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You know what, Kingy? I love doing this.

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You mean riding all over the place and stuffing our faces?

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Well, it's more about finding great recipes and passing them on, really.

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Yeah. But admit it, we have a right laugh, though, don't we?

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-Thanks!

-THEY LAUGH

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No, you're right, dude.

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We're on a mission to collect all manner of culinary treasures.

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From the mums who have been cooking them for years.

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And then we'll celebrate the dishes and the stories behind them, at the ultimate foodie festival.

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Our Recipe Fair. Where everyone comes to swap recipes, and trade tips.

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Welcome to the fabulous foodie fiesta that is the Mums Know Best Recipe Fair.

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And today we're celebrating lazy weekends.

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Those couple of days where you do exactly what you fancy.

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But we do that anyway.

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Whether you use the time to perfect complex recipes with loads of ingredients...

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-They are measured.

-It looks pretty, though, doesn't it?

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..Or you want something that pretty much cooks itself, so you can spend time with family and friends.

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I think this dish says, "Everything's all right with the world".

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If you want quick and easy, or something a bit more challenging, we've got it all!

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How long would it take you to chop that, Kingy?

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Oh, weeks, dude, weeks!

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And our food historian, Gerard Baker, will be trying your lazy weekend dishes.

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Although, he has a few tips of his own.

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Have your risotto on a Friday night, and then you can knock these up the next day.

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So you've already got something half started in the fridge.

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All of our recipes will be available for you to share, on our website:

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Because when it comes to top tucker, we really do think mums know best!

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We're off to meet three mums who have been in touch

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about what they say are perfect dishes to make when time is of no object.

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Elaine contacted us with a couple of old family recipes that take a bit of time and effort.

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But that's OK, you know, on a weekend.

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So when we heard about her show-stopping pud and classic pie, we had to drop in.

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This is it, isn't it?

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Yeah. That's the one.

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-Hello.

-Hello, Elaine. I'm Dave.

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-Lovely to see you.

-You too.

-Hello, Elaine. How are you, darling?

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-Lovely to see you too. I'm very well. The kettle's on, would you like a drink?

-Oh, not half.

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Elaine lives in Hitchin with her husband, Alan.

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Daughter Jessica is also popping round today.

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But it's the recipes handed down from Elaine's mother, Jean, that we're going to try.

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So, Elaine, what are we going to cook today?

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We're going to have peach paradise pudding.

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-Ooh!

-This is the abridged version of the recipe,

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and it's been written on that little piece of paper for many a year.

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But originally it came from a magazine that my mum borrowed from a doctor's surgery,

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sometime in the late '50s, early '60s.

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-Wow.

-And it's really lovely. It's very light and fluffy, very rich.

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And very delicious.

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So this is your file of recipes. I'm very impressed with this.

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I love tidy. An orderly plate's a happy plate.

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-Absolutely.

-Oh, gosh.

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-Captain Rustic!

-Yeah.

-Yeah, I know.

-Big dollops!

-Yes. No.

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-Oh, no.

-A pile of potatoes splashed up the wall.

-Yes.

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I do it an artistic sort of way!

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-Absolutely. Yes.

-You know?

-Like Salvador Dali?

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No, more Jackson Pollock!

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So what else are we going to have, Elaine?

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I think we'll have one of Mum's chicken pies. They are legendary.

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If you're having a lazy day, there's nothing better than a pie, is there?

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You can have it hot and then two hours later...

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-..Have another piece cold!

-Oh, yes! Heaven.

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First on the menu today

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is Elaine's enigmatic-sounding Peach Paradise Pudding.

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Right, we have to put a circle of boudoir biscuits around the edge with a sponge base.

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-Right-oh.

-You have to sandwich them together with raspberry jam.

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-Do you think you could do the honours?

-Of course.

-Excellent.

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There's only room for two tidy types in the kitchen.

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So, whilst they get busy with the boudoir biscuits,

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I'll get the low down from daughter Jessica, and do my bit with the chicken pie, later.

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Tell us about the Peach Paradise Pudding.

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It's exactly what it says on the tin. Paradise. Absolutely gorgeous.

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It's always been a family favourite.

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Only for special occasions, you know...

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-weddings, engagements.

-Is it always a bit like that with your mam?

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-Because she's very like kind of, you know...

-Oh, God.

-..Forthright.

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-Right. Has she gone?

-Yeah.

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-We call her Hyacinth. You know.

-You don't!

-Keeping Up Appearances?

-Hyacinth Bucket.

-Oh, yeah.

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You know, "the lady of the house". You know!

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It'd have to be a right special occasion for me to do all that faff with the fingers.

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He's in his element in there, though. Have they got to the peaches yet?

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Oh, I love doing this, it's like culinary bricklaying.

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And there's some satisfaction isn't there? There's a bit of therapy in this.

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You know, just getting it neat and tidy.

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-Ta-da!

-That's very good.

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-Are you sure you've not made this before?

-No. No, no. I'm just good at bricklaying!

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-Aye, what's next?

-Right. Next we need to grate the rind of the lemon.

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-Yeah.

-Into this bowl.

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The recipe's not complicated, but the whipped-up pud has to chill for a couple of hours

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before serving to set the fluffy filling, which starts with whisked-up evaporated milk.

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-I think that's about done.

-Brill. I've never seen that done to evaporated milk before.

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-It really has taken the froth up.

-It does. Just stir that into there.

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-The lemon in the sour cream?

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Now that WILL be sour cream, won't it?

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-Won't it just? There you go.

-Yeah.

-If we stir the...

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-The sour cream?

-The sour cream into the evaporated milk.

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And, of course, we mustn't forget to add SOME sugar.

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-Does this go in here, Elaine?

-Yeah. That goes in there.

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I was worried about this splitting, but there's no sign of it at all.

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Elaine whips up some double cream and adds in the lemony loveliness.

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Oh, we haven't got to the peaches yet, so I guess this is the paradise element.

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Now then, let's pour one into t'other.

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-Does this just go in the fridge to set?

-No, it goes in the freezer.

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-The freezer?

-I think at the time it wasn't so easy to make,

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cos very few people actually had their own freezers at home.

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Phwoa! This all works, doesn't it?

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Dead easy to put together. A couple of hours in the freezer, while you can go away and play.

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-And maximum effect when you bring it out for dinner in the evening.

-Yes! Ha-hey! I like this.

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So, away we go to the freezer.

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And my work is done. Time for me and the pudding to chill.

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Of course, that's something that comes naturally to Kingy.

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Yes.

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Oi! Billy no-mates!

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Have you got no friends?

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He hasn't got a clue. He thinks he's playing billiards, Elaine.

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Shut up!

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I need a new bat.

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OK, maybe croquet's not for me.

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But chicken pie most definitely is.

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-Ooh! How's it going?

-All right. No, we're not doing bad.

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Well, don't rush too much, it's my lazy downtime and it's lovely!

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Elaine's made this pie so many times she's got everything running like a military operation.

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Short crust pastry - done.

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Chicken - boiled.

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Stock - bubbling away.

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But this is no ordinary stock, not with Hyacinth Bucket in charge.

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I don't mean to be rude, or personal or anything, but where did you get your...

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you know, your pernickityness from?

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Mother. When I was a little girl,

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she said, "Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability."

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Look at this.

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Now, anybody that studs an onion with cloves at any one given time, just whacks them in.

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They are measured!

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It looks pretty though, doesn't it?

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The beautifully-studded OCD onion,

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then gets blitzed to smithereens into the stock which is used to make the white sauce.

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With everything made from scratch, this recipe is quite time consuming.

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But for uber-organised Elaine, it's a doddle.

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-OK. So that's it well covered.

-Yeah. It is.

-Great.

-Into the pie we go.

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Now pour that over.

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-The back of the knife makes it stick.

-A top tip that, isn't it?

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Now, for the knuckles.

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With fastidious Elaine sticking to her mother's motto like jam to a boudoir biscuit,

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I'm surprised she doesn't measure the distance between crimps.

