Shane Delia's Spice Journey
Season 2
Shane Delia's Spice Journey takes us on a culinary pilgrimage to explore his heritage, discover Middle Eastern food traditions that date back thousands of years...and then reinvent them for the 21st century.
Where to Watch Shane Delia's Spice Journey • Season 2
10 Episodes
- Ottomania: Food Fit For SultansE1
Ottomania: Food Fit For SultansFrom their gilded palace on Seraglio Point, the Ottoman Sultans ruled an empire that dominated the Mediterranean between 1453 and 1922, and spread their cuisine and culture throughout the Middle East, North Africa and South Eastern Europe. With renewed pride in their Ottoman past, Turkish chefs are rediscovering the ancient recipes that were served to the Sultans, and serving them to eager diners in restored palaces and renovated timber mansions or konaks. The episode follows Shane as he explores the lifestyle of the sultans. Then, wanting to see how the other half lived during Ottoman times, he joins the people of Istanbul in a public ‘Iftar’ feast, a modern revival of an Ottoman tradition. Back in his Melbourne kitchen, Shane cooks up three mouth-watering courses, including: blue eye pastirma; lamb, saltbush and compressed melon; and a luscious clotted cream ice-cream with chocolate soil. - Turkey: Bodrum Peninsula – Turkish delights from the deepE4
Turkey: Bodrum Peninsula – Turkish delights from the deepShane hops aboard a glamorous boat, manoeuvres between the billionaires' super yachts and motor cruisers that dock in Bodrum, and heads out over the briny blue to experience the seafood that makes this area a foodie heaven. - Turkey: Trabzon – a hungering for hamsiE8
Turkey: Trabzon – a hungering for hamsiShane journeys north across the Pontic Mountains, to reach the Black Sea port town of Trabzon, where he tracks down a very special fish, known as the hamsi, and recipes that do this small, anchovy-like creature, culinary justice. - Turkey: Ordu – Where Georgia’s always on your mindE9
Turkey: Ordu – Where Georgia’s always on your mindIn Ordu, Shane is introduced to a cuisine whose culinary heritage lies to the north in Georgia, the former Soviet state. As he joins the hazelnut harvest, and visits an emerald green tea plantation, Shane is introduced to an entirely different – and very surprising – school of Turkish cooking.