Crossing the Blues
The renowned chef Raymond Blanc welcomed back to the cameras to share their career Oxfordshire cooking secrets of the kitchen, raised and loved in the last 35 years.

Raymond Blanc Kitchen Secrets series 2 starts on Monday, February 21 on BBC Two at 20:30.

Program, a series of recipes for cooks of all abilities that are inspiring and achievable.


In this episode ("Shell"), the first of eight, Raymond shares his love of the sea, to celebrate the best of British deposits. For starters, a favorite ingredient in French with a very British, mussels in white wine made with fresh mussels, bathed in Devon plump garlic, wine and broth heady with herbs.

Next, spicy, seared calamari salad with colorful vegetables of Provence and crunchy fennel. Sweet, juicy scallops are an exotic touch, sleep in the bed of cauliflower puree silky flavor and aromatic oil bhajis cauliflower curry.

For a final adjustment for a king, Raymond prepared a feast of Scottish lobster with a rich juice perfectly delicious red pepper and cardamom and exquisite caviar beads. And this is the first time Raymond when he visited a fishing village in Fife to join local fishermen on board as you drop the lobster.