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♪ E mi chiedo val la pena
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♪ Di restare qui abbracciati?
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♪ Mentre il giorno ce piu
e la luna da lassu
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♪ Fa da specchio ai nostri baci... ♪
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Here in Britain,
we love our Italian food.
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And one of our best loved dishes
is stuffed pasta.
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My favourite is tortellini.
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For me, it's ravioli
with Parmesan on top.
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In the UK, we spend around
£130 million
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on these Italian classics
every year.
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And to find out how
it's produced...
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..we've come to a factory
that's been making it since 1929.
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Ow! Ow, ow!
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I'm Gregg Wallace...
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GREGG SCREAMS, LAUGHS
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..and tonight, I'm following
the production of stuffed pasta,
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from full-flavoured ingredients...
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I've never seen this amount
of shellfish, ever.
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..to speciality dough...
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It's much denser, much heavier.
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If I had to mix and knead this by
hand, I'd have forearms like Popeye.
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..to see how these
produce-packed parcels are formed.
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You're making it look home-made.
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You clever boy.
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I'm Cherry Healey...
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DISCORDANT SQUEALING AND SCREECHING
Oh, God!
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..and I'll be orchestrating
an experiment
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to find out if sound can affect
our sense of taste.
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This a bit more sour, more bitter.
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That is the sourest music
known to humankind.
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And historian Ruth Goodman is
investigating how Italian migrants
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helped to rebuild war-torn Britain.
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So why does Bedford have such
a large Italian community?
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It's all about this.
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A brick.
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500 million pasta parcels are made
in this factory every year.
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And we're going to reveal
just how they do it.
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Welcome to Inside The Factory.
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This is the Dell'Ugo factory
in Borehamwood,
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just north of London.
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It's a family-run business
that's been making pasta
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for four generations.
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They make a range
of fresh egg pasta,
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from lasagne sheets
to spinach and ricotta tortellini.
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But I'm making one of their
best-selling stuffed pastas -
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the crab and crayfish raviolo.
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Raviolo are stuffed squares
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that are just a bit bigger
than their little cousins, ravioli.
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And to make the crab and crayfish
filling for our parcels,
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we need a selection of shellfish.
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So I'm heading to the factory's
intake area...
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..to catch a delivery with factory
manager Cesar Da Rocha.
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Cesar!
Yes.
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Right, tell me,
what have you got on there?
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OK, so in here, we have our
weekly delivery of crayfish.
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We get delivered a pallet
every week.
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In each pallet,
we have about 50 cases. 480 kilos.
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Almost half a tonne?!
Yes.
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Of crayfish?
Yes, yes.
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Now, where do they come from?
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These specific ones,
they come from Denmark.
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From Denmark? Yeah.
Are they fresh? Are they frozen?
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They come in frozen.
You know what? Let me show you.
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Sure. Let me get them off
and show you.
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And as Cesar unloads the 480 kilo
delivery of crayfish...
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..production of my raviolo begins.
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So this is the crayfish tails
that we get delivered. Ah.
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You get the tai...
Ah, just the tails.
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Yes, just the tail. They come
pre-shelled and pre-cooked.
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I actually have some crayfish here.
I'm going to show you.
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Pretty little things, ain't they?
Yes.
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They're closely related to lobster.
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These ones,
they come from fresh water.
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They live mainly in streams
and lakes.
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In terms of flavour,
the flavour you get out of these
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is a combination of lobster,
crab, shrimp,
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maybe not as salty, a bit sweeter.
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And this delivery you've got here,
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how many raviolo would you expect
to make with it?
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Way over 200,000 individual raviolo.
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Very impressive.
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Cesar, thank you.
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Along with the crayfish, our pasta
parcels contain another shellfish,
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one of my favourites, crab.
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And Cherry has nipped to the coast
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to find a catch of these
big-clawed crustaceans.
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This pretty seaside town
is a little gem.
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It's a favourite for
holidaying families,
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but it's also world-famous
for crab fishing.
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I'm on the Norfolk coast in Cromer.