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Kingy, there's nothing wrong with doing something properly.

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Whilst the pie cooks, Elaine whips up a quick raspberry coulis to serve with the pudding.

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But I still haven't seen any peach action.

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Aah! There they are. The lesser-spotted peach.

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-After a lazy couple of hours in the kitchen...

-Only cos Elaine was so organised, mind you.

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..It's time for husband Alan to join us

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as we tuck into the dishes Elaine and her family have loved for years.

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Oh, that's a proper dinner. And it's been a lazy day, so you don't feel

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as though you've been banjaxed in the kitchen all day, do you?

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-Oh, no. It hasn't taken that long really, has it?

-No it hasn't.

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-That's a top pie.

-Mm. It's tasty Alan, isn't it?

-I think so.

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You know what's in a chicken pie, don't you? I mean, it's chicken.

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But in a peach paradise, it could be anything, cos the peaches are on the top.

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-So what lies beneath?

-Paradise.

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Oh, for me, though, there's paradise in a pie. I do love a pie.

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'And I'm dying to find out what paradise actually tastes like.

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'Elaine serves the peach juice as well as the coulis,

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'just to soften the barrage of boudoir biscuits.'

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-Beautiful.

-Deftly done.

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Oh, that is fabulous.

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-The boudoir biscuits have softened as well.

-Yes.

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They're lovely. It's just like a lemon syllabub inside, isn't it?

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But a nice cold one.

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-Yeah.

-Elaine, I think it goes without saying,

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we just need the peach paradise at the Recipe Fair,

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and the world's a very happy place.

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-It would be my pleasure.

-Shall we try and get the leathers on?

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-We'd better start now. It'll be an uphill struggle.

-Brace yourself.

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-Lovely to see you. Thank you.

-Lovely to meet you.

-And you.

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-And it's lovely to meet you.

-See you.

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Ah, man, that was mega!

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A great chicken pie is one of the wonders of the edible world.

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And the paradise pud is right up there too.

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Elaine must definitely share the peachy goodness at our Recipe Fair.

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Now, if you've got a few hours to spare, why not spend them

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creating something extra tasty,

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with a recipe that takes a bit of time to develop.

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As well as something quick to nibble on, in the meantime.

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Well, we've got a couple of belters for your culinary contemplation.

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# Because there's sail boats, canal boats, land cruisers too, all Britain's waterways waiting for...

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-BOTH:

-# You

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# So, take my advice, there's nothing so nice as...

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-BOTH:

-# Messing about on the river! #

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But you've got to take care of your tea.

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And there's no better treat on a lazy weekend than teacakes.

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We start with the dry goods -

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dried yeast and strong white flour, with some orange zest.

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With this recipe, the dough needs to rise twice before cooking, so you'll need to allow time for that.

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Hello! Having a lovely day out?

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-Hello!

-It's not a bad life, is it?

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Anyway, some sugar. Caster sugar.

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Some cinnamon.

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Nutmeg. We'll have about half a nutmeg.

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Nutmeg's an interesting spice.

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If you buy fresh nutmegs, they'll last up to ten years.

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It's a spice that doesn't really go off. That'll do, about half a one.

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And some salt. Sea salt flakes.

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And a goodly portion of mixed spice.

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It's interesting, a lot of our British food, it was quite spicy.

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And it's important to remember, we were spice traders.

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-We were.

-Now, with some clean hands, I'll get on with the mixing.

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-Right. Well, while you're mixing, I'm going to put some milk and some butter onto the flames.

-Yes.

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Just lovingly, with clean hands, sieve through the dry goods.

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And put the milk in first, bring it to temperature, put the butter in.

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Don't get it boiling or simmering or anything, it just needs to be warm.

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Now, we need a beaten egg, to go into the milk.

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Now, this is the other reason why it's got to be cool and not hot.

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If you put an egg in there, and it's hot, it's going to scramble it.

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And...just whisk that

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into the buttery milk.

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Look at that.

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Lukewarm, lovely.

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-Not a scrambled dollop in sight.

-Not one.

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Now you pour this into the floury mix and make your dough.

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Now all that remains to be done is for this...

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to be kneaded for about five good minutes...

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..on a clean surface.

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The fruit to be combined with that dough.

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Happiness.

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Carry on, Captain.

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'Here! Why's it always left up to me to do the hard graft?

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'I could tell you, but that's on a "knead to know" basis, Kingy.'

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-Kingy!

-What?

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A type of music. Three words.

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A four and a three and a three.

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Lazy old sod!

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Detention.

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Fourteen across, seven letters.

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Sixth letter D.

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You're no good at this, are you?

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-What?

-You've got that face on.

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-You're actually doing that crossword, aren't you?

-I am.

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Your tongue's out and everything!

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'The first rising improves the flavour and texture of the dough.

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'Smear some oil round the bowl so it doesn't stick as it rises.

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'Cover and leave to prove for 90 minutes.'

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Here! I've done it, mate. That's it.

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Oh, well done. Oh, isn't loafing lovely?

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Yeah.

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Dependable.

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DAVE MUTTERS

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-Do you want to come fishing?

-No.

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-Oh, go on, come on.

-Get off!

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-Oh, come on.

-No. Don't poke me.

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I'm not bread.

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'All this loafing's making me hungry.

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-'Can we rustle up a bit of brunch, whilst we're waiting?

-Oh, go on then.

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'We'll do banana pancakes with bacon.

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'We're putting baking powder in with our self-raising flour.

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'To give our pancake batter a bit of lift.'

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Now, I always thought brunch was this American thing. It's not.

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Brunch is an English invention.

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'I couldn't believe it, Kingy.

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'I read that it was some English chappie called Guy Beringer,

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'who in 1895 fashioned a meal which was part breakfast and part lunch.

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'Yeah, sounds like my kinda dude.

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'He figured that "brunch" would eliminate the need to get up early on Sunday,

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'and make life brighter for Saturday-night carousers.

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'Ohhh! I like a good carousing, me.

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'Here, did he invent the kebab as well, then?'

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That's it. Go on, give it a good...

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Lovely.

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'But before we can cook our pancakes it's stage two of the teacake process.'

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-Half to Dave.

-I thank you.

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-Half for me.

-Fingers are fabulous, don't worry.

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Lovely. And, some baking parchment.

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And again, this into three. Oh, ho.

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Oh, ho.

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Form into balls.

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'Knocking back the dough in this second stage

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'gets rid of the gasses generated by the fermentation process,

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'and allows the yeast to carry on doing its thing.'

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Just cover and leave in a draught free place for about three quarters of an hour until doubled in size.

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Stick them in the oven for about 20 minutes. Come on! And eat them.

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'Whilst the teacakes are rising for the second time,

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'we can get on with our lazy pancakes.

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'You've probably heard of American pancakes with bacon and maple syrup.

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'But we think adding bananas to the batter makes them even better.'

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Oh, look at that!

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Banana duvets!

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-Look at that, crispy bacon.

-Come on.

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Right. And place one like that.

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'What a lovely lazy morning's cooking.

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'We've had time to make our three-stage teacakes.

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'And in-between those stages managed to rustle up some quick pancakes for brunch, to fill the gap.'

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Oh! Lovely.

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Look at that.

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And banana pancakes of course are available in a smaller size,

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should you desire it. It's up to you.

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They are so good.

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Oh, yes.

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'In the time it takes for us to scoff these,

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'our teacakes should be done.'

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If you're going to do a day of absolutely nothing,

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-this is a good way to do it, isn't it?

-Oh, it's great.

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-It's great.

-Oh!

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-A really good hangover breakfast as well.

-Yeah, it is.

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Oh!

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Lazy days are happy days.

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Mmm.

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'I don't think I can wait till teatime to try those teacakes, dude.

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'Oh, go on, then, just a nibble.'

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Now, these are straight from the oven, so they're beautiful.

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Spicy, awesome.

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-But you can't be shy with the butter with a teacake.

-It's wrong.

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-Cheers.

-Cheers.

