes and the stories behind them, at the ultimate foodie festival. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:32 | |
Our Recipe Fair. Where everyone comes to swap recipes, and trade tips. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:38 | |
Welcome to the fabulous foodie fiesta that is the Mums Know Best Recipe Fair. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
And today we're celebrating lazy weekends. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
Those couple of days where you do exactly what you fancy. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
But we do that anyway. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:48 | |
Whether you use the time to perfect complex recipes with loads of ingredients... | 0:00:48 | 0:00:53 | |
-They are measured. -It looks pretty, though, doesn't it? | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
..Or you want something that pretty much cooks itself, so you can spend time with family and friends. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
I think this dish says, "Everything's all right with the world". | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
If you want quick and easy, or something a bit more challenging, we've got it all! | 0:01:05 | 0:01:10 | |
How long would it take you to chop that, Kingy? | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
Oh, weeks, dude, weeks! | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
And our food historian, Gerard Baker, will be trying your lazy weekend dishes. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:20 | |
Although, he has a few tips of his own. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
Have your risotto on a Friday night, and then you can knock these up the next day. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
So you've already got something half started in the fridge. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
All of our recipes will be available for you to share, on our website: | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
Because when it comes to top tucker, we really do think mums know best! | 0:01:33 | 0:01:38 | |
We're off to meet three mums who have been in touch | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
about what they say are perfect dishes to make when time is of no object. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
Elaine contacted us with a couple of old family recipes that take a bit of time and effort. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:12 | |
But that's OK, you know, on a weekend. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
So when we heard about her show-stopping pud and classic pie, we had to drop in. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:21 | |
This is it, isn't it? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
Yeah. That's the one. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
-Hello. -Hello, Elaine. I'm Dave. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
-Lovely to see you. -You too. -Hello, Elaine. How are you, darling? | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
-Lovely to see you too. I'm very well. The kettle's on, would you like a drink? -Oh, not half. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:42 | |
Elaine lives in Hitchin with her husband, Alan. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
Daughter Jessica is also popping round today. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
But it's the recipes handed down from Elaine's mother, Jean, that we're going to try. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
So, Elaine, what are we going to cook today? | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
We're going to have peach paradise pudding. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
-Ooh! -This is the abridged version of the recipe, | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
and it's been written on that little piece of paper for many a year. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
But originally it came from a magazine that my mum borrowed from a doctor's surgery, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:07 | |
sometime in the late '50s, early '60s. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
-Wow. -And it's really lovely. It's very light and fluffy, very rich. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
And very delicious. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:13 | |
So this is your file of recipes. I'm very impressed with this. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
I love tidy. An orderly plate's a happy plate. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
-Absolutely. -Oh, gosh. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
-Captain Rustic! -Yeah. -Yeah, I know. -Big dollops! -Yes. No. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:26 | |
-Oh, no. -A pile of potatoes splashed up the wall. -Yes. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
I do it an artistic sort of way! | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
-Absolutely. Yes. -You know? -Like Salvador Dali? | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
No, more Jackson Pollock! | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
So what else are we going to have, Elaine? | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
I think we'll have one of Mum's chicken pies. They are legendary. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
If you're having a lazy day, there's nothing better than a pie, is there? | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
You can have it hot and then two hours later... | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
-..Have another piece cold! -Oh, yes! Heaven. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
First on the menu today | 0:03:50 | 0:03:51 | |
is Elaine's enigmatic-sounding Peach Paradise Pudding. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:56 | |
Right, we have to put a circle of boudoir biscuits around the edge with a sponge base. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
-Right-oh. -You have to sandwich them together with raspberry jam. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
-Do you think you could do the honours? -Of course. -Excellent. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
There's only room for two tidy types in the kitchen. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
So, whilst they get busy with the boudoir biscuits, | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
I'll get the low down from daughter Jessica, and do my bit with the chicken pie, later. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:22 | |
Tell us about the Peach Paradise Pudding. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
It's exactly what it says on the tin. Paradise. Absolutely gorgeous. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
It's always been a family favourite. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Only for special occasions, you know... | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
-weddings, engagements. -Is it always a bit like that with your mam? | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
-Because she's very like kind of, you know... -Oh, God. -..Forthright. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
-Right. Has she gone? -Yeah. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
-We call her Hyacinth. You know. -You don't! -Keeping Up Appearances? -Hyacinth Bucket. -Oh, yeah. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
You know, "the lady of the house". You know! | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
It'd have to be a right special occasion for me to do all that faff with the fingers. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
He's in his element in there, though. Have they got to the peaches yet? | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
Oh, I love doing this, it's like culinary bricklaying. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
And there's some satisfaction isn't there? There's a bit of therapy in this. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
You know, just getting it neat and tidy. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
-Ta-da! -That's very good. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
-Are you sure you've not made this before? -No. No, no. I'm just good at bricklaying! | 0:05:12 | 0:05:17 | |
-Aye, what's next? -Right. Next we need to grate the rind of the lemon. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
-Yeah. -Into this bowl. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:22 | |
The recipe's not complicated, but the whipped-up pud has to chill for a couple of hours | 0:05:23 | 0:05:28 | |
before serving to set the fluffy filling, which starts with whisked-up evaporated milk. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:34 | |
-I think that's about done. -Brill. I've never seen that done to evaporated milk before. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
-It really has taken the froth up. -It does. Just stir that into there. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
-The lemon in the sour cream? -Yeah. -Yeah. Now that WILL be sour cream, won't it? | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
-Won't it just? There you go. -Yeah. -If we stir the... | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
-The sour cream? -The sour cream into the evaporated milk. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
And, of course, we mustn't forget to add SOME sugar. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
-Does this go in here, Elaine? -Yeah. That goes in there. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
I was worried about this splitting, but there's no sign of it at all. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:02 | |
Elaine whips up some double cream and adds in the lemony loveliness. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:07 | |
Oh, we haven't got to the peaches yet, so I guess this is the paradise element. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
Now then, let's pour one into t'other. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:19 | |
-Does this just go in the fridge to set? -No, it goes in the freezer. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
-The freezer? -I think at the time it wasn't so easy to make, | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
cos very few people actually had their own freezers at home. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
Phwoa! This all works, doesn't it? | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
Dead easy to put together. A couple of hours in the freezer, while you can go away and play. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:35 | |
-And maximum effect when you bring it out for dinner in the evening. -Yes! Ha-hey! I like this. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:40 | |
So, away we go to the freezer. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
And my work is done. Time for me and the pudding to chill. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
Of course, that's something that comes naturally to Kingy. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
Yes. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
Oi! Billy no-mates! | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
Have you got no friends? | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
He hasn't got a clue. He thinks he's playing billiards, Elaine. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
Shut up! | 0:07:03 | 0:07:04 | |
I need a new bat. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
OK, maybe croquet's not for me. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
But chicken pie most definitely is. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
-Ooh! How's it going? -All right. No, we're not doing bad. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:25 | |
Well, don't rush too much, it's my lazy downtime and it's lovely! | 0:07:25 | 0:07:30 | |
