Rachel Allen's Coastal Cooking

Ireland's gourmet goddess Rachel Allen is back with a new show that sees her travel along the southern and western coast in search of the best local produce. In this episode Rachel Allen travels from Dungarvan to Ballycotton as she embarks on her coastal cooking adventure. She meets up with old f...

Rachel Allen continues her culinary tour of the coast, and arrives at the pretty harbour town of Kinsale.

This week Rachel is in beautiful West Cork where she visits an old friend, takes a tour of a copper mine and learns about the famous Hag of Beara as she cooks up some tasty treats.

In this episode, Rachel takes inspiration from wonderful Valentia Island in Co Kerry.

In Dingle, Rachel judges a mini Spud Off, using the prize-winning potatoes in two recipes, including a soup.

Rachel visits a rare breed farm in Kilcornan and a fermenter in Limerick, cooking pork and turbot dishes.

Rachel visits a perfumery and a heritage farm in the Burren, cooking fish and focaccia.

Rachel collects oysters in Galway, and forages for woodruff with an award-winning chef.

Rachel hauls in mussels at Killary, tastes sea cucumbers and eats gravadlax on the rocks.

Rachel shears a sheep in Mayo, cooks lamb shanks, and bakes honey and almond cake.

Rachel snorkels for seaweed in Sligo, makes crispy pancakes and rakes cockles for a soup.

Rachel meets a herd of Dexter beef cattle, barbecues steak, and bakes a fruit pie in Donegal.

Rachel Allen takes inspiration from the Irish coast for some festive delights, including the perfect christmas roast and some delicious festive chocolates.