A Journey of Discovering Italy | Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape S6 Ep4

Gino D’Acampo is going back to his roots to explore the Adriatic coastline and the Italian flavors along the way. Subscribe to Our Taste: https://bit.ly/3OZoDcV

Series 6 – Episode 4 | This film was first broadcast: 2018

Chef Gino D’Acampo travels along the Adriatic coastline, exploring towns steeped in history and culture, and sharing recipes inspired by the places and people he meets along the way.

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I’m back in my home country to explore one of Italy’s Best Kept Secrets this it’s stunning at Artic Coast I’m on a 700 mile Journey exploring the extraordinary sites and flavors Mama Mia it’s very delicious wonderful of The Magnificent east coast of Italy and it’s beautiful crystal clear

Waters from magical Venice in the North to the most southern point of the Adriatic welcome to my Italian Coastal Escape I am almost 350 mil into my journey South along the entire Adriatic coast and I’ve arrived in the agricultural province of fja from here I’ll be catching a ride to the remote islands of trity they are Italy’s only Adriatic archipelago a secret Hideway these five lar green islands are known as the

Pearls of the Adriatic I have to say not the usual Italian weather but it is what it is My worry is that I need to get on an helicopter right now so wish me luck I haven’t chartered a private helicopter this is the twice daily shuttle service for the Islanders and

It’s costing me just €50 uh Fran Fran cost okay so the pilot is a French man first I’ll be exploring the largest island of San Domino the flights there should take 20 minutes but as I’m traveling on one of the few stormy days of the year it takes a little longer and

Makes for a bumpy R I came here the first time I must ever been about 7even 8 years old with my mom and dad and my little sister so this bring a lot of memories in my mind monks were the first settlers here back in the Middle Ages

Now it’s home to a small community of 300 families trity became a holiday destination for Italians in the 1940s and it’s still one of our best kept secrets now there are two ways you can come here on the trity island you can use an helicopter which he flies two

Times every day or you can get a ferry I suggest the ferry San Domino is the most populated and greenest of the islands covered by dense Pine forests surrounded by Rocky Cliffs falling into turquoise Waters ah finally the sunshine is out I’m going to go with my friend Marco here in this

Little car come everything all right he’s going to take me to see the islands oh Marco’s family have lived here since the 18th century and now run one of the hotels he’s taking me to the best vantage point to appreciate these stunning Islands So in The Pick of the summer is 400 people on this island and during the winter there are more or less more or less 200 people and obviously my question is coming from London is what do you do with 200 people all winter he said we live in peace which I can kind

Of get it I like that San Domino is just 2 mes square with one road half a dozen hotels and a tiny Harbor this is called The Paradise Island as far as ingredient is concerned because any fruit and veg you can think of they grow it if there is something in

Particular that they haven’t go there are helicopter and boats who brings all the other ingredients here look at that Mama Marco points out San Nicola the only other inhabited island with its imposing fort right in front is kacho the smallest of the trity islands and to the left is named after his wild Capers the fifth island pianosa is further away closer to Croatia I really like that Island there that’s

Called Caprara just ask him if they would sell it to me straightforward no as a chef what excites me about s Domino is the abundance of fresh ingredients see here on the trity island they grow pretty much whatever they need they have all the herbs they want fruit

Vegetable and Marco gave me the access to his back garden and he actually told me I can pick up whatever I want the islands are almost self-sufficient the volcanic soil is rich in minerals which makes for fertile growing conditions and wild fenel like this grows everywhere

Here now let me explain something to you about parle I often see people using curly parley let me tell you that is wrong flavored wise they’re they’re useless they’re very Woody pretty much tasteless if you want to use parsley and this is going to be perfect for my next recipe I always suggest

To use this flat Lea parsley this is the real flavor of parsley the ingredient that’s most abundant here is seafood bought into the harbor Every Morning Fresh from the Adriatic so for Marco I’m cooking fish skewers with my Italian Twist on a tartar sauce on the trity island in the

Middle of the Adriatic now there is only one thing that I want you to do barbecue I’m cooking with today’s catch Barracuda mael mfish PRS and squeed now skewers a lot of people they use those wooden skewers the one that you soak them and that I like metal skewers because

They’re easier and the thing with metal is that once you put the skewer on the bar because metal attracts a lot of heat you cook the fish from the inside faster as well and to make the skewers even tastier I love to use lemon the way to do it I start with the

Lemon so that’s your starting point then I’m going to put a chunk of baracuda then I got a little bit of mfish like this then I got some mackerel that’s another another one that I find this morning just fill it mael very good for you oily fish mackerel is also cheap but

Any firm fish will work then press everything together at this and the job is done now let me show you a proper Italian marinade first of all extra virgin olive oil then we go salt very important to Salt the fish at the beginning then I’m going to use cheky

Chili flakes you could use black pepper if you want right so move the skewers around I’m wored about the seagulls that they’re going to take my skewers finally a squeeze of lemon juice here we go there he is now looking at the barbecue which is quite hot now this will take about 6

Minutes on each side these skewers can also be cooked under a grill now the first ingredient for the tartar sauce I’m using mayonnaise then I got this little girkins chop away so I’m using about four or five then in there I’m going to use Capers everywhere on these islands

You can find capers everywhere Caper berries and normal Capers again chop away in there I’m also using finally chopped shots okay that goes on top as well and I’m going to pour flatly parsley and the fennel we picked up this morning with Marco like this in there we’re going to

Put a little bit of lemon juice and a touch of white wine vinegar just to give natural sharpness and then some chili flakes just to give an extra kick oh happy with that this sauce is also incredible mixed with new potatoes and now moment of the truth look at that