Elaine's made this pie so many times she's got everything running like a military operation. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:35 | |
Short crust pastry - done. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
Chicken - boiled. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
Stock - bubbling away. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
But this is no ordinary stock, not with Hyacinth Bucket in charge. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
I don't mean to be rude, or personal or anything, but where did you get your... | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
you know, your pernickityness from? | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
Mother. When I was a little girl, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
she said, "Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability." | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
Look at this. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
Now, anybody that studs an onion with cloves at any one given time, just whacks them in. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:06 | |
They are measured! | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
It looks pretty though, doesn't it? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
The beautifully-studded OCD onion, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
then gets blitzed to smithereens into the stock which is used to make the white sauce. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:25 | |
With everything made from scratch, this recipe is quite time consuming. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
But for uber-organised Elaine, it's a doddle. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
-OK. So that's it well covered. -Yeah. It is. -Great. -Into the pie we go. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
Now pour that over. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:45 | |
-The back of the knife makes it stick. -A top tip that, isn't it? | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
Now, for the knuckles. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
With fastidious Elaine sticking to her mother's motto like jam to a boudoir biscuit, | 0:08:57 | 0:09:02 | |
I'm surprised she doesn't measure the distance between crimps. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
Kingy, there's nothing wrong with doing something properly. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
Whilst the pie cooks, Elaine whips up a quick raspberry coulis to serve with the pudding. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:15 | |
But I still haven't seen any peach action. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
Aah! There they are. The lesser-spotted peach. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
-After a lazy couple of hours in the kitchen... -Only cos Elaine was so organised, mind you. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
..It's time for husband Alan to join us | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
as we tuck into the dishes Elaine and her family have loved for years. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
Oh, that's a proper dinner. And it's been a lazy day, so you don't feel | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
as though you've been banjaxed in the kitchen all day, do you? | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
-Oh, no. It hasn't taken that long really, has it? -No it hasn't. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
-That's a top pie. -Mm. It's tasty Alan, isn't it? -I think so. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
You know what's in a chicken pie, don't you? I mean, it's chicken. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
But in a peach paradise, it could be anything, cos the peaches are on the top. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
-So what lies beneath? -Paradise. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
Oh, for me, though, there's paradise in a pie. I do love a pie. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:09 | |
'And I'm dying to find out what paradise actually tastes like. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
'Elaine serves the peach juice as well as the coulis, | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
'just to soften the barrage of boudoir biscuits.' | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
-Beautiful. -Deftly done. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
Oh, that is fabulous. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
-The boudoir biscuits have softened as well. -Yes. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
They're lovely. It's just like a lemon syllabub inside, isn't it? | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
But a nice cold one. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
-Yeah. -Elaine, I think it goes without saying, | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
we just need the peach paradise at the Recipe Fair, | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
and the world's a very happy place. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
-It would be my pleasure. -Shall we try and get the leathers on? | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
-We'd better start now. It'll be an uphill struggle. -Brace yourself. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
-Lovely to see you. Thank you. -Lovely to meet you. -And you. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
-And it's lovely to meet you. -See you. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
Ah, man, that was mega! | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
A great chicken pie is one of the wonders of the edible world. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
And the paradise pud is right up there too. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
Elaine must definitely share the peachy goodness at our Recipe Fair. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
Now, if you've got a few hours to spare, why not spend them | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
creating something extra tasty, | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
with a recipe that takes a bit of time to develop. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
As well as something quick to nibble on, in the meantime. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
Well, we've got a couple of belters for your culinary contemplation. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:24 | |
# Because there's sail boats, canal boats, land cruisers too, all Britain's waterways waiting for... | 0:11:24 | 0:11:29 | |
-BOTH: -# You | 0:11:29 | 0:11:30 | |
# So, take my advice, there's nothing so nice as... | 0:11:30 | 0:11:35 | |
-BOTH: -# Messing about on the river! # | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
But you've got to take care of your tea. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
And there's no better treat on a lazy weekend than teacakes. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:46 | |
We start with the dry goods - | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
dried yeast and strong white flour, with some orange zest. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
With this recipe, the dough needs to rise twice before cooking, so you'll need to allow time for that. | 0:11:54 | 0:12:00 | |
Hello! Having a lovely day out? | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
-Hello! -It's not a bad life, is it? | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
Anyway, some sugar. Caster sugar. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
Some cinnamon. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
Nutmeg. We'll have about half a nutmeg. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
Nutmeg's an interesting spice. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
If you buy fresh nutmegs, they'll last up to ten years. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
It's a spice that doesn't really go off. That'll do, about half a one. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:25 | |
And some salt. Sea salt flakes. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
And a goodly portion of mixed spice. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
It's interesting, a lot of our British food, it was quite spicy. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
And it's important to remember, we were spice traders. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
-We were. -Now, with some clean hands, I'll get on with the mixing. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
-Right. Well, while you're mixing, I'm going to put some milk and some butter onto the flames. -Yes. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:49 | |
Just lovingly, with clean hands, sieve through the dry goods. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
And put the milk in first, bring it to temperature, put the butter in. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
Don't get it boiling or simmering or anything, it just needs to be warm. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
Now, we need a beaten egg, to go into the milk. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
Now, this is the other reason why it's got to be cool and not hot. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:11 | |
If you put an egg in there, and it's hot, it's going to scramble it. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
And...just whisk that | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
into the buttery milk. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:24 | |
Look at that. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
Lukewarm, lovely. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
-Not a scrambled dollop in sight. -Not one. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
Now you pour this into the floury mix and make your dough. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
Now all that remains to be done is for this... | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
to be kneaded for about five good minutes... | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
..on a clean surface. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
The fruit to be combined with that dough. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
Happiness. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:56 | |
Carry on, Captain. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
'Here! Why's it always left up to me to do the hard graft? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
'I could tell you, but that's on a "knead to know" basis, Kingy.' | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
-Kingy! -What? | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
A type of music. Three words. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
A four and a three and a three. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
Lazy old sod! | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
Detention. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
Fourteen across, seven letters. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
Sixth letter D. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
You're no good at this, are you? | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
-What? -You've got that face on. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
-You're actually doing that crossword, aren't you? -I am. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
Your tongue's out and everything! | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
'The first rising improves the flavour and texture of the dough. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
'Smear some oil round the bowl so it doesn't stick as it rises. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
'Cover and leave to prove for 90 minutes.' | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Here! I've done it, mate. That's it. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
