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Tastes Like Home, Series 3, Episode 4, Monday 26th November, 7:30PM, RTÉ One

Catherine Fukvio is in Bray and Gran Canaria.

Meal- Pork Fillet Stuffed with Prunes with Mustard Mash and Minty Vegetables

Bray resident Nikki Preston-Doyle hits the spotlight in episode four of the third series of Tastes Like Home, where she teaches Catherine Fulvio, how to make pork fillet stuffed with prunes served with mustard mash and minty vegetables. The dish is a favourite of Nikki’s sister Jill Preston-Doyle, who has been living in Gran Canaria for the past 20 years with her daughter Carolina.

The show opens with Catherine spending time with Nikki in Bray before the Tastes Like Home team take to the skies and travel to Gran Canaria, to spend time with Jill and re-create Nikki’s much-loved recipe from home plus Catherine will serve up one of her special dishes, sticky banana date pudding with a rum caramel sauce.

Gran Canaria is one of Spain’s Canary Islands, off northwestern Africa with a population of just 847,830. Known for its black lava and white sand beaches. Gran Canaria’s southern beaches include bustling Playa del Inglés and Puerto Rico as well as quieter Puerto de Mogán and San Agustín.  The island’s interior is rural and mountainous.

Catherine said of her time in Gran Canaria,“ I discovered that potatoes appear to be loved by all in Gran Canaria, I particularly enjoyed their “wrinkly potatoes”, a thin skinned potato, traditionally cooked in sea water which gives them their wrinkly effect. I enjoyed learning ‘Spanglish’ which came about when locals misunderstood what was printed on packaging. A great example being ‘Otudates’, a favourite potato actually got its name from a misunderstanding from notes on the seedling potato boxes stating “out of date – you couldn’t make it up!”.

“I found the Arehucas distillery (rum) to be very unique – not just because of the pink rum (yum!) but also because of the signed barrels – some had sketches on them by famous artists – I happened upon a pair – one signed by Tom Jones and the other by Julio Iglesias – which would have made my mother exceedingly happy had she been there!” Catherine continued.

Jill lives in Tauro valley in Anfi Tauro an idyllic place with a climate of eternal sunshine. Cocooned between majestic mountains the championship golf course (Anfi Tauro Golf Course) gently rolls down towards the crystalline Atlantic Ocean, providing you with a perfect location for your dream holidays and in Nikki’s case a fabulous back drop to her life.

Culturally, viewers are treated to a tour of the many culinary and cultural delights as Catherine takes a tour of a rum distillery (Arehucas Rum Distillery) that is over 100 years old. She learns all about Gofio a roasted cereal flour at a local mill, Gofio is one of the most ancestral foods of the Canary Islands since its origin goes back back hundreds of years ago. She also visits a local restaurant to sample some of Gran Canaria’s best local cuisine, and visits the biggest Cactus Park in Europe with cacti measuring over several meters high followed by a trip to the only Coffee Plantation in Europe.

Tastes Like Home is proudly sponsored by Londis