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These days, we think of seafood
as being caught by huge trawlers,
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but here, the work is done
by small boats
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that land right on that beach there.
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And I'm waiting for one to return
any minute now.
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I think I see him.
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He's on his way.
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Norfolk's nutrient-rich waters
are home to Cromer crabs,
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prized for being flavoursome,
fragrant, and tender.
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John Davies began fishing for them
on his dad's boat 45 years ago.
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Hi, John.
Hiya!
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Can I come aboard?
You are more than welcome.
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Just be careful.
I will.
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So this is what you were after.
Yeah.
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They're still alive.
I can't pick one out.
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I might lose my finger. Well,
they'll only give you a little nip.
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What's so special about
a Cromer crab?
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I put it down to the chalk and the
flint seabed that they're on,
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and its lovely clean fresh water.
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A bit like a chalk stream trout
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compared to one that's come from
a muddy reservoir.
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Crabs often live under rocks
on the seabed,
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and can't be fished with nets,
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so instead, they're caught in traps.
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John uses traditional parlour pots,
which are baited with pieces of fish
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and left on the seabed for a couple
of days to lure in the crabs.
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How many of these pots
do you have out there?
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How many do you pull up in a day?
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We put an awful lot of these
on the seabed.
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I've got over 1,000 pots
out at the moment. Wow.
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And they'll be in what we call
shanks or lines of 25.
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That's sort of comfortable
for this boat to hold.
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So we haul 25 up and re-bait them,
stack them.
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And on the day, we'll do anything
from 200 to 300 pots a day.
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To sustain the crab population,
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young ones measuring less than
11.5 centimetres
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are returned to the sea.
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Measure at the widest part,
from there to there,
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and you can see that's easily
our legal size.
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Today, John's crew have hauled
300 kilos of mature crab.
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To keep it as fresh as possible,
it's processed the same day
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just a mile down the road
at Jonas Seafood,
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where I'm meeting owner Kevin Jonas.
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Hi, Kevin. Lovely to meet you.
Hiya.
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I mean, there is crab everywhere.
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Every single surface, every box,
is just full of crab.
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Yeah, so today we're cooking
five tonne of crab,
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about 10,000 individual crab.
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To process the crabs,
they're electrically stunned
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before passing through a cooker
where they're immersed in water
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at 98 degrees Celsius
for 25 minutes.
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What happens now these crabs
are all cooked?
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So they move them slowly through
this cooling belt.
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What would happen if you cooled
these crabs down
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really, really fast? You'd lose the
quality of the texture of the meat.
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It would become very runny. Oh.
So it wouldn't be the same.
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That's absolutely not what you want.
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No, it wouldn't be the Cromer crab
that we sell.
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Once the crabs are cooled
to under 5 degrees Celsius,
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the meat is removed from the shell.
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It's a fiddly process
that's too intricate for a machine,
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so 30 people tackle this painstaking
job, called picking,
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getting through 4,000 crabs a day.
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Do you need an extra pair of hands?
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Absolutely. Always.
All right. Put me to work.
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Tsarinka Ivanova has been here
for five years.
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Hello!
Hi.
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I hear you are the fastest picker
in the east of England.
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Will you teach me your ways?
Of course I will.
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OK. So we both have a crab.
What do we do now?
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So now we have to break it
into pieces.
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First we take off the legs,
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then the claws and the bony abdomen.
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Oh, wow. Oh, that actually comes off
quite easily. Yes.
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It's a myth that some parts
of the crab are poisonous,
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but the mouth, stomach and lungs,
or gills,
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have a bitter, unpleasant taste.
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With the knife,
you can take out all the brown meat.
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The shell contains
mainly brown meat.
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The crab's equivalent to its liver,
it has a sweet taste.
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Most of the bold-flavoured white
meat is found in the legs and claws.
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So now... Yeah.
..we have to break the claw.
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With a knife.
OK.
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Smash it!
Smash it, yeah.
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Smash it!
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How long does it take you to do one
of these normally?
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Five minutes.
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It's really fiddly, and you've got
to have such attention to detail.