Oh, well done. Oh, isn't loafing lovely? | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
Yeah. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
Dependable. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
DAVE MUTTERS | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
-Do you want to come fishing? -No. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
-Oh, go on, come on. -Get off! | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
-Oh, come on. -No. Don't poke me. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
I'm not bread. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
'All this loafing's making me hungry. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
-'Can we rustle up a bit of brunch, whilst we're waiting? -Oh, go on then. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
'We'll do banana pancakes with bacon. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
'We're putting baking powder in with our self-raising flour. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
'To give our pancake batter a bit of lift.' | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
Now, I always thought brunch was this American thing. It's not. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:41 | |
Brunch is an English invention. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
'I couldn't believe it, Kingy. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
'I read that it was some English chappie called Guy Beringer, | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
'who in 1895 fashioned a meal which was part breakfast and part lunch. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
'Yeah, sounds like my kinda dude. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
'He figured that "brunch" would eliminate the need to get up early on Sunday, | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
'and make life brighter for Saturday-night carousers. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
'Ohhh! I like a good carousing, me. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
'Here, did he invent the kebab as well, then?' | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
That's it. Go on, give it a good... | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
Lovely. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
'But before we can cook our pancakes it's stage two of the teacake process.' | 0:16:13 | 0:16:18 | |
-Half to Dave. -I thank you. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
-Half for me. -Fingers are fabulous, don't worry. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
Lovely. And, some baking parchment. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
And again, this into three. Oh, ho. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:31 | |
Oh, ho. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
Form into balls. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:35 | |
'Knocking back the dough in this second stage | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
'gets rid of the gasses generated by the fermentation process, | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
'and allows the yeast to carry on doing its thing.' | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
Just cover and leave in a draught free place for about three quarters of an hour until doubled in size. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
Stick them in the oven for about 20 minutes. Come on! And eat them. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:56 | |
'Whilst the teacakes are rising for the second time, | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
'we can get on with our lazy pancakes. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
'You've probably heard of American pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
'But we think adding bananas to the batter makes them even better.' | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
Oh, look at that! | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
Banana duvets! | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
-Look at that, crispy bacon. -Come on. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
Right. And place one like that. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
'What a lovely lazy morning's cooking. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
'We've had time to make our three-stage teacakes. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
'And in-between those stages managed to rustle up some quick pancakes for brunch, to fill the gap.' | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
Oh! Lovely. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
Look at that. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
And banana pancakes of course are available in a smaller size, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:40 | |
should you desire it. It's up to you. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
They are so good. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:44 | |
Oh, yes. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
'In the time it takes for us to scoff these, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
'our teacakes should be done.' | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
If you're going to do a day of absolutely nothing, | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
-this is a good way to do it, isn't it? -Oh, it's great. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
-It's great. -Oh! | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
-A really good hangover breakfast as well. -Yeah, it is. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
Oh! | 0:18:07 | 0:18:08 | |
Lazy days are happy days. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
Mmm. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:12 | |
'I don't think I can wait till teatime to try those teacakes, dude. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
'Oh, go on, then, just a nibble.' | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
Now, these are straight from the oven, so they're beautiful. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
Spicy, awesome. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
-But you can't be shy with the butter with a teacake. -It's wrong. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:32 | |
-Cheers. -Cheers. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
'So that's brunch and teatime sorted, | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
'but we need more dishes for our lazy weekend menu. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
'We're off to meet Ros, who loves nothing more than getting her family round the table on the weekend. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:51 | |
'Ros is Jewish, so abides by the Jewish Sabbath, | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
'which says Saturdays should be a day of rest, free from daily chores. Even cooking! | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
'We're intrigued to know what she cooks ahead of time for her traditional day of rest. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:04 | |
'So she's going to be showing us a couple of her traditional Jewish recipes.' | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
Ah! I'm looking forward to this, Si. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
-I am and all, mate. What a lovely house, isn't it? -Smashing. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
-Hello. -Hello, Rosalyn. I'm Dave. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
-Hi, Dave. -I'm pleased to meet you. -Pleased to meet you. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
-Rosalyn, hello, I'm Si. How are you? -Hi, Si. I'm very well. How are you? | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
-I'm very good, thank you. -Good. Come in, come in. -Thank you. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
Rosalyn lives in north London, and loves to cook for | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
daughters Rebecca and Natasha, their son Paul and his girlfriend Shirley. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
-Is that your cookbook, Rosalyn? -No, it's my mother's cookbook. -Oh. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
And, really my mother and a cookbook is a contradiction in terms. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:53 | |
I think she felt in the '80s, | 0:19:53 | 0:19:55 | |
"Everybody's got a cookbook, I have to have a cookbook." | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
THE BIKERS LAUGH | 0:19:58 | 0:19:59 | |
"I'm not going to do anything with it, but I've got to have one!" | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
In fact I thought, can I show this? Cos this is really quite pathetic. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:07 | |
-Oh, it's great! -No, no, please. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
The most important recipes are written like this... | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
This is my mother's plava. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
This plava cake is a very cute story I think because, my mother made a wonderful plava cake. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:21 | |
Nobody could make it like her, and we believe she left out the | 0:20:21 | 0:20:26 | |
-ingredients or did it a certain way, and never told anyone. -Mm-hm. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
Because I tried to make it for years afterwards, after she died, | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
and I couldn't get it quite right. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
I mean, look at those instructions. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
-"Fold in flour..." -Just three lines. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
You'll meet Shirley, Paul's partner, and she tasted my plava cake and loved it. Can SHE make it?! | 0:20:41 | 0:20:48 | |
-And I can't help but be amused by this. -Yes. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
Well, quite rightly so. That's great. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
So she's going to come here and I'm going to show her. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
'It took years of trial and error for Ros to perfect the recipe handed down from her mother.' | 0:20:56 | 0:21:01 | |
'But now she's happy to pass it on, | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
'so here it is... | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
'Her son's girlfriend, Shirley, is joining us to see how to make this family treasure for herself. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:14 | |
'And I'm going to have a chat with Ros's daughter Rebecca, the next generation of cooks in the family.' | 0:21:14 | 0:21:19 | |
This is Freda's tin. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
-Aaah! -This was left. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:22 | |
She didn't have a will but this was left to me, | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
and I think it's one of my most treasured possessions. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
-So, first of all, all I do is grease the tin. -Yeah. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
A little bit of the sunflower oil, and that's what I use in the cake as well. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:39 | |
And then, to make a little crispy coating, I put some caster sugar in. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:46 | |
Ah, right. So when the cake cooks, it's got a nice crisp crunchy coating. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:51 | |
Yes. Just almost like a little decoration. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
-Right? -Yeah. No, I got that. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
So, the next stage is, we mix the caster sugar and three eggs... | 0:21:56 | 0:22:01 | |
