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Food Lovers' Guide to Australia - Series 5
9th July 2008 | 04:45 AET
In the fifth edition of this amazing program, presenters Maeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill boosted the adventure factor by travelling to some of the most far-flung corners of the country… and tasting some truly fascinating food.
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EPISODE GUIDE
| Category | Subject | Recipe | |
| Episode 1 | Feature | Fish Soup and Rice | Fish soup and rice |
| Food Art | Ice Carving | ||
| Produce | Snails | Saffron tagliarini with snails | |
| Snails in beurre noisette on parmesan polenta | |||
| Chef | Russell Jeavons | Russell's pizza dough | |
| Russell's wood fired pizza | |||
| Occasion | Bastille Day | Chestnut soup with hazelnut oil | |
| Rack of lamb with a spiced beetroot glaze | |||
| Episode 2 | Feature | Sea Cucumber | |
| Food Art | Lebanese Bread | ||
| Produce | Eggplant | Grilled eggplant with marinated fetta | |
| Chef | Robyn Touchard | Stuffed calamari (calamari ripieni) | |
| Occasion | The D'Entreacasteaux Channel | Pot roasted lamb with quinces | |
| Episode 3 | Feature | The Desert Taverna | Tzatziki |
| Galaktoboureko (custard in filo) | |||
| Food Art | Pastry Shells | ||
| Produce | Lotus | Chicken and lotus stir fry | |
| Braised lotus with pork rib soup | |||
| Pickled lotus and carrot | |||
| Chef | Don Cameron | Soy and sake beef with ponzu | |
| Occasion | Coming of the Light | ||
| Episode 4 | Feature | Hmong Banana Growers | Banana flower salad |
| Coconut noodle soup | |||
| Food Art | Loukoumathes | Loukoumathes | |
| Produce | Molokheya | Molokheya (Egyptian style) | |
| Chef | Brigitte Hafner | Roast duck with braised cabbage | |
| Occasion | Burghers of Perth | Malcolm's pork curry | |
| Malcolm's crab curry | |||
| Episode 5 | Feature | Cheddar | |
| Food Art | Kuih | ||
| Produce | Pomegranates | Spiced lamb with sweet and sour pomegranate | |
| Chef | Chui Lee Luk | King George whiting rolls | |
| Occasion | Arkhand Path | ||
| Episode 6 | Feature | Buffalo | |
| Food Art | Bignoline & Sfogliatelle | ||
| Produce | Custard Apples | ||
| Chef | Channa Dassanayaka | Cauliflower, cashew and green pea curry | |
| Occasion | Greek Easter | ||
| Episode 7 | Feature | Walnuts | Walnuts and oregano bread |
| Walnut tart | |||
| Food Art | Paella | Paella | |
| Produce | Goats | Moroccan goat | |
| Tandoori leg of goat | |||
| Chef | Pang Ming Chiu | Fortune chicken | |
| Occasion | Zev-Ku Sefa | Chilli walnut dip (cevizli biber) | |
| Lamb fillo parcels (serimsek) | |||
| Baklawa | |||
| Turkish lentil and bulgur patties (mercimekli kofte) | |||
| Episode 8 | Feauture | Han Sun | Crispy skin Chinese chicken |
| Food Art | Rosa de Morango e Chocolat | ||
| Produce | Persimmons | Spiced persimmon tart | |
| Persimmon and coconut parfait | |||
| Chef | George Biron | Hare fillet with wild mushrooms | |
| Occasion | Tuesday Dinner | ||
| Episode 9 | Feature | Southern Blue Fin Tuna | |
| Food Art | Marshmallow Pillows | ||
| Produce | Taro | Rice stuffed chicken | |
| Taro three ways with crusted barramundi | |||
| Sop-sop variation | |||
| Tempura taro stems | |||
| Taro crisps | |||
| Chef | Scott Minervini | Salad of abalone, pork and celeriac | |
| Occasion | Pimai | ||
| Episode 10 | Feature | Slow Food | |
| Food Art | Falafel | Falafel | |
| Produce | Saffron | Pan roasted blue eye with saffron glaze | |
| Chef | Nadine Abensur | Fennel, pumpkin and eggplant tagine with chickpeas | |
| Chermoula swordfish with boulangere potatoes | |||
| Fried flour tortillas | |||
| Occasion | The Joy Luck Club | Wonton & egg (lomein) noodles | |
| Marmalade pork | |||
| Episode 11 | Feature | Blue Swimmer Crab | |
| Food Art | Bombe Alaska | ||
| Produce | Rice | Baked Italian rice (timballo di riso) | |
| Chef | Shane Delia | Braised potatoes with Maltese sausage | |
| Occasion | Tropical Greens | ||
| Episode 12 | Feature | Bullboars | |
| Food Art | Peking Duck | ||
| Produce | Strawberries | Strawberry marscarpone cake | |
| Strawberry muffins | |||
| Chefs | Thomas Johns | Seared scallops with fennel and citrus | |
| Occasion | Grey Nomads | Cheesy lemonade scones | |
| Baked mixed vegetables | |||
| Barbecued prawns | |||
| Episode 13 | Feature | Sun Pictures | Burmese rice "salad" (htamin lethoke) |
| Food Art | The Wild Thing | ||
| Produce | Pistachios | Baked fish with pistachio and tahini (samke harra) | |
| Pistachio icecream | |||
| Pistachios in dukkah | |||
| Warm salad of chermoula duck | |||
| BBQ quail with pistachio pesto | |||
| Chef | Timmy Kemp | Braised lamb shanks in yellow curry | |
| Occasion | Parrillada Argentina |
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