Neven’s Irish Seafood Trails is Neven Maguire’s first series dedicated to seafood. His journey around Ireland takes Neven to Mayo, Cork, Donegal, Sligo, Kerry, Galway, Dublin and Kilkenny, as he discovers the very best of Irish seafood and braves some choppy waters!
Programme four: SLIGO
Sligo, or ‘Sligeach’ in Irish, means ‘Shelly place’ making it the perfect stop for Neven on his Irish Seafood Trails. This week he meets Aisling Kelly of the Sligo Oyster Experience, and she takes Neven on a tour from Wild Atlantic Oysters, an oyster farm in Sligo Bay, to Sligo Town where she demonstrates the versatile ways in which oysters can be cooked.
Sligo Town is also home to the Eala Bahn restaurant where Neven meets Head Chef Anthony Gray, another champion of the Sligo food scene. A little further up the coast is the picturesque village of Mullaghmore, renowned for its local lobsters and crabs. Chef Eithna O’Sullivan of Eithna’s By The Sea shares her recipe for Spiced Lobster with Sea Spaghetti, and as it’s a beautiful day, Eithna cooks outdoors on Mullaghmore Pier.
Further south in Strandhill, Neven visits Voya Seaweed Baths where owner Neil Walton has successfully revived an Irish coastal tradition. Neil and Neven head to the stunning local beach where Neil demonstrates how to harvest wild, organic seaweed suitable for a rejuvenating seaweed bath.
This week Neven cooks a delicious Trout and Crab Ravioli.
Neven’s Irish Seafood Trails is produced and directed by David Hare for InproductionTV and is sponsored by BORD BIA
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