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'So that's brunch and teatime sorted,

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'but we need more dishes for our lazy weekend menu.

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'We're off to meet Ros, who loves nothing more than getting her family round the table on the weekend.

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'Ros is Jewish, so abides by the Jewish Sabbath,

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'which says Saturdays should be a day of rest, free from daily chores. Even cooking!

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'We're intrigued to know what she cooks ahead of time for her traditional day of rest.

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'So she's going to be showing us a couple of her traditional Jewish recipes.'

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Ah! I'm looking forward to this, Si.

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-I am and all, mate. What a lovely house, isn't it?

-Smashing.

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-Hello.

-Hello, Rosalyn. I'm Dave.

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-Hi, Dave.

-I'm pleased to meet you.

-Pleased to meet you.

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-Rosalyn, hello, I'm Si. How are you?

-Hi, Si. I'm very well. How are you?

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-I'm very good, thank you.

-Good. Come in, come in.

-Thank you.

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Rosalyn lives in north London, and loves to cook for

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daughters Rebecca and Natasha, their son Paul and his girlfriend Shirley.

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-Is that your cookbook, Rosalyn?

-No, it's my mother's cookbook.

-Oh.

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And, really my mother and a cookbook is a contradiction in terms.

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I think she felt in the '80s,

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"Everybody's got a cookbook, I have to have a cookbook."

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THE BIKERS LAUGH

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"I'm not going to do anything with it, but I've got to have one!"

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In fact I thought, can I show this? Cos this is really quite pathetic.

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-Oh, it's great!

-No, no, please.

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The most important recipes are written like this...

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This is my mother's plava.

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This plava cake is a very cute story I think because, my mother made a wonderful plava cake.

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Nobody could make it like her, and we believe she left out the

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-ingredients or did it a certain way, and never told anyone.

-Mm-hm.

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Because I tried to make it for years afterwards, after she died,

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and I couldn't get it quite right.

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I mean, look at those instructions.

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-"Fold in flour..."

-Just three lines.

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You'll meet Shirley, Paul's partner, and she tasted my plava cake and loved it. Can SHE make it?!

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-And I can't help but be amused by this.

-Yes.

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Well, quite rightly so. That's great.

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So she's going to come here and I'm going to show her.

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'It took years of trial and error for Ros to perfect the recipe handed down from her mother.'

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'But now she's happy to pass it on,

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'so here it is...

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'Her son's girlfriend, Shirley, is joining us to see how to make this family treasure for herself.

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'And I'm going to have a chat with Ros's daughter Rebecca, the next generation of cooks in the family.'

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This is Freda's tin.

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-Aaah!

-This was left.

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She didn't have a will but this was left to me,

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and I think it's one of my most treasured possessions.

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-So, first of all, all I do is grease the tin.

-Yeah.

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A little bit of the sunflower oil, and that's what I use in the cake as well.

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And then, to make a little crispy coating, I put some caster sugar in.

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Ah, right. So when the cake cooks, it's got a nice crisp crunchy coating.

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Yes. Just almost like a little decoration.

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-Right?

-Yeah. No, I got that.

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So, the next stage is, we mix the caster sugar and three eggs...

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OK. One egg...

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There's a little bit of shell in there.

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And they say that the best way to take shell out is with the shell.

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-A top tip.

-You like that?

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I do. I've learnt something.

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So now I put six ounces of caster sugar in...

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-So now we mix it.

-Yeah.

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'Shirley's very quiet. Maybe Ros is going to test us at the end.'

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-What's the significance of the plava cake, then?

-Well, I've always had it,

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-my mum's always cooked it.

-Mm.

-And her mum's always cooked it.

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And erm...I've always heard her complaining about it, because

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my grandma Freda never told her the proper recipe

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so she's had to work it out herself.

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But I think she's... It's good now.

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Was there a lot of swearing going on when that happened...?

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-Huffing and puffing, more than swearing.

-Right, fair do's.

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'With the eggs and sugar beaten, Ros then adds a spot of sunflower

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'oil to keep the cake moist, and folds in some pre-sifted flour.'

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And like any other recipe, when you're folding in flour

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into an egg base, you have to work quickly, and fold it in.

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-And you must always fold with a metal implement.

-Absolutely.

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-Why do you have to use a metal one?

-The metal cuts through on the fold.

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But if you use a wooden spoon it'll compress the eggs,

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-you've got the air into it.

-Ah!

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And this is the way I pour in the mixture.

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-I don't spread it around, I do it like this.

-Yeah...

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And it spreads itself.

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How important is the family history to you, and how important are those traditions to you?

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-Are you going to keep those traditions going?

-I hope so.

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I've just started to learn cooking now, watching her and stuff.

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So erm...I'll carry on cooking plava cake.

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Obviously I'm not as good as her yet, she's had more practice than me.

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Well, as your mam was saying, the best cooks are women of a certain age.

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-Yeah.

-So you've got a...

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-I'm not that age yet.

-No, you're not, kid. Nowhere near!

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But when you think of the generations that have cooked this,

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their ovens would be here, there and everywhere but it would still work.

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Exactly. You can cook it in a slow oven or a fast oven.

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Slow oven if you've got a bit more time, fast oven if people are coming in an hour.

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-Well, it's an everyday cake for everyday.

-Absolutely.

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'Whilst the plava cake bakes,

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'we're going to learn a bit more 'about Ros's next dish - cholent.

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'A beef, bean and barley stew, with a giant dumpling.

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'The ultimate slow-cooked one-pot dish.'

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Cholent has to be cooked all night.

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-So...

-Yes!

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So we've got a lazy day.

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Indeed. So I cooked it last night at about ten o'clock.

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-Oh!

-Oh, fantastic.

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I can trace cholent back to when I was five or six.

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I'd wake up on a Saturday morning, and that smell would...

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Sorry, I get emotional. Would come up the...

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you know, be wafted up the stairs.

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To be able to have that smell once a week is just wonderful.

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'Ros's mother and grandmother made cholent before her.

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'And now WE get to have our first experience of this wonderful sounding slow-cooked stew.'

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So at this moment,

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I remember what it was like as a child when my

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mother first took the lid off, and peeled back the greaseproof paper.

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-Wow!

-Oh, that's fantastic!

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That's the ultimate one-pot wonder, isn't it?

0:25:170:25:20

-And don't you think it smells delicious?

-BOTH: Oh, yes!

0:25:200:25:25

-I actually...genuinely didn't know what to expect.

-No. I didn't.

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I wish you could smell this, it is absolutely unbelievable.

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Can we eat it, please?

0:25:350:25:36

-Yes.

-HE LAUGHS

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'With the cholent cooked well in advance, and the plava cake so simple to do,

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'there's plenty of time for Ros to catch up with the family on the Sabbath.

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'Her son Paul is joining us and the girls

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'for a proper taste of his childhood - mum's traditional home cooking.'

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You'll find that very tender.

0:25:540:25:55

-That is absolutely falling to pieces, isn't it?

-And that dumpling.

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Is it good?

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Oh, yeah.

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That's the first thing I make, and put it in the fridge.

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The gluten in the flour gets released and makes it

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-nice and elasticky.

-Yeah.

-It just is easier to put in the pot.

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-And it goes in as one big entity.

-Yes. So you can slice it.

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-Can you taste the barley?

-Oh...

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-It's beautiful.

-Oh, man!

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-How is it, Shirley?

-Mm-mm...

-Good?

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-Shirley, you can't even speak, can you?

-Mm-mm.

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It's brilliant, isn't it?

0:26:230:26:25

I think this dish says everything's all right with the world.

0:26:250:26:29

Let's have a bit of cake, though.

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Well, I've still got a little corner empty!

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Well, it should be soft inside and a little crispy on the outside.

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It's like eating air.

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-Mm. Lovely.

-Yeah.

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The Recipe Fair's going to be such good fun.

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-Are you all going to come?

-Of course.

0:26:430:26:45

Kingy, Kingy... Step away from the cholent!

0:26:460:26:48

-It's all right, dude...

-We need to go.

