Nadiya's British Food Adventure - Season 1

First aired: 7/17/2017 8 episodes

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Episodes

1. Home Counties

Aired: 7/17/2017

Nadiya's food tour of Britain begins in the home counties. The first recipe is one of the first things Nadiya learnt to make as a child living at home - cheese scones.

2. Peak District

Aired: 7/24/2017

Nadiya Hussain explores the culinary traditions of the Peak District and surrounding areas, beginning by putting her own twist on the classic Bakewell tart. She then joins Ian Barrett to learn how to make Derbyshire oatcakes, before using them as a casing for her potato and dill samosas.

3. East of England

Aired: 7/31/2017

Former Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain is in East Anglia as she continues her culinary road trip around Britain, going out to sea with Norfolk fisherman Richard Matthews to catch crabs for Vietnamese-style summer rolls. She then heads to Ely in Cambridgeshire to meet potato farmer and crisp factory owner Ross Taylor, using his snacks to make a crisp, chocolate and salted peanut dessert. Back in her kitchen, Nadiya creates a ploughman's cheese and pickle tart, and a herby chicken and potato salad.

4. London

Aired: 8/7/2017

Nadiya Hussain samples what London has to offer, heading to Beckton in the east of the city to visit an indoor urban farm in an industrial estate that uses hydroponics and aquaponics to rear fish and grow vegetables. She then heads north to Holloway, to meet chef Pratap Chatal, who runs supper clubs in his home where he showcases his revolutionary idea of cooking his food with fragrances.

5. Yorkshire

Aired: 8/14/2017

Nadiya Hussain takes a culinary road trip across Yorkshire, meeting fisherman Frank Powell near Bridlington and using some of his catch to cook baked sea trout with sun-dried tomatoes and lemons. She then heads to Huddersfield to sample local halloumi made by Syrian refugee Razan Alsous, creating watermelon and halloumi skewers. At home, Nadiya makes rhubarb and custard ice-cream sandwiches and Yorkshire puddings filled with strawberry jam and custard.

6. Scotland

Aired: 8/21/2017

Nadiya Hussain takes a culinary road trip through Scotland, joining professional forager Gary Goldie at Airds Bay in Argyll and Bute to pick hogweed and sea arrowgrass to use as flavourings for a wild curry. She then heads to the Cairngorms National Park to visits the Blair Atholl watermill run by baker Rami Cohen, grinding her own flour to bake Indian five-spice soda bread, served with a red lentil dish. Back in her kitchen, Nadiya creates a vegetarian haggis tarte Tatin.

7. West Country

Aired: 8/28/2017

Nadiya Hussain heads to the West Country, picking fruit with jam maker Sarah Churchill and creating a mixed berry conserve to use in doughnuts. She also visits garlic farmer Mark Botwright and is put to work digging garlic bulbs, which inspires her recipe for apple walnut and coriander salad with burnt garlic dressing. Nadiya also puts her twist on local classics, with a tropical cream tea, and lamb and apple pasties.

8. Wales

Aired: 9/4/2017

Nadiya heads to Wales before she goes she wants to show off her take on Wales's greatest contribution to baking - the Welsh cake. In Wales she meets Richard Roderick, a third-generation sheep farmer in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Nadiya gets to command the family sheepdog Jack to round up the sheep and move them. Nadiya cooks Richard a thank you meal outside of a fast lamb bhuna served with garlic naan. Nadiya heads to Monmouth to meet the UK's only home-grown edible rosewater makers, Desdemona Freeman and Denise Jones. Nadiya arrives in time to help harvest the last crops of roses. Despite the rain, the weather doesn't stop the petals from being harvested. Working with the two women, Nadiya gets in the crop, which is then distilled with water in a copper still and finally bottled. Nadiya uses this specialist ingredient in a rose and raspberry fool. The three ladies are able to eat these outside in the countryside. Back home, Nadiya celebrates Welsh seafood by deep-frying mussels with paprika chive mayo recipe which is a hit with her family.