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To get the very last bits
of meat from the legs,
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Kevin's company uses a machine.
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That's it. Tip them all in.
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It's like a super-sized garlic press
squeezing out the final flakes.
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What it is,
it's a very powerful motor
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which is squeezing the legs
against a drum,
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which has had 1.6 millimetre holes
drilled in it.
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So anything under 1.6 millimetre,
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all the meat,
falls into the meat section.
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So meat that way,
shell down and out.
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Yeah. That's the plan.
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Get every last bit of meat
out of those crabs.
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Less than 24 hours
after they're brought ashore,
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Cromer crabs are cooked, picked,
packed, and frozen,
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ready to travel the 137 miles
to our factory.
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♪ Figaro!
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♪ Son qua!
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♪ Figaro! Son qua!
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♪ Figaro qua, Figaro la,
Figaro qua, Figaro la,
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♪ Figaro su, Figaro giu,
Figaro su, Figaro giu
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♪ Pronto prontissimo son come
il fulmine
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♪ Sono il factotum della citta... ♪
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Here in Borehamwood...
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..crab from Cromer,
along with the cartons of crayfish,
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have been transported from intake
to the kitchen...
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..where I'm meeting director
and joint owner of the factory,
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Charlie Ugo.
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Ooh, lovely!
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Charlie. Gregg. Good to meet you.
Good to meet you.
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Not often I actually get to chat
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with one of the owners
of the company. Indeed.
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Right, what have we got to do?
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So we're making our filling
for our crab and crayfish raviolo.
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Where do we start?
Start with the crab.
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We've got two types of crab meat.
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We've got our leg meat
and we've got our purse meat.
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Purse? If you look at a crab
from the top,
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you'll see that the shell,
without the legs,
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looks a little bit like
a lady's purse.
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I've been in food for 30 years,
I've never heard it called a purse.
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Not everybody uses the brown meat.
Why do you combine the two?
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The leg meat is very original crab
flavour, it adds that fishiness,
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it adds the texture and the bite.
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But the brown meat actually adds
a sweet, delicate flavour.
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I find the brown actually better
flavour than the white. Absolutely.
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How much crab are you using
in each batch?
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OK, so this batch we're doing today,
it's total 125 kilos of filling.
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That's 26 kilos of crab.
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That will make about 210 kilos
of finished raviolo,
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which is about 8,000, 8,500
individual pieces.
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So over here, Gregg, you'll see
we're preparing some of the herbs
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and other ingredients that add
a lot of flavour to the mix.
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Can I help? Please, Gregg. Is that
all right? If you can get in.
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Because what you're doing here
is cooking. Absolutely.
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Just on a big scale.
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Parsley and coriander
are sent frozen from France
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and defrosted at the factory.
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You don't see a lot of coriander
in Italian food. Correct.
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Parsley is west
and coriander is east, like Asian.
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Yep.
It's an unusual combination.
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What we've realised over the years,
Gregg, is that the English palate
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is quite distinctly different
from the Italian palate.
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And English people in general,
the Brits,
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love their own flavour profiles.
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Which is why they have pineapple
on pizza, right? Absolutely.
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The coriander and parsley,
in combination with all the other
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flavours that we have,
allow us to cover
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all of the major five flavours.
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What's the five flavours?
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Salty, sweet, sour, bitter.
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What's the other one?
Umami.
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The aim of any recipe
is to create a balance
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of these flavour combinations
to achieve the desired taste...
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..and umami is known
as the fifth flavour.
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It's intensely savoury.
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Imparted by glutamates, an amino
acid that occurs naturally
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in foods such as meat,
fish and vegetables...
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Phwoar!
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..like chilli and garlic.
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What's next, Charlie?
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Next thing on the list, Gregg,
is mayonnaise.
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Mayo adds a creamy texture
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that helps to bind the rest
of the ingredients...
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..before 300g of salt is added.
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With the herb mix ready,
it's the moment of truth...
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Right, now we're ready to mix,
Gregg.
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..bringing all the ingredients
together.
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This is our filling mixing system.
