How To Cook Well with Rory O'Connell
Specials
TV-G
Rory O’Connell is probably Ireland’s most experienced cookery teacher – he has been teaching people how to cook for more than 30 years, having co-founded the Ballymaloe Cookery School with his sister, Darina Allen. And in this brand new series, Rory introduces the timeless, classic, and essential techniques, which every cook needs to understand and implement if they want to cook well.
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10 Episodes
- A Simply Delicious Christmas (2015), Part 2
E4A Simply Delicious Christmas (2015), Part 2Ballycotton prawns served in their shells with watercress and home-made mayonnaise; prawn or lobster bisque; roast duck with orange; brussels sprouts with toasted hazelnuts and candied bacon; and traditional Irish sherry trifle. - Christmas Entertaining (2016)
E6Christmas Entertaining (2016)Whiskey punch and Christmas Fruit Punch; Spicy Indian meatballs with pomegranate and cucumber raita; Salsify in Filo; Beetroot purée with Toasted Cumin Seeds on Poppadoms; Medjool Dates w crozier blue; Quail Eggs with Roasted Cumin; and Cheese and Sesame Sablées. - A Simply Delicious Christmas (2018), Part 1
E8A Simply Delicious Christmas (2018), Part 1In the first of the two episodes, Rory prepares dishes that have a seasonal flavour but which offer some relief to jaded palates: a salad of roasted pumpkin and Brussels sprouts with pumpkin seed praline and pomegranate molasses, and a cauliflower and coriander leaf soup with spiced tomato oil. This is followed by a rustic turkey and Swiss chard tart and then poached pears with chocolate and pistachio. As always with Rory’s recipes, these are straight-forward to prepare, light to eat and full of flavour. - A Simply Delicious Christmas (2018), Part 2
E9A Simply Delicious Christmas (2018), Part 2Darina Allen joins Rory for the second installment of his 2018 Christmas season specials. In this episode, they prepare smoked eel canapes with festive quesadillas, anchovy and sesame seed straws, ragged filo tartlets, and lastly chocolate prunes, marzipan dates, and Christmas chocolate pops. - How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O'Connell (2019)
E10How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O'Connell (2019)Rory O' Connell brings us Christmas flavours with a twist! His dishes include a Red Onion, bacon and Kale broth and a Turkey and Romanesco Pilaf, a Shaved Fennel and Kumquat Salad with Ardsallagh Goats Milk Feta and a mouthwatering Christmas dessert. In this two-part Christmas special, Rory O’Connell uses his unique cooking style and ingenuity to create some interesting Christmas recipes. Christmas can be a challenging time for a cook, but it’s also an opportunity to add a new twist to traditional festive flavours. In both programmes Rory shares new and delicious dishes to add colour and variety to the Christmas table.