Absolutely perfect with a squeeze of lemon all over and finally a little drizzle extra virgin olive Oil now this is what I call a barbecue on the beach Hey he wants a knife and a fork Mar says the SAU is quite spicy that’s the idea oh the tart sace so far on the exity Island I’m having the time of my life Salute I’m in the middle of the Adriatic exploring the largest of the trity islands San Domino 30 years ago the Waters of this unspoiled archipelago became a protected Marine rain Reserve everything okay yeah I’ve been looking forward to this all morning Gano and his dive team help Monitor and protect the underwater conservation Zone they are taking me to a special spot on the south of the islands they told me this is one of the best place in the Adriatic Coast not white

Yes it is because you can find several kind of uh Flora FAA that’s particularly and you can find only here in trity island so now we are in the middle of the Adriatic what about Pirates did you guys have Pirates here yeah they the Turkish Pirates because uh this

Particular island is exactly in the middle of that so all the people come from Dalia Coast if they want to go to Italy Coast they have to stop in a island and then carry yes and they pay lots of money and stuff we couldn’t find gold we couldn’t find a chest of gold

Yes of course definitely colder than I thought it would be okay ready There is an incredible variety of fish here from cow bream to red scorpion fish but it’s the rare coral beds and sea plants that makes these Waters unique the seabed is littered with ancient Roman shipwrecks and divers come from all over the world to explore this underwater Paradise

And I have landed on one of the Dozen secret CES that surrounded this island well guys if you like snorkeling and go underwater definitely I would suggest to come to the trity island it’s just awesome awesome after drying off I’m leaving San Domino to explore the only other trity Island

Which is inhabited San Nicola it’s just a 5minute trip across on the shuttle boat a 100t stretch the locals here once swam San Nicolas ABY was built by monks in the Middle Ages and this vast medieval foress was built to protect it from Invasion these huge gates are the only

Way into the Fortress it’s a steep half a mile walk up to the very top what’s incredible about this island is that for centuries it was used as a prison from the Roman Empire all the way to musolini this entire Island operated as a prison for 400 years everyone from

Prostitutes to political activists were exiled here there is still a small village in the middle of the Fortress where some descendants of those prisoners still [Applause] live and after all the walking this is the prize the ab of Santa Maria Amare built in the 11th century the crumbling ABY still serves as the

Church for the tiny community that lives here father maim is the Priest you know that’s one thing that father maim said which I spoted straight away is the silence around here no the interesting thing that on this island especially winter time they only have between 10 and 25 people living on the whole islands and I was asking uh

Father masimo but how can you live you know such small community and he was explain that it’s like a big family he said the most important thing that you realize when you live on an island like this is that really humans we don’t need as much as we think we need we

Don’t need phones and internet and all the things that they bombarding us to buy and do it and I I think it’s is a a brilliant way of living I don’t know if I could live like them I have to say but I admire someone who who lives like

Behind the Abby is a deric monastery and behind that a spectacular view of the Islands I can’t believe that they used to send people here as a punishment this is just Paradise before I leave these magical Islands I’m going to use one of the herbs that grows wild everywhere here rosarino in a traditional Italian steak dinner I’m going to show you how to make a tayata which is a beautiful Reby steak thinly sliced we’re going to serve it on rocket

Leaves with balsamic glaze then I’m going to do a salad with a bit of radico Walnut pears aacho Gorgonzola now let me show you my favorite cat Meats the rby okay there is a lot of fat can you see all these veins of fat into the meats

These veins of fat will melt as you cook it and this is going to be tender plenty of flavor guys Reby if you like a steak is the cut of meat you want to use now often people they make the mistake they get the oil and they put the oil

Straight on the gridle pan that is not the way to do it the way to do is this you put a touch of oil on the steak and just rub the oil all over the steak on both Sid so hot gror pan listen to the sexy sound of a steak on a

Grail I’ve just picked up a lot of Rosemary that is on the island and I’m going to prepare a bed because it’s very important to rest the steak before you start to cut it and what’s going to happen once you put the steak on there

The heat of the steak is going to absorb all the flavor of the Rosemary so this is going to be my resting bed for the steak now the other things that you’re going to have to remember and this I have to say is a man problem what a man tends to do is

This then he moves again then from left go to right then from right goes to left and then from the top from the bo the more you move the steak the more moisture you’re going to lose the tougher the steak is going to be now

Have a look at the color look at that that tells you that the steak is cooked from on one side to Perfection nice and crispy okay cook for around 4 minutes on each side for medium pick up your steak straight onto the bed or Rosemary now you can imagine What’s Happening

Here the hot steak is going to absorb all the flavor of the fresh Rosemary while the steak rests lightly Grill some sliced pear and cherry tomatoes by the time that I cut the steak should be all done now the way I like to serve it like

A propa tayata get yourself a nice long tray rocket leaves on the bottom on one side I got some beautiful Radu here which I’m just going to slice so this I’m going to put on this side then for the steak you just lift it up see all the juices they all gone on

The bottom there and now is the time to cut it so I’m going to start this side first see the good thing by making Tata is that you can actually use two steaks to serve for three people so it saves you money as well pick up the steak the

Other one I’m going to put it here oh look at that add salt then a touch of olive oil and some Parmesan shavings so very important to put balsamic glaze because this gives natural sweetness to the steak then we got our beautiful pears like this crumble over Gorgonzola

Cheese crushed walnuts and finally the grilled Tomatoes see what I don’t understand who says then a steak and salad has to be boring look at that one thing about this island it really takes away all the stress from you so if you want a super relaxing Holiday trity

Island is the place to be [Applause] salute BL BL