OK. One egg... | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
There's a little bit of shell in there. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:10 | |
And they say that the best way to take shell out is with the shell. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
-A top tip. -You like that? | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
I do. I've learnt something. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
So now I put six ounces of caster sugar in... | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
-So now we mix it. -Yeah. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
'Shirley's very quiet. Maybe Ros is going to test us at the end.' | 0:22:27 | 0:22:31 | |
-What's the significance of the plava cake, then? -Well, I've always had it, | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
-my mum's always cooked it. -Mm. -And her mum's always cooked it. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
And erm...I've always heard her complaining about it, because | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
my grandma Freda never told her the proper recipe | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
so she's had to work it out herself. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
But I think she's... It's good now. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
Was there a lot of swearing going on when that happened...? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
-Huffing and puffing, more than swearing. -Right, fair do's. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
'With the eggs and sugar beaten, Ros then adds a spot of sunflower | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
'oil to keep the cake moist, and folds in some pre-sifted flour.' | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
And like any other recipe, when you're folding in flour | 0:23:04 | 0:23:10 | |
into an egg base, you have to work quickly, and fold it in. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:15 | |
-And you must always fold with a metal implement. -Absolutely. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
-Why do you have to use a metal one? -The metal cuts through on the fold. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
But if you use a wooden spoon it'll compress the eggs, | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
-you've got the air into it. -Ah! | 0:23:25 | 0:23:26 | |
And this is the way I pour in the mixture. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
-I don't spread it around, I do it like this. -Yeah... | 0:23:30 | 0:23:34 | |
And it spreads itself. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
How important is the family history to you, and how important are those traditions to you? | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
-Are you going to keep those traditions going? -I hope so. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
I've just started to learn cooking now, watching her and stuff. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
So erm...I'll carry on cooking plava cake. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
Obviously I'm not as good as her yet, she's had more practice than me. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
Well, as your mam was saying, the best cooks are women of a certain age. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
-Yeah. -So you've got a... | 0:23:58 | 0:23:59 | |
-I'm not that age yet. -No, you're not, kid. Nowhere near! | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
But when you think of the generations that have cooked this, | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
their ovens would be here, there and everywhere but it would still work. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
Exactly. You can cook it in a slow oven or a fast oven. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
Slow oven if you've got a bit more time, fast oven if people are coming in an hour. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
-Well, it's an everyday cake for everyday. -Absolutely. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
'Whilst the plava cake bakes, | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
'we're going to learn a bit more 'about Ros's next dish - cholent. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:24 | |
'A beef, bean and barley stew, with a giant dumpling. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
'The ultimate slow-cooked one-pot dish.' | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
Cholent has to be cooked all night. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
-So... -Yes! | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
So we've got a lazy day. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
Indeed. So I cooked it last night at about ten o'clock. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
-Oh! -Oh, fantastic. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
I can trace cholent back to when I was five or six. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
I'd wake up on a Saturday morning, and that smell would... | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
Sorry, I get emotional. Would come up the... | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
you know, be wafted up the stairs. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
To be able to have that smell once a week is just wonderful. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
'Ros's mother and grandmother made cholent before her. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
'And now WE get to have our first experience of this wonderful sounding slow-cooked stew.' | 0:25:01 | 0:25:06 | |
So at this moment, | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
I remember what it was like as a child when my | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
mother first took the lid off, and peeled back the greaseproof paper. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
-Wow! -Oh, that's fantastic! | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
That's the ultimate one-pot wonder, isn't it? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
-And don't you think it smells delicious? -BOTH: Oh, yes! | 0:25:20 | 0:25:25 | |
-I actually...genuinely didn't know what to expect. -No. I didn't. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
I wish you could smell this, it is absolutely unbelievable. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:35 | |
Can we eat it, please? | 0:25:35 | 0:25:36 | |
-Yes. -HE LAUGHS | 0:25:36 | 0:25:38 | |
'With the cholent cooked well in advance, and the plava cake so simple to do, | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
'there's plenty of time for Ros to catch up with the family on the Sabbath. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
'Her son Paul is joining us and the girls | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
'for a proper taste of his childhood - mum's traditional home cooking.' | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
You'll find that very tender. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:55 | |
-That is absolutely falling to pieces, isn't it? -And that dumpling. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
Is it good? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:00 | |
Oh, yeah. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
That's the first thing I make, and put it in the fridge. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
The gluten in the flour gets released and makes it | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
-nice and elasticky. -Yeah. -It just is easier to put in the pot. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
-And it goes in as one big entity. -Yes. So you can slice it. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
-Can you taste the barley? -Oh... | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
-It's beautiful. -Oh, man! | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
-How is it, Shirley? -Mm-mm... -Good? | 0:26:18 | 0:26:20 | |
-Shirley, you can't even speak, can you? -Mm-mm. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
It's brilliant, isn't it? | 0:26:23 | 0:26:25 | |
I think this dish says everything's all right with the world. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
Let's have a bit of cake, though. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
Well, I've still got a little corner empty! | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
Well, it should be soft inside and a little crispy on the outside. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
It's like eating air. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
-Mm. Lovely. -Yeah. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
The Recipe Fair's going to be such good fun. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
-Are you all going to come? -Of course. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
Kingy, Kingy... Step away from the cholent! | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
-It's all right, dude... -We need to go. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
-See you. Thanks very much. -Bye! -Bye. Thank you. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
'Well, I've found a new favourite in cholent. It really is the ultimate one-pot meal. | 0:26:54 | 0:27:00 | |
'But I think it's the plava recipe that Ros needs to pass on. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
'It took her long enough to perfect it. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
'Agreed. After all, it's been tried and tested for generations. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
'So let's get it out there. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
'Inspired by Ros's overnight cook-a-thon stew, we're going | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
'to make our own slow-cooked dish, that just gets better with time. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:20 | |
'A dish that you can make well in advance, then heat through at your leisure for an impressive dinner. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:25 | |
'It's another culinary wonder of the world for me. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:29 | |
'So here's our braised steak and gravy with double-cooked chips.' | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
Welcome to the veranda of our chalet, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:44 | |
Our little country quiet retreat. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
But it's lovely to have a little quiet place by the river, just to come and relax, you know. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:51 | |
The water, as it flows, seems to murmur deep and low. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:56 | |
The aircraft on the flight path seem to rumble, far above... | 0:27:56 | 0:28:01 | |
TRAIN HORN BLASTS | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
Never mind, we've only got a week here. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
-Have we? -We have. Aye. It's all we're paid for. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
So - this is a piece of braising steak. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
Season both sides... | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
Salt and pepper. And just continue that process with all the steaks. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
Push it into the flesh a little bit so it sticks. There we go. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
Now, we need to put some colour on this. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:31 | |
So, put some oil | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
in a pan. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
Turn the heat up a bit. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
And all we want to do, is just colour that up. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
