Spice Trip

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S01E06 - "Cinnamon - Kerala"

Aired on Dec 30, 2012, 8:00 PM

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Chef Stevie Parle and chef and professional spice blender Emma Grazette are embarking on a vibrant, colourful and spice-filled journey around the world. Adding spice is the easiest and quickest way to transform a simple dish from mundane to sensational. Stevie and Emma go to some of the most exotic countries on earth to meet the experts who grow spices and use them every day - visiting Mexico for chilli, Cambodia for black pepper, Grenada for nutmeg, Turkey for cumin, Zanzibar for cloves and India for cinnamon. As well creating recipes as cooking up amazing food along the way, Emma concocts therapies, beauty treatments and teas using the potent spices.

Details

Status: Ended
Language: English
Runtime: 60 min
Premiered: November 25, 2012
Ended: December 30, 2012
Schedule: Sunday at 8:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 6 Episodes)

Chillies - Mexico

Stevie and Emma head to Oaxaca, Mexico, where chillies go back thousands of years and every local is an aficionado.

Nov 25, 2012

60 min

Cloves - Zanzibar

Stevie and Emma travel to Zanzibar to rediscover the magic of cloves. They make a mulled wine oxtail stew, and orange, clove and polenta cake, and grilled fish with hot fruit salsa.

Dec 2, 2012

60 min

Black Pepper - Cambodia

Black pepper is the world's most commonly used spice. In Cambodia, where it is 'king of spices', Stevie and Emma discover the berries of the pepper vine have more to offer than people realise.

Dec 9, 2012

60 min

Nutmeg - Grenada

Stevie Parle and Emma Grazette head to the Caribbean island of Grenada to learn about the country's main export, nutmeg, or 'black gold', a spice so ever-present it features on the national flag.

Dec 16, 2012

60 min

Cumin - Turkey

In Britain, we know cumin as a spice used in curries, but in Turkey it flavours everything from pizzas to pastries. Stevie and Emma explore Istanbul and discover new ways to cook with cumin.

Dec 23, 2012

60 min

Cinnamon - Kerala

Stevie and Emma visit Kerala, where many families grow cinnamon trees in their gardens and use the spice with fish, fruit and curries, and as an offering to the Hindu gods.

Dec 30, 2012

60 min