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Into a large mixer
goes 20kg of crayfish...
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I've never seen this amount
of shellfish, ever.
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Ever, ever, ever.
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..26 kilos of crab meat...
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You can see the mixture there
of the brown and the white
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in different textures.
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..and blue whiting, a fish from
the same family as cod and haddock.
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It adds a fish stock flavour
and yet more texture.
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Shall I add my flavour mix now?
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Absolutely. It's time, Gregg.
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Once my carefully-weighed herb mix
goes in,
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lobster stock made with the broth
of their boiled shells,
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and lemon juice is spread
over the top.
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And that freshly-squeezed lemon
juice ever so slightly enhances
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the herbs as you're pouring it in,
very lightly acidifies them.
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And it's finally time for mixing.
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We've got to rotate this,
mix it over in two directions.
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And it's really important we get
the time exactly right here.
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We need to make sure
it doesn't damage the texture.
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So I'm going to ask you
to time for us.
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I have a little stopwatch here.
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I need you to mix one way
for 32 seconds
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and then the other way
for 32 seconds.
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Oh, properly precise.
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32 seconds in one direction.
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If we mix this too fast,
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we're in danger of smashing up all
the fish and we'll lose our texture.
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Absolutely.
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If you do it for too long,
it will turn into a paste, a mush.
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So please make sure as soon as
we hit the 32 seconds
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that we stop this rotation.
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And now we go in the opposite
direction. Yeah.
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Can't believe that is so precise.
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When have you ever read a cooking
instruction that says,
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"Blend for 32 seconds in one,
blend for 32 seconds in the other"?
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- BEEP
- Fantastic.
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Having mixed for
the required 64 seconds,
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we add 15kg of salted butter,
melted at 40 degrees Celsius...
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Look at that.
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Oo-o-oh!
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..before the final ingredient.
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Gregg, the last thing we need to do
is bind this all together.
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Breadcrumbs. Absolutely.
Breadcrumbs.
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And they will soak up
any extra moisture.
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Mixed for precisely
one minute and 34 seconds,
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the filling is ready.
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Look at that texture. That is
perfect for our filling, Gregg.
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How long did it take to perfect
this recipe and the stirring times?
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How long? It's taken
over 20 years, Gregg,
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to get this recipe
what it is today.
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The last bit of our mixing stage
is the quality check.
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Really?
I'll leave it up to you.
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Do you want to give it a taste
for us, please?
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Let us know if it meets
the standards.
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Do you want to know whether
you're going through
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to a quarterfinal, do you?
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I've got a tiny little bit of lemon.
Yeah. Tiny little bit of salt.
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Tiny little bit of chilli,
tiny little bit of herbs. Good.
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But moreover, what I've got
is fresh fish in here.
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Exactly what we're looking for,
Gregg.
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We could now take a big
ladle full of that
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and put it into a bucket of pasta.
Absolutely. We've got lunch!
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Absolutely. You can put it in
a sandwich if you like.
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There's an idea.
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Have you got any brown bread
and butter? Of course.
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Let's go and have some.
Crab sandwiches. Got any chips?
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Two hours and 21 minutes after
our crayfish arrived at the factory,
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125 kilos of precisely combined
filling is dropped into tubs
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and sent into the fridge
for 24 hours -
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a vital process that helps
to develop the flavours.
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Perfecting the flavour combinations
will ensure my pasta packs a punch.
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But when it comes to
how things taste,
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can our ears have an impact too?
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Cherry has been investigating.
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LIGHT EDM PLAYS
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There's something not quite right
about this restaurant.
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My eyes are saying
beautiful Italian food,
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but my ears are saying
something very different.
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SWOONING ITALIAN—STYLE
CANZONE PLAYS
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Ah, that's better.
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So can sound affect
our sense of taste?
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To find out, I'm meeting
Professor Charles Spence,
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an expert in sensory perception
from the University of Oxford.
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Charles, hello.
Hi there.
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So we're in a recording studio
because you're going to explain
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how taste and our hearing
are connected.
