Thrills at the Mill Pick of the day
NEVEN’S IRISH FOOD TRAILS
RTE One, 8.30pm AFTER a memorable trip through Italy, Neven Maguire is back with another series of Neven’s Irish Food Trails.
Tonight he travels to Rathmooney in Co Dublin, home to the cutting-edge Country Crest farm.
Beef, potatoes, onions and ready meals are all produced there and Managing Director Michael Hoey gives Neven a guided tour.
He is fascinated to learn about Country Crest’s sustainability goals. They generate more than 50% of their power from a wind turbine and have ground-breaking plans to generate heat and electricity using vegetable waste.
Neven’s trail then leads him to Co Limerick and the Adare Manor Hotel which has recently undergone some of the most lavish renovations ever seen in Ireland. Head Of Culinary Loughlin Druhan takes him behind the scenes where an astonishing
52 chefs work in the state of the art kitchens.
Keen to see what’s on the menu, Neven meets chef Michael Tweedie who shows him how to make a delicious quail dish.
Next stop is Bennettsbridge, Co Kilkenny, where he meets Bill and Rob Mosse of the Little Mill Company, one of Ireland’s oldest family businesses. After exploring the milling process, Neven learns how wholegrain flour can be used to make a carrot cake in the company’s kitchens. And finally heading home to Blacklion in Co Cavan, Neven cooks his own original recipe – beef bourguignon with mashed potato.