0:26:480:26:51

-See you. Thanks very much.

-Bye!

-Bye. Thank you.

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'Well, I've found a new favourite in cholent. It really is the ultimate one-pot meal.

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'But I think it's the plava recipe that Ros needs to pass on.

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'It took her long enough to perfect it.

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'Agreed. After all, it's been tried and tested for generations.

0:27:060:27:09

'So let's get it out there.

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'Inspired by Ros's overnight cook-a-thon stew, we're going

0:27:120:27:14

'to make our own slow-cooked dish, that just gets better with time.

0:27:140:27:20

'A dish that you can make well in advance, then heat through at your leisure for an impressive dinner.

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'It's another culinary wonder of the world for me.

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'So here's our braised steak and gravy with double-cooked chips.'

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Welcome to the veranda of our chalet, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

0:27:390:27:44

Our little country quiet retreat.

0:27:440:27:47

But it's lovely to have a little quiet place by the river, just to come and relax, you know.

0:27:470:27:51

The water, as it flows, seems to murmur deep and low.

0:27:510:27:56

The aircraft on the flight path seem to rumble, far above...

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TRAIN HORN BLASTS

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Never mind, we've only got a week here.

0:28:080:28:10

-Have we?

-We have. Aye. It's all we're paid for.

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So - this is a piece of braising steak.

0:28:140:28:17

Season both sides...

0:28:170:28:19

Salt and pepper. And just continue that process with all the steaks.

0:28:210:28:24

Push it into the flesh a little bit so it sticks. There we go.

0:28:240:28:27

Now, we need to put some colour on this.

0:28:270:28:31

So, put some oil

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in a pan.

0:28:330:28:35

Turn the heat up a bit.

0:28:350:28:37

And all we want to do, is just colour that up.

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The first time I ever had braised steak like this, with onions,

0:28:410:28:45

was in the Isle of Man.

0:28:450:28:47

My dad's pension money had come up,

0:28:470:28:49

so we went and stayed at the Hotel Metropole which is no longer there,

0:28:490:28:53

and they did braised steak like this.

0:28:530:28:55

I'd never had it before when I was a kid.

0:28:550:28:57

But it's the first time I ever saw a bay leaf...

0:28:570:28:59

And I can remember complaining bitterly and bursting into tears,

0:28:590:29:02

that somebody had put privet on me dinner!

0:29:020:29:04

Now, it's one clove of garlic, but these are teeny

0:29:040:29:07

so I'm going to use two.

0:29:070:29:09

And now Si's browned the meat, we can bung the onions in.

0:29:110:29:13

So we do the onions first before the garlic, cos we don't want the garlic to brown.

0:29:130:29:17

That would be a bad thing.

0:29:170:29:19

TRAIN HORN BLASTS

0:29:200:29:21

Right. Now return the steaks to the pan.

0:29:250:29:28

Here we are. Look at those.

0:29:280:29:31

Some tomato puree...

0:29:310:29:32

Now this just gives this a lovely richness, doesn't it? Ooh!

0:29:320:29:36

Some beef stock.

0:29:360:29:38

One bay leaf, AKA herbal privet.

0:29:410:29:45

And lastly some sprigs of thyme, and we just...

0:29:470:29:51

..pull the leaves off like that.

0:29:520:29:54

Beautiful.

0:29:540:29:56

-Brill.

-Yes! Fab.

0:29:560:29:58

'It'll take about 90 minutes. If it's for a lazy weekend dinner,

0:29:580:30:02

'just heat it through the next day.

0:30:020:30:04

'What, tomorrow?! I'm a growing lad, man.'

0:30:040:30:06

Ooh, I find the tranquillity paralysing.

0:30:060:30:10

You notice more when you're lazing - you've got time to reflect.

0:30:100:30:14

They're interesting when they bob up and down and flash their bums, aren't they? Look. Oh!

0:30:140:30:19

-"Just getting some air to my thingies." BOTH:

-Ooh!

0:30:190:30:23

Lazy days.

0:30:230:30:25

Come on...!

0:30:250:30:27

Come on, I'm going.

0:30:270:30:29

'So impatient!'

0:30:290:30:32

-What are you doing?

-I'm doing chips.

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Very nice. Very nice. But they're going to have to soak, aren't they?

0:30:350:30:39

Yes. We do. You've got to soak them to get rid of the starch.

0:30:390:30:42

So, just put them back in there, where they're going.

0:30:420:30:45

Come to think of it, they've got to soak for two and a half hours, haven't they?

0:30:450:30:49

Well, here's some that I did earlier.

0:30:490:30:53

Look at them...

0:30:530:30:54

Oop - sorry!

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So these,

0:31:060:31:08

they need to be dried now.

0:31:080:31:10

And it's double-cooked chips, so we're going to cook these at 130 degrees.

0:31:100:31:13

We've done this many times before.

0:31:130:31:15

Pop them in, and they'll take about eight to ten minutes.

0:31:150:31:19

11 letters, begins with D...

0:31:200:31:22

"Moody, with wet shirt."

0:31:220:31:25

Disgruntled.

0:31:250:31:26

'If you part-cook the chips, they can then wait

0:31:300:31:32

'till you're ready to double-cook your super-duper chippy chips.'

0:31:320:31:37

-Right! Now I've dried out...

-Sorry.

0:31:370:31:39

..we're going to thicken this beautiful, beautiful braising steak and gravy.

0:31:410:31:46

'To do that, add mustard to cornflour and water.

0:31:470:31:49

'Make a paste, and add it to the pan.

0:31:490:31:52

'Now, who doesn't love steak, chips and gravy?

0:31:540:31:57

-'Well, apart from the vegetarians, there can't be many.

-Exactamondo.

0:31:570:32:00

'This is such a great dish, and you can cook the steak the day before.

0:32:000:32:03

'Then the next day, heat it up, double-fry your part-cooked chips,

0:32:030:32:06

'and you've got a super satisfying meal in under ten minutes!'

0:32:060:32:10

Oh...

0:32:120:32:14

If you ask me, this is the perfect end to a perfect day.

0:32:140:32:17

I feel as if I've had t'chance to stop and connect with meself.

0:32:170:32:21

It's been lovely.

0:32:220:32:24

'That classic steak and chips is going to

0:32:250:32:26

'go down a storm at the Recipe Fair, and we can make it well in advance.

0:32:260:32:30

'If you've got the patience to wait.

0:32:300:32:32

'But no more lazing around for us.

0:32:320:32:34

'We need to press on, cos our final stop today is with Jenny in Hertfordshire.

0:32:340:32:38

'She tells us she's inherited some interesting recipes from her mother-in-law, who's Swiss.

0:32:380:32:44

'They sound perfect for a proper Sunday lunch.

0:32:440:32:47

'Jenny lives with her Swiss husband, Charly, in Tring.

0:32:470:32:51

'Daughter Charlotte will join us for dinner later.

0:32:510:32:53

'Along with Jenny's parents, Ken and Benita.'

0:32:530:32:56

-Hello, Jenny.

-Hello!

0:32:570:32:58

-Hello, I'm Dave.

-Hi.

0:32:580:33:01

-Nice to meet you.

-What a lovely spot.

0:33:010:33:03

-Hello, Jenny. I'm Si.

-Hi, Si. Nice to meet you.

0:33:030:33:06

-After you, mate.

-Thank you.

0:33:060:33:08

'Jenny's promised us a fantastic Swiss feast.

0:33:080:33:11

'And there's nothing more Swiss than raclette,

0:33:110:33:13

'a cheese that's melted at the table and served with pickled salads.

0:33:130:33:18

'How lazy's that? The guests cook their own dinner!'

0:33:180:33:21

-Look at that. That's an object of great beauty, isn't it?

-Yes.

0:33:210:33:24

This is a vegetarian's delight, isn't it?

0:33:240:33:26

It is, I suppose, isn't it?

0:33:260:33:28

-I had never thought of that.

-Well, it's a meal all in one,

0:33:280:33:31

-and you don't either think of or miss meat.