The first time I ever had braised steak like this, with onions, | 0:28:41 | 0:28:45 | |
was in the Isle of Man. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
My dad's pension money had come up, | 0:28:47 | 0:28:49 | |
so we went and stayed at the Hotel Metropole which is no longer there, | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
and they did braised steak like this. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
I'd never had it before when I was a kid. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
But it's the first time I ever saw a bay leaf... | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
And I can remember complaining bitterly and bursting into tears, | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
that somebody had put privet on me dinner! | 0:29:02 | 0:29:04 | |
Now, it's one clove of garlic, but these are teeny | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
so I'm going to use two. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
And now Si's browned the meat, we can bung the onions in. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
So we do the onions first before the garlic, cos we don't want the garlic to brown. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:17 | |
That would be a bad thing. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:19 | |
TRAIN HORN BLASTS | 0:29:20 | 0:29:21 | |
Right. Now return the steaks to the pan. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
Here we are. Look at those. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
Some tomato puree... | 0:29:31 | 0:29:32 | |
Now this just gives this a lovely richness, doesn't it? Ooh! | 0:29:32 | 0:29:36 | |
Some beef stock. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:38 | |
One bay leaf, AKA herbal privet. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:45 | |
And lastly some sprigs of thyme, and we just... | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
..pull the leaves off like that. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
Beautiful. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:56 | |
-Brill. -Yes! Fab. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:58 | |
'It'll take about 90 minutes. If it's for a lazy weekend dinner, | 0:29:58 | 0:30:02 | |
'just heat it through the next day. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:04 | |
'What, tomorrow?! I'm a growing lad, man.' | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
Ooh, I find the tranquillity paralysing. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
You notice more when you're lazing - you've got time to reflect. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
They're interesting when they bob up and down and flash their bums, aren't they? Look. Oh! | 0:30:14 | 0:30:19 | |
-"Just getting some air to my thingies." BOTH: -Ooh! | 0:30:19 | 0:30:23 | |
Lazy days. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
Come on...! | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
Come on, I'm going. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
'So impatient!' | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
-What are you doing? -I'm doing chips. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
Very nice. Very nice. But they're going to have to soak, aren't they? | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
Yes. We do. You've got to soak them to get rid of the starch. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
So, just put them back in there, where they're going. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
Come to think of it, they've got to soak for two and a half hours, haven't they? | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
Well, here's some that I did earlier. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
Look at them... | 0:30:53 | 0:30:54 | |
Oop - sorry! | 0:30:58 | 0:30:59 | |
So these, | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
they need to be dried now. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
And it's double-cooked chips, so we're going to cook these at 130 degrees. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:13 | |
We've done this many times before. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
Pop them in, and they'll take about eight to ten minutes. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:19 | |
11 letters, begins with D... | 0:31:20 | 0:31:22 | |
"Moody, with wet shirt." | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
Disgruntled. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:26 | |
'If you part-cook the chips, they can then wait | 0:31:30 | 0:31:32 | |
'till you're ready to double-cook your super-duper chippy chips.' | 0:31:32 | 0:31:37 | |
-Right! Now I've dried out... -Sorry. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:39 | |
..we're going to thicken this beautiful, beautiful braising steak and gravy. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:46 | |
'To do that, add mustard to cornflour and water. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
'Make a paste, and add it to the pan. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
'Now, who doesn't love steak, chips and gravy? | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
-'Well, apart from the vegetarians, there can't be many. -Exactamondo. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
'This is such a great dish, and you can cook the steak the day before. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
'Then the next day, heat it up, double-fry your part-cooked chips, | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
'and you've got a super satisfying meal in under ten minutes!' | 0:32:06 | 0:32:10 | |
Oh... | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
If you ask me, this is the perfect end to a perfect day. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:17 | |
I feel as if I've had t'chance to stop and connect with meself. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
It's been lovely. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:24 | |
'That classic steak and chips is going to | 0:32:25 | 0:32:26 | |
'go down a storm at the Recipe Fair, and we can make it well in advance. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:30 | |
'If you've got the patience to wait. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:32 | |
'But no more lazing around for us. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
'We need to press on, cos our final stop today is with Jenny in Hertfordshire. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:38 | |
'She tells us she's inherited some interesting recipes from her mother-in-law, who's Swiss. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:44 | |
'They sound perfect for a proper Sunday lunch. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
'Jenny lives with her Swiss husband, Charly, in Tring. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
'Daughter Charlotte will join us for dinner later. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:53 | |
'Along with Jenny's parents, Ken and Benita.' | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
-Hello, Jenny. -Hello! | 0:32:57 | 0:32:58 | |
-Hello, I'm Dave. -Hi. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
-Nice to meet you. -What a lovely spot. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
-Hello, Jenny. I'm Si. -Hi, Si. Nice to meet you. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
-After you, mate. -Thank you. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
'Jenny's promised us a fantastic Swiss feast. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
'And there's nothing more Swiss than raclette, | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
'a cheese that's melted at the table and served with pickled salads. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:18 | |
'How lazy's that? The guests cook their own dinner!' | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
-Look at that. That's an object of great beauty, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
This is a vegetarian's delight, isn't it? | 0:33:24 | 0:33:26 | |
It is, I suppose, isn't it? | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
-I had never thought of that. -Well, it's a meal all in one, | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
-and you don't either think of or miss meat. -No. No. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:33 | |
'To accompany the gloopy raclette, | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
'Jenny's going to show us her sharp celeriac salad.' | 0:33:36 | 0:33:39 | |
So does it look like a pickle? | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
Well, it's so small... It's like a cross between a pickle and a | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
coleslaw-y type thing really, I would say. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 | |
-Oh, man! I love coleslaw. -Oh, good. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
Just a pinch of salt... | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
Dijon mustard. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:56 | |
Oil... | 0:33:56 | 0:33:58 | |
White wine vinegar. Oh, I think we'll put mayonnaise in as well. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:04 | |
And then we'll just mix it up. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:06 | |
-Do you want me to do that? -Yes, please. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:08 | |
It has to be smooth, yeah? | 0:34:08 | 0:34:10 | |
If you can. But it doesn't matter. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
I mean, that's pretty good. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:14 | |
-That's pretty good. -Now, I can chop those for you... -Well, yes. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
-So you want these quite fine, yeah? -Yes, please. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:21 | |
-Right. This goes in here, yeah? -Yeah, that can go in there now. Right - | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
-now we're going to do the celeriac. -Into here? -Yeah. Lid off... | 0:34:25 | 0:34:29 | |
'Celeriac is a vegetable that's widely used on the continent, | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
'but we don't tend to eat it that much in Britain. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
'I think it gets a bad press as being the ugly cousin of celery.' | 0:34:36 | 0:34:40 | |
Nice! | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
Now, how long would it have taken you to chop that, Kingy? | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
-Oh - weeks, dude, weeks. -I know. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:47 | |
-Are the chives for the salad? -Yes, please. If they can go in here | 0:34:47 | 0:34:51 | |
and then we'll just mix them through a bit. Actually we might leave them like that, | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
it looks rather nice, doesn't it? | 0:34:55 | 0:34:56 | |
-It does, yeah. -Yeah. | 0:34:56 | 0:34:58 | |
'But before we get stuck into the raclette, Jenny's got another | 0:34:58 | 0:35:01 | |
'Swiss classic to show us - roast chicken with morel mushroom sauce! | 0:35:01 | 0:35:06 | |
'The morels have been soaking overnight in full-fat milk, | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
'which we'll use for the sauce. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
'But first, we need to strain off any crunchy bits of grit.' | 0:35:13 | 0:35:17 | |
-It's tips like this you would have learned off your mother-in-law. -Yeah. That's right. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:21 | |
And you can see the sand in there... | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
'These funny little fungi are not only crinkly and cone-shaped, but they're hollow. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:28 | |
'And so, prone to trapping more grit than your average musher.' | 0:35:28 | 0:35:32 | |
