HAIRY BIKERS Dave Myers and Si King have been back on the road - and this time they were heading to Norfolk.
The boys headed inland towards East Barsham, a tiny village close to the market town of Fakenham, to meet chef Jake and his partner Terri at The Barsham Arms in an episode of BBC2s The Hairy Bikers Go Local.
Jake said: “We are fully driven by all things local. Our butchers farm all their own cows and pigs, and that’s really important.
“You know where it’s come from, you know it’s had a really nice life.”
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Giving the Bikers a taste of his grub, Jake served them his Nanny Kim’s scone recipe, which he says he has ‘jazzed up’ by topping it with home-grown fruit and ice cream – and setting a torch to it.
Next followed char sui lamb served with a ‘hedgerow ketchup’, made up of ingredients foraged by Jake and his children.
The Bikers then set off in search of three new local suppliers to introduce to Jake.
The first was Georgia and her husband Eddie at Chestnut Farm near Diss.
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It is a family run farm with over 300 geese. Georgia took over the farm from her father, and her children Erin and Joe are now looking to take the reins.
The Bikers took the ‘exceptional’ product back to base to cook up the first of three dishes to present to Jake.
The dish was seared goose breast served over a green peppercorn risotto.
The next supplier to be paid a visit was Lucy and Rebecca at Tofurei in Lenwade.
The company produces tofu and the soya beans used to make it are grown down the road in Norfolk.
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Taking the product back to base, the Bikers created a tasty sweet and spicy sticky tofu.
The final local supplier to be visited by Dave and Si was Bruin and brother Max at the Leith House Orchards in Burnham Overy.
From the orchard, which has 3,000 trees, plums have been used to create drinks, liqueurs and even vinegar.
The orchard grows over 40 varieties of plums.
The Bikers took full buckets and other products, including plum liqueur, back to base and created a four seasons summer pudding.
Upon tasting the dishes, Jake described the tofu as ‘lovely and unique’ and the goose as a ‘loved piece of meat’.
Jake also called the plums ‘fantastic’.
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