New series. Mairi MacRitchie and cooks from across the Highlands share their favourite dinner party recipes.
Mairi MacRitchie and cooks from across the Highlands share their favourite comfort food recipes, including macaroni cheese and rhubarb crumble.
Mairi MacRitchie and cooks from across the Highlands share their favourite recipes for slow-cooked foods. In this edition, she visits Lewis, Skye and Benbecula to prepare a selection of dishes, including a peppery venison and red wine casserole.
Màiri MacRitchie visits the isles of Lewis and Islay to gather recipes for an afternoon tea, sampling an angel cake that contains almost no fat and creating a classic bakewell tart.
Màiri MacRitchie visits Skye, North and South Uist and Benbecula to gather recipes using seafood, as she makes spiced kedgeree with pieces of smoked haddock.
Mairi MacRitchie visits Skye, Lewis and South Uist to gather tasty recipes for both children and adults for the perfect birthday party. A moist sticky toffee cake and a chocolate traybake with marbled white and milk chocolate are among the dishes considered, while Mairi also introduces nutrition in the form of fish fingers and hears from an experienced cook who reveals a clever way to sneak some fruit into the party food with her pork and apple sausage rolls.
Mairi MacRitchie visits Barra, North Uist, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Islay to gather recipes for weeknight suppers that are quick and simple but equally delicious. Her home-cooks are to hand with suggestions such as a beef curry that takes minutes to make from scratch, and a hearty chorizo and potato hash.
Mairi MacRitchie visits Islay and Lewis gathering tasty recipes for a drinks party. Her home-cooks are to hand with suggestions ranging from little filo parcels filled with chicken and a satay sauce to crusty slices of home-made soda bread with smoked salmon cream cheese - the perfect accompaniment to a glass of wine or dram. Canapés at a drinks party don't always have to be savoury and Mairi meets some skilled bakers who show her how to make some dainty little sweets.
Mairi MacRitchie visits Islay and Lewis gathering tasty recipes to cater for those with special dietary requirements or hoping to cut down on meat. Suggestions include a spicy vegetarian shepherd's pie and a juicy aubergine and mozzarella bake. A young baker shows Mairi his recipe for a broccoli and stilton quiche packed with flavour and the presenter makes her own roasted vegetable tart with home-made basil pesto, and two bakers share recipes for gluten free cakes.
Mairi MacRitchie visits Islay, South Uist, Edinburgh and Skye, where she tries butternut squash and almond chutney and mini muffins with marmalade filling.
Mairi MacRitchie visits Islay, Benbecula, Barra and Lewis gathering tasty recipes for the weekends. Her home-cooks are to hand with suggestions ranging from parma ham and parmesan rolls to accompany a Saturday night glass of wine, to a twist on Sunday afternoon's roast chicken using fennel and red onion. Mairi is treated to a rhubarb and cream cheese pie, tart rhubarb with sweet pastry, and she makes her own creamy fish pie.