It's a stuffed pasta showdown as Sara travels to an ancient Tuscan villa to learn the secrets of homemade ravioli from a real Italian chef, a delicious but time-consuming task involving asparagus, goat cheese and a whole lot of chianti. Back home in her American kitchen, Sara shows us a hack to make a homemade ravioli stuffed with spicy greens, quick enough for a weeknight and pretty darn tasty. Which is best? Only the cook knows.
Snack your way through dinner with these delicious small bites from all over the world. Sara starts at the birthplace of appetizers for dinner - Catalonia, Spain. There she tastes the famous jamon with a local chef, who teaches her two quick tapas - a Spanish omelet and simple Bread with Tomatoes. In Turkey, Sara tastes local cheese in the bazaar, then joins some Istanbul natives for Mushroom String Cheese Dip slathered on bread. Sara answers a viewer's question about spices on Ask Sara, and finally, she makes her own favorite snack, a decadent Alsatian Onion Pie with melty Gruyere cheese from the Alps.
Naples and Sorrento, are neighboring Italian seaside towns with wildly different food traditions. In Naples, Sara's on the hunt for the perfect pizza in the place where it all started. First, she unlocks the secret recipe for the best Neapolitan pizza at the famous Gino Sorbillos. Fried meat filled pizza may be even better than that, or is the best one a unique star shaped pizza with a cheese stuffed crust? Just across the bay in Sorrento it's all lemons, all the time as Sara visits a proud family of lemon growers. They make a citrus flecked cheese and Grandma's Lemon Pasta in a lemon grove overlooking the Mediterranean. Recipes: Gino Sorbillo's Neapolitan Pizza; Sorrento's Caciotta cheese; Homemade Lemon Pasta.
In Spain, paella is so popular there are competitions between towns for the best recipe. It is especially so in Valencia, where Sara cooks with local chef Franck Garanger. At the local market, he finds his secret ingredients for a showstopping paella, cooked outdoors, on the open fire, overlooking the sea. If we didn't have you at Paella, just wait for the dinner where it's eaten right out of the pan with special rules for pilfering your dinner partners portion. Then, Sara sautes fish topped with a colorful Gazpacho Vinaigrette. Recipes: Valencia Paella; Sauteed Fish with Gazpacho Vinaigrette.
Naples and Sorrento, are neighboring Italian seaside towns with wildly different food traditions. In Naples, Sara's on the hunt for the perfect pizza in the place where it all started. First, she unlocks the secret recipe for the best Neapolitan pizza at the famous Gino Sorbillos. Fried meat filled pizza may be even better than that, or is the best one a unique star shaped pizza with a cheese stuffed crust? Just across the bay in Sorrento it's all lemons, all the time as Sara visits a proud family of lemon growers. They make a citrus flecked cheese and Grandma's Lemon Pasta in a lemon grove overlooking the Mediterranean. Recipes: Gino Sorbillo's Neapolitan Pizza; Sorrento's Caciotta cheese; Homemade Lemon Pasta.
In Spain, paella is so popular there are competitions between towns for the best recipe. It is especially so in Valencia, where Sara cooks with local chef Franck Garanger. At the local market, he finds his secret ingredients for a showstopping paella, cooked outdoors, on the open fire, overlooking the sea. If we didn't have you at Paella, just wait for the dinner where it's eaten right out of the pan with special rules for pilfering your dinner partners portion. Then, Sara sautes fish topped with a colorful Gazpacho Vinaigrette. Recipes: Valencia Paella; Sauteed Fish with Gazpacho Vinaigrette.
Sara's Weeknight Meals hits three continents in one show, starting with Africa, where Sara starts a food tour of Tunisia's Sidi Bou Said at a tea house with chef and food historian Malek Labidi. After tasting the local version of donuts, they retreat to a garden overlooking the Mediterranean to make a killer Shakshuka, eggs poached in spicy red sauce. Later we dive into the Medina in Tunis to learn about spicy Harissa, the ketchup of Tunisia. Then it's off to Europe and Asia and specifically Istanbul, Turkey, which straddles both continents. A shopping trip with local TV chef Refika Burgul, then a lesson in making salt cured Sea Bass fresh from the Bosporus, plus the addictive Turkish beef and French fry favorite, Kochertme.
Fish is on the menu when Sara joins Greek Chef Maria Loi in a harbor near Athens to cook lemony, crispy skinned Branzino along with Beet, Beans and Feta Salad and Lemon Potatoes. Then it's off to Athen's Varvakios Central Market to buy Retsina at a famous tavern for a rooftop mezze party in the shadow of the Acropolis. Back at home, Sara uses canned sardines for a quick and easy pantry taco.
Sara's Weeknight Meals hits three continents in one show, starting with Africa, where Sara starts a food tour of Tunisia's Sidi Bou Said at a tea house with chef and food historian Malek Labidi. After tasting the local version of donuts, they retreat to a garden overlooking the Mediterranean to make a killer Shakshuka, eggs poached in spicy red sauce. Later we dive into the Medina in Tunis to learn about spicy Harissa, the ketchup of Tunisia. Then it's off to Europe and Asia and specifically Istanbul, Turkey, which straddles both continents. A shopping trip with local TV chef Refika Burgul, then a lesson in making salt cured Sea Bass fresh from the Bosporus, plus the addictive Turkish beef and French fry favorite, Kochertme.
Fish is on the menu when Sara joins Greek Chef Maria Loi in a harbor near Athens to cook lemony, crispy skinned Branzino along with Beet, Beans and Feta Salad and Lemon Potatoes. Then it's off to Athen's Varvakios Central Market to buy Retsina at a famous tavern for a rooftop mezze party in the shadow of the Acropolis. Back at home, Sara uses canned sardines for a quick and easy pantry taco.
On the Spanish island of Mallorca, an ancient olive grove tended by sheep is the magical setting for Sara and local chef Joan Abrams to cook over an open fire. After tasting olive oil from trees that are 1000 years old, we cook the local hunters stew of Arroz Brut, with a fire roasted tapa of eggplant and peppers. Back home, Sara makes Seafood Gazpacho. On 'Ask Sara', she answers a viewer's questions about Lemons.
Who gets to cook at a Sultan's palace in Istanbul? Sara does! She and the Palace chef make two local fishes - traditional Turkish Steamed Sea Bass and Salt Crusted Sea Bream. Later, she takes a boat ride on the Bosphorus to see how local fishermen catch their meals in the middle of a city and learns to make a Moroccan classic - Chicken Apricot Tagine.
On the Spanish island of Mallorca, an ancient olive grove tended by sheep is the magical setting for Sara and local chef Joan Abrams to cook over an open fire. After tasting olive oil from trees that are 1000 years old, we cook the local hunters stew of Arroz Brut, with a fire roasted tapa of eggplant and peppers. Back home, Sara makes Seafood Gazpacho. On 'Ask Sara', she answers a viewer's questions about Lemons.
Who gets to cook at a Sultan's palace in Istanbul? Sara does! She and the Palace chef make two local fishes - traditional Turkish Steamed Sea Bass and Salt Crusted Sea Bream. Later, she takes a boat ride on the Bosphorus to see how local fishermen catch their meals in the middle of a city and learns to make a Moroccan classic - Chicken Apricot Tagine.
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