-No. No.

0:33:310:33:33

'To accompany the gloopy raclette,

0:33:340:33:36

'Jenny's going to show us her sharp celeriac salad.'

0:33:360:33:39

So does it look like a pickle?

0:33:400:33:42

Well, it's so small... It's like a cross between a pickle and a

0:33:420:33:46

coleslaw-y type thing really, I would say.

0:33:460:33:49

-Oh, man! I love coleslaw.

-Oh, good.

0:33:490:33:51

Just a pinch of salt...

0:33:510:33:53

Dijon mustard.

0:33:530:33:56

Oil...

0:33:560:33:58

White wine vinegar. Oh, I think we'll put mayonnaise in as well.

0:33:590:34:04

And then we'll just mix it up.

0:34:040:34:06

-Do you want me to do that?

-Yes, please.

0:34:060:34:08

It has to be smooth, yeah?

0:34:080:34:10

If you can. But it doesn't matter.

0:34:100:34:12

I mean, that's pretty good.

0:34:120:34:14

-That's pretty good.

-Now, I can chop those for you...

-Well, yes.

0:34:140:34:17

-So you want these quite fine, yeah?

-Yes, please.

0:34:170:34:21

-Right. This goes in here, yeah?

-Yeah, that can go in there now. Right -

0:34:210:34:25

-now we're going to do the celeriac.

-Into here?

-Yeah. Lid off...

0:34:250:34:29

'Celeriac is a vegetable that's widely used on the continent,

0:34:300:34:34

'but we don't tend to eat it that much in Britain.

0:34:340:34:36

'I think it gets a bad press as being the ugly cousin of celery.'

0:34:360:34:40

Nice!

0:34:400:34:42

Now, how long would it have taken you to chop that, Kingy?

0:34:420:34:45

-Oh - weeks, dude, weeks.

-I know.

0:34:450:34:47

-Are the chives for the salad?

-Yes, please. If they can go in here

0:34:470:34:51

and then we'll just mix them through a bit. Actually we might leave them like that,

0:34:510:34:55

it looks rather nice, doesn't it?

0:34:550:34:56

-It does, yeah.

-Yeah.

0:34:560:34:58

'But before we get stuck into the raclette, Jenny's got another

0:34:580:35:01

'Swiss classic to show us - roast chicken with morel mushroom sauce!

0:35:010:35:06

'The morels have been soaking overnight in full-fat milk,

0:35:080:35:11

'which we'll use for the sauce.

0:35:110:35:13

'But first, we need to strain off any crunchy bits of grit.'

0:35:130:35:17

-It's tips like this you would have learned off your mother-in-law.

-Yeah. That's right.

0:35:170:35:21

And you can see the sand in there...

0:35:210:35:23

'These funny little fungi are not only crinkly and cone-shaped, but they're hollow.

0:35:230:35:28

'And so, prone to trapping more grit than your average musher.'

0:35:280:35:32

Look at that. That's interesting to show the camera.

0:35:320:35:36

-Yeah. That's the sand.

-See?

0:35:360:35:38

-So it's well worth doing.

-It is. Absolutely. Yeah?

0:35:380:35:41

-Oh, look at those.

-Right, now we're going to make the sauce.

0:35:440:35:47

So I'm going to add some flour...

0:35:470:35:49

About a heaped dessert spoonful of flour.

0:35:500:35:54

-Do you want me to drizzle?

-Please do.

0:35:560:35:58

Right. So we're just going to bring this up till it's cooking...

0:35:580:36:02

but we don't really want it

0:36:020:36:05

to boil, we just want it to bubble a bit.

0:36:050:36:08

-Do your family look forward to you cooking this?

-Yes! Yes, they do.

0:36:080:36:12

It's what they ask for for special occasions,

0:36:120:36:16

or if the kids are back, it's one of the things that they really enjoy.

0:36:160:36:21

Right. Now we've just got to let the mushrooms gently cook for up to

0:36:210:36:26

about 20 minutes, so that they just heat through and all the flavours develop.

0:36:260:36:31

'Whilst the sauce simmers, Jenny's parents, Charly,

0:36:310:36:35

'and Charlotte and her boyfriend Simon,

0:36:350:36:38

'join us around the table for some lazy weekend grub, Swiss-style.

0:36:380:36:42

'Raclette comes from the French word "racler", meaning to scrape.

0:36:420:36:45

'Sliced and melted, it goes perfectly

0:36:450:36:47

'with Jenny's pickles, salads and new potatoes.

0:36:470:36:51

'Mais oui, mon ami!

0:36:510:36:53

'Swiss cow herders would grill the cheese

0:36:530:36:55

'around a camp fire, after a hard day a-herding in the mountains.'

0:36:550:37:00

It's interesting, raclette, because it is like a naked fondue.

0:37:010:37:05

-It's like a fondue without a pot.

-Yes.

0:37:050:37:07

I love the way you can just kind of tour round the plate.

0:37:070:37:09

-A little cheese and onion, a little cheese and pickle...

-Yeah.

0:37:090:37:12

-And the salad's lovely.

-Mm.

0:37:120:37:14

-It goes well with the cheese, doesn't it?

-Oh, yes.

-It does.

0:37:140:37:17

'Raclette is often served as a meal in itself - but not today.

0:37:190:37:23

'For mains we're having roasted chicken with the deceptively simple creamy morel sauce.'

0:37:250:37:30

If you'd like to help yourself to some sauce...

0:37:300:37:33

Oh, I absolutely would, 100%. Thank you.

0:37:330:37:36

So Charly, this dish has got some significance to you, hasn't it?

0:37:360:37:40

Well, my mother used to do that as a...you know, special.

0:37:400:37:42

You know, a few times a year and we all used to enjoy it.

0:37:420:37:45

-Well, this has got to be a must at the Recipe Fair, hasn't it?

-Oh, yeah.

0:37:450:37:49

Well, we hope you'll bring them. You WILL bring them?

0:37:490:37:51

Yeah, I'd be delighted to.

0:37:510:37:53

-And all your family.

-Yeah. I'm sure they'll be delighted to come.

0:37:530:37:56

Well, that's us. Can we say our goodbyes? Come on.

0:37:560:37:59

-I want to finish my chicken.

-We're late!

0:37:590:38:01

ALL LAUGH

0:38:010:38:03

'Well, that's our third mum sorted

0:38:030:38:05

'and what a variety for our Recipe Fair.

0:38:050:38:08

'We've got Elaine, and her 1950s posh peach paradise pudding.

0:38:080:38:12

'The traditional Jewish plava cake

0:38:120:38:14

'that's been a staple in Rosalyn's family for generations.

0:38:140:38:17

'And now Jenny's Swiss roast chicken with that rich morel cream sauce.

0:38:170:38:21

'Add to that our brunch-tastic banana pancakes with bacon and

0:38:210:38:25

'maple syrup, our spiced teacakes, AND our braised steak and chips.

0:38:250:38:29

'And you've got the mother of all Recipe Fairs!

0:38:290:38:33

'The time is upon us. It's the big day. The moment we've all been waiting for!

0:38:360:38:40

'But the weather, is horrible!

0:38:400:38:43

'We won't let the rain dampen our spirits though!

0:38:430:38:45

'There'll be enough lovely food at this fair to brighten up even the greyest of days.

0:38:450:38:50

'Well, let's get the mums settled in then, eh?'

0:38:500:38:53

-Oh, look!

-Welcome.

0:38:530:38:57

-Now then, ladies. Rosalyn?

-Yes.

-Your station's over there.

0:38:570:39:01

-OK.

-Elaine? You're here with your peach paradise.

0:39:010:39:04

-We could do with a bit of that today.

-We could, couldn't we?

0:39:040:39:07

-And our Jenny.

-Hi.

-The raclette.

0:39:070:39:11

-Thank you.

-It's brilliant that, isn't it?

0:39:110:39:13

-Oh, and please make some of your chicken and morels.

-Oh...!

-Ooh.

0:39:130:39:17

-These...are your Mums Know Best pinnies.

