Name: James Martin: Home Comforts Season 1
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014

S01 Episode 1

Lazy Days

James creates an amazing chicken and mushroom puff pastry pie and slow-cooked spare ribs; Wiltshire microbrewer Alasdair Large pops by for a visit.

43 mins · Mon, 17 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 2

Comfort Cooking

James creates a hearty beef and red wine pie, a delicious chicken fricassee and some homemade marshmallows, and catches up with the farmers who are creating salt marsh beef.

43 mins · Tue, 18 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 3

Midweek Suppers

James prepares toad in the hole with onion gravy and blackberry and apple millefeuille. Later, he catches up with a family of fish farmers who have been delivering top quality trout for over 30 years.

43 mins · Wed, 19 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 4

Home Cooking in a Hurry

James creates a simple chicken escalope with lemon, nuts and thyme, and an icebox chocolate cake that doesn't need to be cooked. Ex-Formula 1 driver Jody Scheckter pops in with buffalo mozzarella from his farm.

43 mins · Thu, 20 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 5

Movie Night Nibbles

James whips up some squid with the ultimate dipping sauce, chicken wings with wedges, and catches up with popcorn makers Catherine and Richard Furze.

43 mins · Thu, 20 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 6

Homemade Takeouts

James prepares a menu of must-have, home-cooked takeaway meals.

Mon, 24 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 7

Winter Warmers

James puts together his favourite winter warmer dishes, making jacket potato skins and clementine steamed pudding; Gerard Baker prepares hodge-podge, a popular medieval stew.

43 mins · Tue, 25 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 8

Cheap and Cheerful

James creates three meals from a single ham hock, and prepares his take on tartiflette.

Wed, 26 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 9

Meals for One

James cooks meals for one, including Thai crab risotto, and steak and chips with homemade Bearnaise sauce.

43 mins · Thu, 27 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 10

Childhood Favourites

James reveals the recipes that remind him of his childhood in Yorkshire, including his grandmother's roast shoulder of pork and her bacon sandwiches.

44 mins · Fri, 28 Feb 2014

S01 Episode 11

Home-Cooked Treat Night

James shows how every night can be a treat night, with some simple home-cooked recipes that can turn a mundane meal into something special. He cooks a classic prawn cocktail, roast lamb with homemade mint jelly and luxurious vanilla-cured salmon. Food historian Gerard Baker reveals the history behind a traditional treat - the trifle - and there's a trip to the Dorset flour mill producing some of the region's award-winning organic flour.

Mon, 3 Mar 2014

S01 Episode 12

Prep Now, Eat Later

James proves that a full-on lifestyle is no excuse to not make home-cooked food by whipping up a slow-cooked chicken chasseur and pork loin stuffed with chestnuts and sage; Thomas Maieli shares his passion for duck confit.

43 mins · Tue, 4 Mar 2014

S01 Episode 13

Store Cupboard Staples

James demonstrates some of his simple but tasty home-cooked recipes, including macaroni cheese, a cheat's tomato soup, and a white chocolate and whiskey croissant pudding.

43 mins · Wed, 5 Mar 2014

S01 Episode 14

Pick-Me-Ups

James demonstrates his recipes for some home made pick-me-ups, including a nourishing squash and lime soup and a vitamin-rich poached haddock with egg.

43 mins · Thu, 6 Mar 2014

S01 Episode 15

Dressed to Impress

James demonstrates how to impress dinner party guests with easy home recipes, including beef Wellington, a passionfruit delice, and a custard souffle.

43 mins · Fri, 7 Mar 2014

S01 Episode 16

Dressed to Impress

James serves up home-cooked recipes that look like restaurant dishes.

Fri, 7 Mar 2014

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