Mary Berry - Chocolate Roulade
Mary Berry demonstrates her Chocolate Roulade, a great alternative to Christmas Pudding.
Dec 05, 2011•4 min
Cook The Perfect...
Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey are joined by leading chefs and food writers who share their secrets for perfect home-cooked dishes. From BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
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Giorgio Locatelli - Pasta con le sarde
Michelin-starred chef Giorgio Locatelli cooks pasta con le sarde, or pasta with sardines – a typically Sicilian dish.
Nov 22, 2011•12 min
Edd Kimber - Christmas Cake
Edd Kimber, winner of the Great British Bake off 2010, shares his family's Christmas Cake recipe.
Nov 09, 2011•8 min
Dan Lepard - Soda Bread
Award-winning baker Dan Lepard demonstrates how to make soda bread.
Nov 09, 2011•9 min
Matthew Benson Smith - Parkin
Matthew Benson Smith uses his Yorkshire grandmother's recipe to cook the perfect parkin.
Oct 28, 2011•7 min
Heston Blumenthal - Pumpkin Soup
Molecular gastro star Heston Blumenthal demostrates perfect pumpkin soup – complete with a few surprises.
Oct 17, 2011•9 min
Joyce Molyneux - Coq au vin
Joyce Molyneux, one of the first women to be awarded a Michelin star, cooks the classic French dish coq au vin.
Oct 11, 2011•8 min
Fish Pie
Fish pie is the ultimate comfort food. Sue Lawrence demonstrates her classic recipe; capers, lemon zest, parsley, eggs and a white sauce.
Oct 03, 2011•8 min
cook the perfect:Choux
Lisa Benison from Betty's Cookery school in Harrogate explains to Sheila McClennon how to cook the perfect choux pastry.
Sep 30, 2011•8 min
Quiche Lorraine
In her latest book Gorgeous Suppers, food writer Annie Bell turns her hand to this classic recipe. Her version has a rich filling of cream, egg, cheese and bacon. Jane joins Annie in her kitchen where she learns how to concoct the filling and make homemade short crust pasty.
Sep 20, 2011•11 min
Potato Dauphinoise
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tells Jenni Murray how to cook potato dauphinoise.
Sep 15, 2011•11 min
Chicken Noodle Soup
Rachel Allen shows Jane Garvey how to cook seven minute chicken noodle soup.
Sep 13, 2011•11 min
Tarte Tatin
Food writer Trish Deseine demonstrates how to make this classic French dish.
Sep 05, 2011•9 min
Gazpacho
Cook the Perfect Gazpacho with food writer Felicity Cloake. Chilled soup is not to everyone’s taste, but this might change your mind for ever. A Spanish classic, it originates from southern Andalucia, and is essentially a peasant dish, designed to make use of cheap, very ripe Mediterranean ingredients. The recipe can vary but it is essentially a combination of some or all of the following - tomatoes, peppers , garlic, cucumber, not forgetting crusty white bread, sherry vinegar and a generous slu...
Aug 23, 2011•8 min
icecream
Robin Weir joins Jenni to make strawberry ice cream. He’ll also be discussing the different kinds of ice cream you can make at home and revealing some of the history of one of our favourite treats.
Aug 10, 2011•12 min
scones
With cook Hannah Miles
Jul 29, 2011•10 min
Carrot Cake
Food writer Geraldene Holt talks through tips and techniques for the perfect carrot cake.
Jul 20, 2011•8 min
Summer Pudding
Professionally trained Cordon Bleu chef Justine Kanter shares her step-by-step guide to Summer Pudding.
Jul 14, 2011•12 min
Fish Soup
Italian chef Giorgio Alessio shares his secrets for a perfect fish soup, the 'Cucina Povera' of the Yorkshire coast.
Jul 08, 2011•8 min
Risotto
Michelin starred chef Angela Hartnett says she likes to sometimes use red wine in risotto as an alternative to the classic white as it surprises people. Today she cooks red wine and chorizo risotto for Jane Garvey.
Jul 06, 2011•7 min
chicken curry
Sanjeev Kapoor, India's most famous TV chef, shows Jane Garvey how to cook Kozhi Vartha Kozhambu, chicken curry from Kerala
May 24, 2011•10 min
Madeleine
There can be no other cake to rival it for literary pedigree. The madeleine was made famous by Marcel Proust in his novel ‘A La Recherche du Temps Perdu'. Chef Michael Vanheste, from Betty’s Cookery School in Harrogate, demonstrates how to make the perfect madeleine and Barbara Lebrun, Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Manchester, talks about Proust's connection to this delicate cake.
May 20, 2011•8 min
Shepherd's Pie
Jane at the home of food writer Lindsay Bareham to find out how to Cook the Perfect...Shepherd's Pie.
Apr 25, 2011•9 min
Cook the Perfect: Chocolate Brownies
Jane is joined in the studio by Claire Burnet of Chococo to find out how the cook the perfect chocolate brownie.
Apr 19, 2011•11 min
Simnel Cake
The launch of our new series Cook the Perfect.... Today Mary Berry on the Simnel Cake
Apr 04, 2011•9 min
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