-Hey!

0:39:170:39:21

-Now, it may be wonderful, but they are a bit of a badge of slavery.

-Right.

0:39:210:39:26

Aye. I tell you what, we'd better go and tie some of those tents down.

0:39:260:39:28

It's like the Wizard Of Oz out there!

0:39:280:39:30

-See you later, ladies. Crack on.

-Bye!

0:39:300:39:33

Right then, Kingy, waterproofs.

0:39:400:39:42

-Check.

-Brollies.

-Check.

0:39:420:39:45

Lashings of British bulldog spirit.

0:39:450:39:47

-Check-aroony.

-Then let's get this fair open!

0:39:470:39:50

Look at this. Poor lass! Well, that's...

0:39:550:39:58

That's above and beyond the call of duty at the Recipe Fair.

0:39:580:40:00

So what do you like to eat on a lazy weekend?

0:40:000:40:03

-Anything that I don't have to cook.

-That's the one, isn't it? Yeah.

0:40:030:40:06

You see, it's true. It's true.

0:40:060:40:08

Wow!

0:40:080:40:10

-Cor!

-Can you smell it?

0:40:100:40:12

-Yes.

-That's not a cake, that's an event.

0:40:120:40:14

No stone left unturned.

0:40:140:40:16

-I've brought you some gravy.

-Gravy?

0:40:160:40:19

-To go with your faggots, yes.

-You've got faggots?

0:40:190:40:21

-And she's got the cream.

-Brilliant.

0:40:210:40:23

-And I've got the gravy.

-Thank you.

0:40:230:40:24

Cream and gravy, dude, it's a match made in heaven.

0:40:240:40:27

There's nothing better on a lazy weekend,

0:40:270:40:29

than a soggy tramp round a foodie festival in a field, now is there?

0:40:290:40:33

It's what us Brits are hard-wired to do!

0:40:330:40:35

Whilst the mums get to grips with their kitchen for the day, our foodie

0:40:350:40:39

super brain Gerard's keeping himself warm in the Little Top,

0:40:390:40:42

ready to poke around the picnic hampers and uncover the stories behind the visitors' recipes.

0:40:420:40:48

In the Other Top, our community group will be warming our crowd's

0:40:500:40:52

cockles with some hot and spicy Grenadan and Jamaican food.

0:40:520:40:56

They'll do a roaring trade in this weather, dude, I tell you.

0:40:560:40:59

And our fair goers can seek shelter in the Big Top later,

0:40:590:41:02

as we rustle up one of our favourite brunch recipes.

0:41:020:41:06

So if you fancy spending a lazy weekend cooking up any of the dishes

0:41:060:41:09

you see today, relax, because they're all on the Mums Know Best website.

0:41:090:41:16

Now then, now then.

0:41:160:41:18

-Hello.

-How are you doing? How are you doing?

0:41:180:41:19

How's the little frozen frosties?

0:41:190:41:22

-Frozen frosties?

-Have you had a good turnout, Gerard?

-We've had a lovely turnout.

0:41:220:41:26

-And we've got the delightful Enza here, who's bought some arancini, these lovely risotto balls.

-Oh, yes!

0:41:260:41:32

Absolutely. And to me, these epitomise a real good lazy weekend.

0:41:320:41:36

-Mmm.

-Because you, have your risotto on a Friday night, and then you can knock these up the next day.

0:41:360:41:40

So you've already got something half started in the fridge. Tell us where these came from?

0:41:400:41:44

Originally, it's from Sicily.

0:41:440:41:46

As far as I can remember. My mum taught me to do them a long time ago.

0:41:460:41:49

-I think I was about 13.

-Excellent.

-I've been doing them ever since.

0:41:490:41:53

I make it specifically with meat and peas, the sauce.

0:41:530:41:55

-Yeah.

-And that goes inside the risotto ball.

0:41:550:41:59

You've done them beautifully, they're beautifully cooked.

0:41:590:42:02

-When I've had them before, they've been a lot smaller but, they are gorgeous.

-Look at that.

0:42:020:42:05

-You can see the mozzarella.

-Yeah.

0:42:050:42:07

And then the meat and the peas. Dave, I think you ought to...

0:42:070:42:11

Thank you very much. Thank you.

0:42:110:42:12

-They're a kind of...

-Oh, yes,

0:42:120:42:15

-These are superb.

-They are fabulous.

0:42:150:42:17

They're delicious. Thank you very much. Have you got the recipe for these?

0:42:170:42:21

-Yes.

-Lovely.

-I've got it. I've just got to put it on the wall.

0:42:210:42:23

Great. Make sure all your details are on.

0:42:230:42:25

-Yeah.

-And then everyone can share it.

0:42:250:42:27

-And remember that they're Enza's arancini.

-OK.

0:42:270:42:29

There's so many people with brilliant food here, despite the horrible weather.

0:42:290:42:34

I've been keeping an eye on this pair though, our friends with the gravy.

0:42:340:42:38

I think home-made faggots are fabulous,

0:42:380:42:40

you get that lovely offal, you've got all that meal in there and a bit of spice.

0:42:400:42:44

-But, is this a family recipe? From you or...?

-From my mother.

0:42:440:42:48

-Oh, from your mum?

-Yeah.

-Can we have a little taste?

-Yes, yes.

0:42:480:42:51

-Please do.

-Oh, lovely-tastic.

0:42:510:42:53

Do your best, Gerard, do your best, mate.

0:42:530:42:56

That's fine looking gravy, isn't it?

0:42:560:42:58

It is good.

0:43:000:43:01

-They're fantastic.

-The gravy's great.

-Fantastic.

0:43:040:43:07

-Oh, thank you.

-Absolutely delicious. Thank you.

0:43:070:43:09

You can see mashed potatoes and peas now, can't you?

0:43:090:43:11

But it's not just food people have brought to the fair, Nicola's made us some stout punch.

0:43:110:43:19

-What are the ingredients?

-It's got Guinness, stout, Nutrament, condensed milk.

-Wow!

0:43:190:43:26

Nutmeg, and a little bit of rum. Not much rum though.

0:43:260:43:29

-Excellent. Cheers.

-Cheers to that.

0:43:290:43:31

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

0:43:310:43:32

-Wow!

-Wow!

-What do you think of it?

0:43:360:43:38

-Where did the recipe come from?

-It comes from my partner's father, who's Jamaican.

-Mm.

0:43:380:43:43

-So I've got it from him.

-It's like Baileys, isn't it? But not so sweet.

0:43:430:43:46

It is, yes. It's got a slight tang to it.

0:43:460:43:48

-Almost liquorice-y really.

-Yes.

0:43:480:43:51

Or a bit like the sky juice you get in the Caribbean, isn't it?

0:43:510:43:54

-You know, gin, rum, coconut and condensed milk?

-Yes, Kingy, very similar.

0:43:540:43:59

Aside from the whole soggy tent in a damp field versus a beautiful beach in the Bahamas, kind of thing.

0:43:590:44:05

Man up, dude! Despite the cold, Ros is keeping people sweet over in the Mums' Tent.

0:44:050:44:10

So like you would flour a tin, you want sugar in.

0:44:100:44:15

Does it help with the non-stick as well, like flour would or...?

0:44:150:44:18

It most probably does, yes.

0:44:180:44:20

Yes. But it kind of goes...

0:44:200:44:22

It goes a little bit crispy and crunchy, and it's just that extra

0:44:220:44:26

-little texture that's nice in a cake, you know.

-Yes.

0:44:260:44:29

This looks absolutely yummy.

0:44:310:44:33

-You could manage that.

-In the freezer.

0:44:330:44:36

And go and do something much more interesting.

0:44:360:44:38

Open a bottle of wine!

0:44:380:44:40

How long has the machine been around for, I mean historically?

0:44:470:44:50

-Ooh, I don't know, because they get used to do it by the side of the fire.

-Right.

0:44:500:44:53

It's jolly good fun.

0:44:530:44:55

You know, it gets everyone in a good mood.