Look at that. That's interesting to show the camera. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:36 | |
-Yeah. That's the sand. -See? | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
-So it's well worth doing. -It is. Absolutely. Yeah? | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
-Oh, look at those. -Right, now we're going to make the sauce. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
So I'm going to add some flour... | 0:35:47 | 0:35:49 | |
About a heaped dessert spoonful of flour. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:54 | |
-Do you want me to drizzle? -Please do. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:58 | |
Right. So we're just going to bring this up till it's cooking... | 0:35:58 | 0:36:02 | |
but we don't really want it | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
to boil, we just want it to bubble a bit. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
-Do your family look forward to you cooking this? -Yes! Yes, they do. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
It's what they ask for for special occasions, | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
or if the kids are back, it's one of the things that they really enjoy. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:21 | |
Right. Now we've just got to let the mushrooms gently cook for up to | 0:36:21 | 0:36:26 | |
about 20 minutes, so that they just heat through and all the flavours develop. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:31 | |
'Whilst the sauce simmers, Jenny's parents, Charly, | 0:36:31 | 0:36:35 | |
'and Charlotte and her boyfriend Simon, | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
'join us around the table for some lazy weekend grub, Swiss-style. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:42 | |
'Raclette comes from the French word "racler", meaning to scrape. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:45 | |
'Sliced and melted, it goes perfectly | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
'with Jenny's pickles, salads and new potatoes. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
'Mais oui, mon ami! | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
'Swiss cow herders would grill the cheese | 0:36:53 | 0:36:55 | |
'around a camp fire, after a hard day a-herding in the mountains.' | 0:36:55 | 0:37:00 | |
It's interesting, raclette, because it is like a naked fondue. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:05 | |
-It's like a fondue without a pot. -Yes. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
I love the way you can just kind of tour round the plate. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
-A little cheese and onion, a little cheese and pickle... -Yeah. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
-And the salad's lovely. -Mm. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
-It goes well with the cheese, doesn't it? -Oh, yes. -It does. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
'Raclette is often served as a meal in itself - but not today. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:23 | |
'For mains we're having roasted chicken with the deceptively simple creamy morel sauce.' | 0:37:25 | 0:37:30 | |
If you'd like to help yourself to some sauce... | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
Oh, I absolutely would, 100%. Thank you. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
So Charly, this dish has got some significance to you, hasn't it? | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
Well, my mother used to do that as a...you know, special. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:42 | |
You know, a few times a year and we all used to enjoy it. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:45 | |
-Well, this has got to be a must at the Recipe Fair, hasn't it? -Oh, yeah. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:49 | |
Well, we hope you'll bring them. You WILL bring them? | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
Yeah, I'd be delighted to. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
-And all your family. -Yeah. I'm sure they'll be delighted to come. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:56 | |
Well, that's us. Can we say our goodbyes? Come on. | 0:37:56 | 0:37:59 | |
-I want to finish my chicken. -We're late! | 0:37:59 | 0:38:01 | |
ALL LAUGH | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
'Well, that's our third mum sorted | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
'and what a variety for our Recipe Fair. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
'We've got Elaine, and her 1950s posh peach paradise pudding. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:12 | |
'The traditional Jewish plava cake | 0:38:12 | 0:38:14 | |
'that's been a staple in Rosalyn's family for generations. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
'And now Jenny's Swiss roast chicken with that rich morel cream sauce. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:21 | |
'Add to that our brunch-tastic banana pancakes with bacon and | 0:38:21 | 0:38:25 | |
'maple syrup, our spiced teacakes, AND our braised steak and chips. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:29 | |
'And you've got the mother of all Recipe Fairs! | 0:38:29 | 0:38:33 | |
'The time is upon us. It's the big day. The moment we've all been waiting for! | 0:38:36 | 0:38:40 | |
'But the weather, is horrible! | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
'We won't let the rain dampen our spirits though! | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
'There'll be enough lovely food at this fair to brighten up even the greyest of days. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:50 | |
'Well, let's get the mums settled in then, eh?' | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
-Oh, look! -Welcome. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:57 | |
-Now then, ladies. Rosalyn? -Yes. -Your station's over there. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:01 | |
-OK. -Elaine? You're here with your peach paradise. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
-We could do with a bit of that today. -We could, couldn't we? | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
-And our Jenny. -Hi. -The raclette. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:11 | |
-Thank you. -It's brilliant that, isn't it? | 0:39:11 | 0:39:13 | |
-Oh, and please make some of your chicken and morels. -Oh...! -Ooh. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
-These...are your Mums Know Best pinnies. -Hey! | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
-Now, it may be wonderful, but they are a bit of a badge of slavery. -Right. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:26 | |
Aye. I tell you what, we'd better go and tie some of those tents down. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
It's like the Wizard Of Oz out there! | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
-See you later, ladies. Crack on. -Bye! | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
Right then, Kingy, waterproofs. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
-Check. -Brollies. -Check. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:45 | |
Lashings of British bulldog spirit. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:47 | |
-Check-aroony. -Then let's get this fair open! | 0:39:47 | 0:39:50 | |
Look at this. Poor lass! Well, that's... | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
That's above and beyond the call of duty at the Recipe Fair. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:00 | |
So what do you like to eat on a lazy weekend? | 0:40:00 | 0:40:03 | |
-Anything that I don't have to cook. -That's the one, isn't it? Yeah. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
You see, it's true. It's true. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
Wow! | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
-Cor! -Can you smell it? | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
-Yes. -That's not a cake, that's an event. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
No stone left unturned. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
-I've brought you some gravy. -Gravy? | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
-To go with your faggots, yes. -You've got faggots? | 0:40:19 | 0:40:21 | |
-And she's got the cream. -Brilliant. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:23 | |
-And I've got the gravy. -Thank you. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:24 | |
Cream and gravy, dude, it's a match made in heaven. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:27 | |
There's nothing better on a lazy weekend, | 0:40:27 | 0:40:29 | |
than a soggy tramp round a foodie festival in a field, now is there? | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
It's what us Brits are hard-wired to do! | 0:40:33 | 0:40:35 | |
Whilst the mums get to grips with their kitchen for the day, our foodie | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
super brain Gerard's keeping himself warm in the Little Top, | 0:40:39 | 0:40:42 | |
ready to poke around the picnic hampers and uncover the stories behind the visitors' recipes. | 0:40:42 | 0:40:48 | |
In the Other Top, our community group will be warming our crowd's | 0:40:50 | 0:40:52 | |
cockles with some hot and spicy Grenadan and Jamaican food. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
They'll do a roaring trade in this weather, dude, I tell you. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
And our fair goers can seek shelter in the Big Top later, | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
as we rustle up one of our favourite brunch recipes. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
So if you fancy spending a lazy weekend cooking up any of the dishes | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
you see today, relax, because they're all on the Mums Know Best website. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:16 | |
Now then, now then. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:18 | |
-Hello. -How are you doing? How are you doing? | 0:41:18 | 0:41:19 | |
How's the little frozen frosties? | 0:41:19 | 0:41:22 | |
-Frozen frosties? -Have you had a good turnout, Gerard? -We've had a lovely turnout. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:26 | |
-And we've got the delightful Enza here, who's bought some arancini, these lovely risotto balls. -Oh, yes! | 0:41:26 | 0:41:32 | |
Absolutely. And to me, these epitomise a real good lazy weekend. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:36 | |
-Mmm. -Because you, have your risotto on a Friday night, and then you can knock these up the next day. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:40 | |
So you've already got something half started in the fridge. Tell us where these came from? | 0:41:40 | 0:41:44 | |
Originally, it's from Sicily. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:46 | |
As far as I can remember. My mum taught me to do them a long time ago. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
-I think I was about 13. -Excellent. -I've been doing them ever since. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
I make it specifically with meat and peas, the sauce. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
-Yeah. -And that goes inside the risotto ball. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:59 | |
You've done them beautifully, they're beautifully cooked. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
-When I've had them before, they've been a lot smaller but, they are gorgeous. -Look at that. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
-You can see the mozzarella. -Yeah. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
And then the meat and the peas. Dave, I think you ought to... | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
Thank you very much. Thank you. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:12 | |
-They're a kind of... -Oh, yes, | 0:42:12 | 0:42:15 | |
