Top chef Gary Rhodes continues his gastronomic journey around Britain, discovering and cooking local produce. This week he crosses the border to
Scotland where he samples a Scottish trucker's breakfast, including cloutie dumpling, before heading off to a remote shooting lodge near Crieff on the Perthshire moors. At lunch served by a local landlady he tastes grouse and a Scottish speciality pudding, cranachan, made from oatmeal, heather honey, and two of the best local ingredients - Tayside raspberries and whisky. Gary sports thigh-high waders to try to catch salmon from the River Spey for the evening meal, but he has more success in the kitchen, where he prepares ham and vegetable soup, salmon fish cakes with lemon butter sauce, and summer pudding.
Producers Gabrielle Jackson and Deborah Moore
A BBC book, Rhodes around Britain, featuring the recipes in the series, is available in hardback, price £ 1 7.99, and paperback, price£ 12.99.