0:44:550:44:59

Jenny's Swiss raclette is perfect for a day like today, isn't it?

0:44:590:45:03

Aye. Proper stick-to-your-ribs stuff, just like the Caribbean food in the Other Top.

0:45:030:45:08

The Birmingham-based community group brings people together to cook and share their different cuisines.

0:45:080:45:13

Annette's chicken, rice and peas and Steve's spicy pumpkin soup are bringing a welcome

0:45:130:45:18

laid-back taste of the Caribbean to our celebration of lazy weekend food.

0:45:180:45:23

You know, you give it a little stir, occasionally.

0:45:230:45:26

And you'll begin to smell the flavour.

0:45:260:45:28

Fantastic. Beautiful. Really spicy and just fabulous.

0:45:310:45:34

It's... You don't even eat red kidney beans and they're going down.

0:45:340:45:37

And I'm eating red kidney beans cos they're beautifully cooked.

0:45:370:45:39

It's very welcome to have some nice, warm soup, and there's some lovely peppery flavours in there.

0:45:390:45:44

-Really superb.

-It's absolutely fabulous. The chicken, I just love because I

0:45:440:45:47

like chicken anyway and I'm always up for, you know, new ideas to cook it, so it's really super.

0:45:470:45:54

That's the great thing about these recipe fairs, Dave - people find new ways of cooking familiar food.

0:45:540:45:59

And there are more inspiring ideas in Gerard's recipe-swap tent,

0:45:590:46:03

especially for those lazy weekend gardeners.

0:46:030:46:05

-Courgette cake!

-My husband and I grow quite a lot of vegetables.

0:46:050:46:09

And by the time you've baked, boiled, roasted, grilled and done

0:46:090:46:13

everything with courgettes, you think, "What can I do with them?"

0:46:130:46:15

Absolutely. You need a nice, sharp knife for this. It is soft.

0:46:150:46:20

Courgettes, carrots, beetroot and parsnips are all naturally sweet

0:46:200:46:25

and great for making really moist cakes.

0:46:250:46:28

Mm, beautiful!

0:46:300:46:32

We've got a wonderful selection of kuchen here...

0:46:320:46:35

-Yeah.

-..of beautiful German baking.

0:46:350:46:37

-Thank you so much for bringing them in, Susannah.

-You're welcome.

0:46:370:46:40

It's got a lovely texture, this pastry, it's nice and crispy.

0:46:400:46:43

-Oh, it looks great.

-Yeah.

0:46:430:46:45

-Super. So, is this a family favourite of yours?

-Yeah. It's...

0:46:450:46:49

My mum always made it at Christmas.

0:46:490:46:51

In Germany, every sort of weekend...

0:46:510:46:54

-Yes.

-..you get one out and you have coffee and cake in the afternoon.

-And all your friends round too.

0:46:540:46:59

Yeah. And so I sort of kept up the tradition really when I moved to Britain.

0:46:590:47:02

-Yeah.

-It's very easy to make.

0:47:020:47:04

-Very easy.

-Great. And have you brought the recipe with you?

0:47:040:47:07

-I have.

-Lovely. Have you stuck it on our board?

-Yeah, somewhere.

0:47:070:47:10

Great. Thank you very much.

0:47:100:47:11

I'll make sure I get that down cos it's delicious. Thank you for bringing it along.

0:47:110:47:15

Tim, you've made a lovely green tomato chutney for us today

0:47:210:47:24

but is that something that you would do on a weekend?

0:47:240:47:27

-Get in the kitchen and really make your store cupboard things for the winter?

-Yeah, exactly.

0:47:270:47:30

Weekends are great because it gives you the time to do it.

0:47:300:47:34

-Yes.

-It more or less is a one-pot recipe, but it's having the time for

0:47:340:47:37

-preparation and the time to leave it to get to the right eating...

-Yeah.

0:47:370:47:41

The thickness and whatever goes well with it so...

0:47:410:47:43

Yeah, the weekends are ideal.

0:47:430:47:45

We love sitting down on Sunday afternoon,

0:47:450:47:47

getting a jar out and some cheese and biscuits and while away the afternoon reading the Sunday papers.

0:47:470:47:52

-Fantastic. Can I dig in and have a taste?

-Of course you can.

0:47:520:47:55

-It's only had a few days to set up.

-Oh, right.

0:47:550:47:57

The longer you leave it, the better it can be, but if you're anything like myself, I can't leave

0:47:570:48:01

it much more than a day, when I know it's in the cupboard waiting.

0:48:010:48:03

-With the cider vinegar, it gives it a certain sweetness.

-Mm.

0:48:030:48:06

-That one will go great with a nice, sharp cheddar.

-That's delicious.

0:48:060:48:11

-Yeah.

-It would do indeed.

0:48:110:48:14

I think we need to get ourselves over to the Other Top, Kingy.

0:48:140:48:16

You're not kidding, dude.

0:48:160:48:18

Before our freezing fair goers eat all Steve's pumpkin soup.

0:48:180:48:21

There you go. There's your spoon.

0:48:240:48:26

Have we only got one each, like?

0:48:260:48:28

You get a lot of soup out of a pumpkin, don't you?

0:48:280:48:32

-Well, there you go, son.

-Cheers, Steve.

-You never know.

0:48:320:48:35

On a cold day, it does you good.

0:48:350:48:37

-Oh!

-Oh, that's lovely. Did you grow the pumpkin?

-Yes.

0:48:370:48:39

-We've got an organic garden at St George's.

-Yeah?

0:48:390:48:42

-Right.

-And the only thing we don't grow is bananas and coconuts.

0:48:420:48:46

-You'd have trouble in Birmingham, that.

-Aye it's not easy, is it, Dave? You know.

0:48:460:48:50

And this lot are going bananas for Annette's chicken, rice and peas.

0:48:500:48:55

Now, no British fete would be complete without a bit of audience participation.

0:48:560:49:01

So we've assembled our huddling throng in the luxurious warmth

0:49:010:49:05

of the Big Top, as Gerard initiates another skills challenge.

0:49:050:49:08

And today, he's got us making ravioli.

0:49:080:49:12

So, we've got some dough. I've been kneading it through my little pasta mangle here,

0:49:130:49:19

because we want a really thin pasta sheet on either side of the filling.

0:49:190:49:23

A little bit of flour each time.

0:49:230:49:25

Ooh... Oh, oh!

0:49:250:49:29

CROWD LAUGHS

0:49:290:49:30

-I've done that more than twice as well!

-Go on, Gez, go on. Woo!

0:49:300:49:34

-So, yeah. Roll the dough through.

-BABY CRIES

0:49:380:49:40

You're not wrong, son!

0:49:400:49:42

CROWD LAUGHS

0:49:420:49:43

And you want to place lumps of filling slightly

0:49:440:49:47

-nearer to you than the halfway line.

-What's in the filling, Gerard?

0:49:470:49:51

It's ricotta with a little bit of chopped parsley, garlic, a bit of pepper and nutmeg.

0:49:510:49:57

Very carefully, you want to brush between each little bit.

0:49:570:50:02

And then with that top half, fold it over,

0:50:020:50:06

and press down on each piece of filling, and then trim between

0:50:060:50:10

each piece.

0:50:100:50:12

And then pick each piece up, and just squeeze all the air out,

0:50:120:50:16

so you've got a really nice, tight join.

0:50:160:50:19

Then we're going to cook them, and we're going to eat them.

0:50:190:50:22

-And we can judge them, can't we?

-We can.

0:50:220:50:24

Right, let's make ravioli. Come on!

0:50:240:50:26

Breathe. Breathe!

0:50:260:50:28

I wouldn't do it like that.

0:50:280:50:30

'Ravioli are so versatile, you can fill them with pretty much anything.'

0:50:320:50:37

Trim along the front. And then squeeze the air out.

0:50:370:50:39

-Well done, Dave.

-They also freeze very well.

0:50:390:50:42

'Just dust them with a bit of flour so they don't stick to each other, and they'll freeze for months.'