-These are superb. -They are fabulous. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:17 | |
They're delicious. Thank you very much. Have you got the recipe for these? | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
-Yes. -Lovely. -I've got it. I've just got to put it on the wall. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:23 | |
Great. Make sure all your details are on. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:25 | |
-Yeah. -And then everyone can share it. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:27 | |
-And remember that they're Enza's arancini. -OK. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
There's so many people with brilliant food here, despite the horrible weather. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:34 | |
I've been keeping an eye on this pair though, our friends with the gravy. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:38 | |
I think home-made faggots are fabulous, | 0:42:38 | 0:42:40 | |
you get that lovely offal, you've got all that meal in there and a bit of spice. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
-But, is this a family recipe? From you or...? -From my mother. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:48 | |
-Oh, from your mum? -Yeah. -Can we have a little taste? -Yes, yes. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
-Please do. -Oh, lovely-tastic. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
Do your best, Gerard, do your best, mate. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
That's fine looking gravy, isn't it? | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
It is good. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:01 | |
-They're fantastic. -The gravy's great. -Fantastic. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:07 | |
-Oh, thank you. -Absolutely delicious. Thank you. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:09 | |
You can see mashed potatoes and peas now, can't you? | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
But it's not just food people have brought to the fair, Nicola's made us some stout punch. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:19 | |
-What are the ingredients? -It's got Guinness, stout, Nutrament, condensed milk. -Wow! | 0:43:19 | 0:43:26 | |
Nutmeg, and a little bit of rum. Not much rum though. | 0:43:26 | 0:43:29 | |
-Excellent. Cheers. -Cheers to that. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 | |
-Cheers. -Cheers. -Cheers. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:32 | |
-Wow! -Wow! -What do you think of it? | 0:43:36 | 0:43:38 | |
-Where did the recipe come from? -It comes from my partner's father, who's Jamaican. -Mm. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:43 | |
-So I've got it from him. -It's like Baileys, isn't it? But not so sweet. | 0:43:43 | 0:43:46 | |
It is, yes. It's got a slight tang to it. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:48 | |
-Almost liquorice-y really. -Yes. | 0:43:48 | 0:43:51 | |
Or a bit like the sky juice you get in the Caribbean, isn't it? | 0:43:51 | 0:43:54 | |
-You know, gin, rum, coconut and condensed milk? -Yes, Kingy, very similar. | 0:43:54 | 0:43:59 | |
Aside from the whole soggy tent in a damp field versus a beautiful beach in the Bahamas, kind of thing. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:05 | |
Man up, dude! Despite the cold, Ros is keeping people sweet over in the Mums' Tent. | 0:44:05 | 0:44:10 | |
So like you would flour a tin, you want sugar in. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:15 | |
Does it help with the non-stick as well, like flour would or...? | 0:44:15 | 0:44:18 | |
It most probably does, yes. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:20 | |
Yes. But it kind of goes... | 0:44:20 | 0:44:22 | |
It goes a little bit crispy and crunchy, and it's just that extra | 0:44:22 | 0:44:26 | |
-little texture that's nice in a cake, you know. -Yes. | 0:44:26 | 0:44:29 | |
This looks absolutely yummy. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:33 | |
-You could manage that. -In the freezer. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:36 | |
And go and do something much more interesting. | 0:44:36 | 0:44:38 | |
Open a bottle of wine! | 0:44:38 | 0:44:40 | |
How long has the machine been around for, I mean historically? | 0:44:47 | 0:44:50 | |
-Ooh, I don't know, because they get used to do it by the side of the fire. -Right. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:53 | |
It's jolly good fun. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:55 | |
You know, it gets everyone in a good mood. | 0:44:55 | 0:44:59 | |
Jenny's Swiss raclette is perfect for a day like today, isn't it? | 0:44:59 | 0:45:03 | |
Aye. Proper stick-to-your-ribs stuff, just like the Caribbean food in the Other Top. | 0:45:03 | 0:45:08 | |
The Birmingham-based community group brings people together to cook and share their different cuisines. | 0:45:08 | 0:45:13 | |
Annette's chicken, rice and peas and Steve's spicy pumpkin soup are bringing a welcome | 0:45:13 | 0:45:18 | |
laid-back taste of the Caribbean to our celebration of lazy weekend food. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:23 | |
You know, you give it a little stir, occasionally. | 0:45:23 | 0:45:26 | |
And you'll begin to smell the flavour. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:28 | |
Fantastic. Beautiful. Really spicy and just fabulous. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
It's... You don't even eat red kidney beans and they're going down. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
And I'm eating red kidney beans cos they're beautifully cooked. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:39 | |
It's very welcome to have some nice, warm soup, and there's some lovely peppery flavours in there. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:44 | |
-Really superb. -It's absolutely fabulous. The chicken, I just love because I | 0:45:44 | 0:45:47 | |
like chicken anyway and I'm always up for, you know, new ideas to cook it, so it's really super. | 0:45:47 | 0:45:54 | |
That's the great thing about these recipe fairs, Dave - people find new ways of cooking familiar food. | 0:45:54 | 0:45:59 | |
And there are more inspiring ideas in Gerard's recipe-swap tent, | 0:45:59 | 0:46:03 | |
especially for those lazy weekend gardeners. | 0:46:03 | 0:46:05 | |
-Courgette cake! -My husband and I grow quite a lot of vegetables. | 0:46:05 | 0:46:09 | |
And by the time you've baked, boiled, roasted, grilled and done | 0:46:09 | 0:46:13 | |
everything with courgettes, you think, "What can I do with them?" | 0:46:13 | 0:46:15 | |
Absolutely. You need a nice, sharp knife for this. It is soft. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:20 | |
Courgettes, carrots, beetroot and parsnips are all naturally sweet | 0:46:20 | 0:46:25 | |
and great for making really moist cakes. | 0:46:25 | 0:46:28 | |
Mm, beautiful! | 0:46:30 | 0:46:32 | |
We've got a wonderful selection of kuchen here... | 0:46:32 | 0:46:35 | |
-Yeah. -..of beautiful German baking. | 0:46:35 | 0:46:37 | |
-Thank you so much for bringing them in, Susannah. -You're welcome. | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
It's got a lovely texture, this pastry, it's nice and crispy. | 0:46:40 | 0:46:43 | |
-Oh, it looks great. -Yeah. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:45 | |
-Super. So, is this a family favourite of yours? -Yeah. It's... | 0:46:45 | 0:46:49 | |
My mum always made it at Christmas. | 0:46:49 | 0:46:51 | |
In Germany, every sort of weekend... | 0:46:51 | 0:46:54 | |
-Yes. -..you get one out and you have coffee and cake in the afternoon. -And all your friends round too. | 0:46:54 | 0:46:59 | |
Yeah. And so I sort of kept up the tradition really when I moved to Britain. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:02 | |
-Yeah. -It's very easy to make. | 0:47:02 | 0:47:04 | |
-Very easy. -Great. And have you brought the recipe with you? | 0:47:04 | 0:47:07 | |
-I have. -Lovely. Have you stuck it on our board? -Yeah, somewhere. | 0:47:07 | 0:47:10 | |
Great. Thank you very much. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:11 | |
I'll make sure I get that down cos it's delicious. Thank you for bringing it along. | 0:47:11 | 0:47:15 | |
Tim, you've made a lovely green tomato chutney for us today | 0:47:21 | 0:47:24 | |
but is that something that you would do on a weekend? | 0:47:24 | 0:47:27 | |
-Get in the kitchen and really make your store cupboard things for the winter? -Yeah, exactly. | 0:47:27 | 0:47:30 | |
Weekends are great because it gives you the time to do it. | 0:47:30 | 0:47:34 | |
-Yes. -It more or less is a one-pot recipe, but it's having the time for | 0:47:34 | 0:47:37 | |
-preparation and the time to leave it to get to the right eating... -Yeah. | 0:47:37 | 0:47:41 | |
The thickness and whatever goes well with it so... | 0:47:41 | 0:47:43 | |
Yeah, the weekends are ideal. | 0:47:43 | 0:47:45 | |
We love sitting down on Sunday afternoon, | 0:47:45 | 0:47:47 | |
getting a jar out and some cheese and biscuits and while away the afternoon reading the Sunday papers. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:52 | |
-Fantastic. Can I dig in and have a taste? -Of course you can. | 0:47:52 | 0:47:55 | |
-It's only had a few days to set up. -Oh, right. | 0:47:55 | 0:47:57 | |
The longer you leave it, the better it can be, but if you're anything like myself, I can't leave | 0:47:57 | 0:48:01 | |
it much more than a day, when I know it's in the cupboard waiting. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:03 | |
-With the cider vinegar, it gives it a certain sweetness. -Mm. | 0:48:03 | 0:48:06 | |
-That one will go great with a nice, sharp cheddar. -That's delicious. | 0:48:06 | 0:48:11 | |
-Yeah. -It would do indeed. | 0:48:11 | 0:48:14 | |
I think we need to get ourselves over to the Other Top, Kingy. | 0:48:14 | 0:48:16 | |
You're not kidding, dude. | 0:48:16 | 0:48:18 | |
Before our freezing fair goers eat all Steve's pumpkin soup. | 0:48:18 | 0:48:21 | |
There you go. There's your spoon. | 0:48:24 | 0:48:26 | |
Have we only got one each, like? | 0:48:26 | 0:48:28 | |
You get a lot of soup out of a pumpkin, don't you? | 0:48:28 | 0:48:32 | |
-Well, there you go, son. -Cheers, Steve. -You never know. | 0:48:32 | 0:48:35 | |
On a cold day, it does you good. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
-Oh! -Oh, that's lovely. Did you grow the pumpkin? -Yes. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:39 | |
-We've got an organic garden at St George's. -Yeah? | 0:48:39 | 0:48:42 | |
-Right. -And the only thing we don't grow is bananas and coconuts. | 0:48:42 | 0:48:46 | |
-You'd have trouble in Birmingham, that. -Aye it's not easy, is it, Dave? You know. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:50 | |
And this lot are going bananas for Annette's chicken, rice and peas. | 0:48:50 | 0:48:55 | |
Now, no British fete would be complete without a bit of audience participation. | 0:48:56 | 0:49:01 | |
So we've assembled our huddling throng in the luxurious warmth | 0:49:01 | 0:49:05 | |
of the Big Top, as Gerard initiates another skills challenge. | 0:49:05 | 0:49:08 | |
And today, he's got us making ravioli. | 0:49:08 | 0:49:12 | |
So, we've got some dough. I've been kneading it through my little pasta mangle here, | 0:49:13 | 0:49:19 | |
because we want a really thin pasta sheet on either side of the filling. | 0:49:19 | 0:49:23 | |
A little bit of flour each time. | 0:49:23 | 0:49:25 | |
Ooh... Oh, oh! | 0:49:25 | 0:49:29 | |
CROWD LAUGHS | 0:49:29 | 0:49:30 | |
-I've done that more than twice as well! -Go on, Gez, go on. Woo! | 0:49:30 | 0:49:34 | |
-So, yeah. Roll the dough through. -BABY CRIES | 0:49:38 | 0:49:40 | |
You're not wrong, son! | 0:49:40 | 0:49:42 | |
CROWD LAUGHS | 0:49:42 | 0:49:43 | |
And you want to place lumps of filling slightly | 0:49:44 | 0:49:47 | |
-nearer to you than the halfway line. -What's in the filling, Gerard? | 0:49:47 | 0:49:51 | |
It's ricotta with a little bit of chopped parsley, garlic, a bit of pepper and nutmeg. | 0:49:51 | 0:49:57 | |