0:50:420:50:47

Just lay them in gently.

0:50:470:50:50

And really as soon as they come back up to the boil, they'll be cooked.

0:50:500:50:53

Hey, it's looking good, isn't it?

0:50:530:50:56

-It is.

-Tell you what, they're going to be hard to judge, these.

0:50:560:51:00

-And there you are, pasta! Couldn't be easier. Well done!

-Well done!

0:51:000:51:06

-Very good!

-We'd better have a taste then.

-It's down to me then, eh? Oh!

0:51:080:51:12

-Did it burn your tongue?

-No.

0:51:180:51:22

-Oh, dear!

-Never mind, Si, never mind.

0:51:220:51:24

I'm going to go with those ones, cos it's even and distributed nicely.

0:51:320:51:35

-Nice and warm. Very good.

-Well done!

-Hooray!

0:51:350:51:38

-'Whilst we've got a warm and captive audience, shall we whip up a brunch classic, Dave?

-Yeah, why not?

0:51:410:51:46

'One of my favourite lazy weekend brunches, devilled kidneys.'

0:51:460:51:50

-Oh, lazy weekends.

-Oh!

0:51:500:51:52

Roll it on. I can't wait.

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'Now, we all know what kidneys do.

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'So before we start, we need to clean them thoroughly, and get rid of the core.

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-'I use hairdressing scissors for this.

-Well, you haven't got much use for them otherwise, have you?

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'Oh! Hark at you, Vidal Sassoon!'

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And at this point, you can play it like hospitals.

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But as you pull the flesh back, you get the point there and just snip.

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Snip, snap, snop!

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-And slowly you can remove the core.

-I'm just going to slice an onion.

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Now, these kidneys, we need to season them.

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So we put them in a plastic bag with some flour,

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some salt and pepper.

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And we can be quite robust with the pepper, because after all,

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they're devilled. Put them in there and give them a shake.

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Now all those lovely kidney bits are going to get covered with flour, which of course is going to make

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the kidneys go golden, but on the other hand we get a nice kind of thick sauce.

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We want the flavours of the onion.

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It's a proper sweat down on this, isn't it?

0:52:490:52:51

-It is, yeah.

-You don't want the onions burning.

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We're just going to put a little bit of seasoning in.

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And the reason that we do that at this point,

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in some dishes, is it just draws the moisture out a little bit quicker.

0:52:580:53:02

Right. They're kind of pretty soft now, I'm just going to add a little bit more butter

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-to the pan.

-Yeah. Shake off the excess flour, and start the process of browning the kidney.

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To that, some tomato paste.

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About a tablespoon.

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And about a tablespoon of English mustard.

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Yes...a tablespoon.

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And now we add a glass of water.

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'Devilled kidneys were a breakfast favourite of the Victorians.

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'And the process of devilling refers to the hot spices used.

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'Mustard, pungent pepper and Worcestershire Sauce.'

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That's beautiful. It's a lovely dish, this.

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Shall we have one or two bits of toast?

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-Two.

-MAN IN CROWD: Two!

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Look at that, eh, X marks the spot.

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-And be generous, because you've got all day to eat it.

-You have.

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Look at this.

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Vegetable dandruff.

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CROWD LAUGHS

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And there it is, the perfect thing on a lazy day.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Hairy Bikers' devilled kidneys.

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-APPLAUSE

-I thank you!

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Thank you very much!

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Thank you!

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That's another treat for our banquet table later.

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The fair's coming to a close and the weather's still rubbish, but nobody seems to mind.

0:54:260:54:31

They've got a belly full of food and a load of new recipes. Dude, how could they mind?

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The one thing I've got which I've been looking for for ages is the

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recipe for chocolate concrete, which we used to have...

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-Chocolate concrete!

-..at school dinners, at little school.

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And they used to do it with peppermint custard.

0:54:450:54:47

So what's chocolate concrete, dear?

0:54:470:54:49

-It's like shortbread...

-Right.

-..with chocolate in it.

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But they used to get like the fork and make it all nice and rough on the top with sugar as well.

0:54:520:54:58

-It was gorgeous.

-I bought my granny's sweetmeats, sweetbreads recipe.

-Oh, right.

0:54:580:55:02

And I picked up bull's pizzle soup, which is bull's penis, apparently.

0:55:020:55:08

-Really?

-Yeah.

-And do you think you'll make it?

0:55:080:55:10

If I can find one, yeah!

0:55:100:55:13

-I wonder if there's any alternative?

-See you later!

0:55:130:55:17

-And then, I've also bought my mum's pineapple cream flan.

-Right.

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And, I've got the curd tart recipe I swapped it for.

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So it's round to your house for bull's willy soup!

0:55:260:55:28

We'll have willies for pudding, sounds appetising!

0:55:280:55:30

-That's kind of wrong, eh?

-I know.

0:55:300:55:33

My boyfriend ought to watch out!

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Well, I'm all for offal but I'm not sold on the bull's pizzle soup.

0:55:390:55:43

Thankfully, we've got some much more appealing dishes for the banquet.

0:55:430:55:47

-So here it is, our fabulous foodie finale.

-Our tantalizing tribute to lazy weekends.

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Bring on the banquet!

0:55:520:55:55

Starting with the puds, we've got Elaine with her faffy, yet fantastic, peach paradise pudding.

0:55:550:56:02

Come on, me darling!

0:56:020:56:04

Rosalyn and her traditional Jewish plava cake.

0:56:040:56:09

And Jenny's taste of Switzerland, with the chicken and morel cream sauce.

0:56:090:56:13

Then there's our offerings...

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banana pancakes, perfect for a lazy breakfast.

0:56:150:56:19

Our slow-cooked braised steak, with gravy and chips.

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And our lazy brunch of devilled kidneys on toast.

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Not forgetting our tasty teatime teacakes.

0:56:260:56:30

I think we've got a right old feast here.

0:56:300:56:32

Smashing. So we'll get stuck in. Let's go! Come on.

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Do you want a bit of bacon on the top?

0:56:380:56:40

Lazy weekend would have to be the pancakes, I think.

0:56:460:56:49

-They were yummy.

-The bacon and the banana just shouldn't go together, but it does.

0:56:490:56:54

It was lovely, the bacon and banana pancakes. Lovely.

0:56:540:56:57

My favourite would definitely have to be the chicken, it was fabulous.

0:56:590:57:02

I have pudding to eat but, so far... absolutely delicious.

0:57:020:57:06

What I really enjoyed about the meal tonight was the beef,

0:57:070:57:10

because I just love meat that's come from near the bone.

0:57:100:57:14

It's just magical. You can keep your topside, for me.

0:57:140:57:17

The devilled kidneys were fabulous. I think they're going to be on our brunch menu tomorrow cos I'm not

0:57:190:57:25

getting up early. I'm having a lazy weekend!

0:57:250:57:28

My day's been great. Very busy, and it's been lovely having all the mums

0:57:340:57:39

and all the people that were here, coming up to me and asking me about my cake. It was a real privilege.

0:57:390:57:44

It's been nice doing it with the other mums, because we've all got

0:57:440:57:48

on really, really well, and sort of helped each other and...

0:57:480:57:51

Yeah, it's been good. Really good.

0:57:510:57:55

The company's been excellent, the weather's been fabulous!

0:57:550:58:00

And the spirit that everyone's brought to it has been really nice.

0:58:000:58:03

A real community spirit.

0:58:030:58:05

And whether you want your food quick and simple, or slow and special.

0:58:050:58:08

We've seen a load of dishes today, that give you the chance to have the

0:58:080:58:12

kind of lazy weekend that works for you.

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In our next show, we're venturing overseas.

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But only a short hop over to Northern Ireland, where

0:58:230:58:26

we'll be celebrating recipes brought back to the UK from distant shores.

0:58:260:58:31

And we'll bring all the dishes made by our mums...

0:58:310:58:33

-And our dads.

-..back to cook at the Mums Know Best Recipe Fair.

0:58:330:58:38

It's going to be a scream!

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