Very carefully, you want to brush between each little bit. | 0:49:57 | 0:50:02 | |
And then with that top half, fold it over, | 0:50:02 | 0:50:06 | |
and press down on each piece of filling, and then trim between | 0:50:06 | 0:50:10 | |
each piece. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:12 | |
And then pick each piece up, and just squeeze all the air out, | 0:50:12 | 0:50:16 | |
so you've got a really nice, tight join. | 0:50:16 | 0:50:19 | |
Then we're going to cook them, and we're going to eat them. | 0:50:19 | 0:50:22 | |
-And we can judge them, can't we? -We can. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
Right, let's make ravioli. Come on! | 0:50:24 | 0:50:26 | |
Breathe. Breathe! | 0:50:26 | 0:50:28 | |
I wouldn't do it like that. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:30 | |
'Ravioli are so versatile, you can fill them with pretty much anything.' | 0:50:32 | 0:50:37 | |
Trim along the front. And then squeeze the air out. | 0:50:37 | 0:50:39 | |
-Well done, Dave. -They also freeze very well. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:42 | |
'Just dust them with a bit of flour so they don't stick to each other, and they'll freeze for months.' | 0:50:42 | 0:50:47 | |
Just lay them in gently. | 0:50:47 | 0:50:50 | |
And really as soon as they come back up to the boil, they'll be cooked. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:53 | |
Hey, it's looking good, isn't it? | 0:50:53 | 0:50:56 | |
-It is. -Tell you what, they're going to be hard to judge, these. | 0:50:56 | 0:51:00 | |
-And there you are, pasta! Couldn't be easier. Well done! -Well done! | 0:51:00 | 0:51:06 | |
-Very good! -We'd better have a taste then. -It's down to me then, eh? Oh! | 0:51:08 | 0:51:12 | |
-Did it burn your tongue? -No. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:22 | |
-Oh, dear! -Never mind, Si, never mind. | 0:51:22 | 0:51:24 | |
I'm going to go with those ones, cos it's even and distributed nicely. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:35 | |
-Nice and warm. Very good. -Well done! -Hooray! | 0:51:35 | 0:51:38 | |
-'Whilst we've got a warm and captive audience, shall we whip up a brunch classic, Dave? -Yeah, why not? | 0:51:41 | 0:51:46 | |
'One of my favourite lazy weekend brunches, devilled kidneys.' | 0:51:46 | 0:51:50 | |
-Oh, lazy weekends. -Oh! | 0:51:50 | 0:51:52 | |
Roll it on. I can't wait. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:54 | |
'Now, we all know what kidneys do. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
'So before we start, we need to clean them thoroughly, and get rid of the core. | 0:51:56 | 0:52:00 | |
-'I use hairdressing scissors for this. -Well, you haven't got much use for them otherwise, have you? | 0:52:00 | 0:52:05 | |
'Oh! Hark at you, Vidal Sassoon!' | 0:52:05 | 0:52:07 | |
And at this point, you can play it like hospitals. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:10 | |
But as you pull the flesh back, you get the point there and just snip. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:15 | |
Snip, snap, snop! | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
-And slowly you can remove the core. -I'm just going to slice an onion. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:20 | |
Now, these kidneys, we need to season them. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:25 | |
So we put them in a plastic bag with some flour, | 0:52:25 | 0:52:27 | |
some salt and pepper. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:30 | |
And we can be quite robust with the pepper, because after all, | 0:52:30 | 0:52:34 | |
they're devilled. Put them in there and give them a shake. | 0:52:34 | 0:52:36 | |
Now all those lovely kidney bits are going to get covered with flour, which of course is going to make | 0:52:36 | 0:52:41 | |
the kidneys go golden, but on the other hand we get a nice kind of thick sauce. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:47 | |
We want the flavours of the onion. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:49 | |
It's a proper sweat down on this, isn't it? | 0:52:49 | 0:52:51 | |
-It is, yeah. -You don't want the onions burning. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:53 | |
We're just going to put a little bit of seasoning in. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:55 | |
And the reason that we do that at this point, | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
in some dishes, is it just draws the moisture out a little bit quicker. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:02 | |
Right. They're kind of pretty soft now, I'm just going to add a little bit more butter | 0:53:02 | 0:53:06 | |
-to the pan. -Yeah. Shake off the excess flour, and start the process of browning the kidney. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:13 | |
To that, some tomato paste. | 0:53:13 | 0:53:16 | |
About a tablespoon. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:18 | |
And about a tablespoon of English mustard. | 0:53:18 | 0:53:21 | |
Yes...a tablespoon. | 0:53:21 | 0:53:23 | |
And now we add a glass of water. | 0:53:27 | 0:53:30 | |
'Devilled kidneys were a breakfast favourite of the Victorians. | 0:53:32 | 0:53:36 | |
'And the process of devilling refers to the hot spices used. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:39 | |
'Mustard, pungent pepper and Worcestershire Sauce.' | 0:53:39 | 0:53:43 | |
That's beautiful. It's a lovely dish, this. | 0:53:43 | 0:53:46 | |
Shall we have one or two bits of toast? | 0:53:46 | 0:53:48 | |
-Two. -MAN IN CROWD: Two! | 0:53:48 | 0:53:50 | |
Look at that, eh, X marks the spot. | 0:53:54 | 0:53:57 | |
-And be generous, because you've got all day to eat it. -You have. | 0:53:57 | 0:54:01 | |
Look at this. | 0:54:01 | 0:54:03 | |
Vegetable dandruff. | 0:54:03 | 0:54:05 | |
CROWD LAUGHS | 0:54:05 | 0:54:06 | |
And there it is, the perfect thing on a lazy day. | 0:54:06 | 0:54:11 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, the Hairy Bikers' devilled kidneys. | 0:54:11 | 0:54:14 | |
-APPLAUSE -I thank you! | 0:54:14 | 0:54:17 | |
Thank you very much! | 0:54:17 | 0:54:19 | |
Thank you! | 0:54:19 | 0:54:21 | |
That's another treat for our banquet table later. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:26 | |
The fair's coming to a close and the weather's still rubbish, but nobody seems to mind. | 0:54:26 | 0:54:31 | |
They've got a belly full of food and a load of new recipes. Dude, how could they mind? | 0:54:31 | 0:54:36 | |
The one thing I've got which I've been looking for for ages is the | 0:54:36 | 0:54:39 | |
recipe for chocolate concrete, which we used to have... | 0:54:39 | 0:54:41 | |
-Chocolate concrete! -..at school dinners, at little school. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:45 | |
And they used to do it with peppermint custard. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:47 | |
So what's chocolate concrete, dear? | 0:54:47 | 0:54:49 | |
-It's like shortbread... -Right. -..with chocolate in it. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:52 | |
But they used to get like the fork and make it all nice and rough on the top with sugar as well. | 0:54:52 | 0:54:58 | |
-It was gorgeous. -I bought my granny's sweetmeats, sweetbreads recipe. -Oh, right. | 0:54:58 | 0:55:02 | |
And I picked up bull's pizzle soup, which is bull's penis, apparently. | 0:55:02 | 0:55:08 | |
-Really? -Yeah. -And do you think you'll make it? | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
If I can find one, yeah! | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
-I wonder if there's any alternative? -See you later! | 0:55:13 | 0:55:17 | |
-And then, I've also bought my mum's pineapple cream flan. -Right. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:23 | |
And, I've got the curd tart recipe I swapped it for. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:26 | |
So it's round to your house for bull's willy soup! | 0:55:26 | 0:55:28 | |
We'll have willies for pudding, sounds appetising! | 0:55:28 | 0:55:30 | |
-That's kind of wrong, eh? -I know. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:33 | |
My boyfriend ought to watch out! | 0:55:33 | 0:55:35 | |
Well, I'm all for offal but I'm not sold on the bull's pizzle soup. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:43 | |
Thankfully, we've got some much more appealing dishes for the banquet. | 0:55:43 | 0:55:47 | |
-So here it is, our fabulous foodie finale. -Our tantalizing tribute to lazy weekends. | 0:55:47 | 0:55:52 | |
Bring on the banquet! | 0:55:52 | 0:55:55 | |
Starting with the puds, we've got Elaine with her faffy, yet fantastic, peach paradise pudding. | 0:55:55 | 0:56:02 | |
Come on, me darling! | 0:56:02 | 0:56:04 | |
Rosalyn and her traditional Jewish plava cake. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:09 | |
And Jenny's taste of Switzerland, with the chicken and morel cream sauce. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:13 | |
Then there's our offerings... | 0:56:13 | 0:56:15 | |
banana pancakes, perfect for a lazy breakfast. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:19 | |
Our slow-cooked braised steak, with gravy and chips. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:22 | |
And our lazy brunch of devilled kidneys on toast. | 0:56:22 | 0:56:26 | |
Not forgetting our tasty teatime teacakes. | 0:56:26 | 0:56:30 | |
I think we've got a right old feast here. | 0:56:30 | 0:56:32 | |
Smashing. So we'll get stuck in. Let's go! Come on. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:35 | |
Do you want a bit of bacon on the top? | 0:56:38 | 0:56:40 | |
Lazy weekend would have to be the pancakes, I think. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:49 | |
-They were yummy. -The bacon and the banana just shouldn't go together, but it does. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:54 | |
It was lovely, the bacon and banana pancakes. Lovely. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
My favourite would definitely have to be the chicken, it was fabulous. | 0:56:59 | 0:57:02 | |
I have pudding to eat but, so far... absolutely delicious. | 0:57:02 | 0:57:06 | |
What I really enjoyed about the meal tonight was the beef, | 0:57:07 | 0:57:10 | |
because I just love meat that's come from near the bone. | 0:57:10 | 0:57:14 | |
It's just magical. You can keep your topside, for me. | 0:57:14 | 0:57:17 | |
The devilled kidneys were fabulous. I think they're going to be on our brunch menu tomorrow cos I'm not | 0:57:19 | 0:57:25 | |
getting up early. I'm having a lazy weekend! | 0:57:25 | 0:57:28 | |
My day's been great. Very busy, and it's been lovely having all the mums | 0:57:34 | 0:57:39 | |
and all the people that were here, coming up to me and asking me about my cake. It was a real privilege. | 0:57:39 | 0:57:44 | |
It's been nice doing it with the other mums, because we've all got | 0:57:44 | 0:57:48 | |
on really, really well, and sort of helped each other and... | 0:57:48 | 0:57:51 | |
Yeah, it's been good. Really good. | 0:57:51 | 0:57:55 | |
The company's been excellent, the weather's been fabulous! | 0:57:55 | 0:58:00 | |
And the spirit that everyone's brought to it has been really nice. | 0:58:00 | 0:58:03 | |
A real community spirit. | 0:58:03 | 0:58:05 | |
And whether you want your food quick and simple, or slow and special. | 0:58:05 | 0:58:08 | |
We've seen a load of dishes today, that give you the chance to have the | 0:58:08 | 0:58:12 | |
kind of lazy weekend that works for you. | 0:58:12 | 0:58:15 | |
In our next show, we're venturing overseas. | 0:58:21 | 0:58:23 | |
But only a short hop over to Northern Ireland, where | 0:58:23 | 0:58:26 | |
we'll be celebrating recipes brought back to the UK from distant shores. | 0:58:26 | 0:58:31 | |
And we'll bring all the dishes made by our mums... | 0:58:31 | 0:58:33 | |
-And our dads. -..back to cook at the Mums Know Best Recipe Fair. | 0:58:33 | 0:58:38 | |
It's going to be a scream! | 0:58:38 | 0:58:41 | |
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