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The sounds of the environment
in which we eat and drink,
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be it the background music, be it
soundscapes or the noise of nature,
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all of those affect
our taste perception.
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Do I really register that
in how I taste things?
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Perhaps the best thing to do
is for you to be my guinea pig.
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See you in a minute.
All right.
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Charles calls this theory
"sonic seasoning,"
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and to test it, he's brought along
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three quintessential Italian
food and drink items.
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I am going to get you to taste
each of the foods in turn,
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first in silence,
and then with a piece of music.
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First up is black coffee.
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So it's quite bitter.
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There's a little hint of sweetness.
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GENTLE, HIGH-PITCHED TWINKLY TUNE
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Then Charles plays a
specially-composed piece of music
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that's supposed to stimulate
my brain.
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The insular cortex,
deep within the brain,
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is responsible for
our sense of taste.
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Specific regions of the insular
react to different tastes,
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such as sweet and sour.
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But can a piece of music
also act as a taste trigger?
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It seems a bit sweeter.
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That's right.
Is that... Is that right?!
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CHARLES CHUCKLES
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So the first track there
was the sweet track,
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which is based on our research
showing that sweetness,
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people associate more with
high pitch than with low pitch.
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They associate it with instruments
like tinkling pianos, wind chimes.
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Now a silent glass of Pinot Grigio.
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It's a little bit sharp.
It's not terribly sweet.
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HIGH PITCHED, SHRILL,
DISCORDANT SQUEALS
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And with specially composed, er,
not sure I can call this...
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Ugh. Total... God!
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00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:04,920
..music!
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Tastes a bit more sour or bitter.
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It was a bit more unpleasant.
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That was our second bit
of sonic seasoning.
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Again, high pitch, a bit like
the sweet soundscape,
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but in this case,
very sharp music instead.
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And that music track is, in fact,
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I think the sourest music
known to humankind.
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And finally, the chilli.
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So quite spicy, mild?
Mild.
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So now I'm going to fade in
the next track.
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BASSY DANCE BEATS
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CHERRY COUGHS
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It definitely got spicier
and didn't taste very nice.
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You'll notice that was
much higher in tempo,
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much more energetic
piece of music.
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00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,039
Much in the same way that eating
a chilli may make you more aroused,
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00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:58,840
more alert, more energetic.
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00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:02,399
But knowing what the experiment
was about
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could have influenced my reactions,
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so we're setting up a second test...
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00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,719
Hello? Can you hear me?
Yeah.
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..this time with ten guinea pigs
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who have no idea
what they're about to experience.
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00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,239
We're giving each of them two
pieces of chocolate - A and B.
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00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,840
They have to tell us which
they think tastes sweeter.
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I'm ready.
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In fact, the chocolate is
exactly the same,
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but we're going to play
different music as they try it.
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First, a bitter track.
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Let's go.
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REPETITIVE DEEP STACCATO BEATS
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OK, fading out.
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Then one of Charles' sweet tracks.
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LIGHT, GENTLE ORCHESTRAL TUNE
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Please could you show us
which chocolate you think
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00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,679
was the sweeter chocolate?
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Two tasters realised
the chocolate was the same.
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B.
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The other eight thought the second
chocolate tasted sweeter.
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00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,639
How will they react when
they find out we've tricked them?
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00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,519
They tasted really different.
428
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,039
I'm a bit surprised.
It's crazy.
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00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,359
They tasted so, like, different.
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00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:30,519
So a great result
from our experiment,
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00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,399
but does sonic seasoning have
a practical use?
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00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,879
So the future of this theory
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is that it will influence what music
is played in restaurants.
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We're seeing already in some cafes
in the Far East, in Beijing,
435
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,439
where the management are actually
deliberately using sweet sounds
436
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,839
all day long so that they can reduce
the sugar in their cakes and drinks,
437
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,679
hopefully keep the experience
of their customers equally sweet,
438
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,199
just the way they always like it,
439
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,120
but with a little bit less of
the unhealthy stuff in there.
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00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,519
So not only does sound contribute
to how we experience food,
441
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,319
but it also has the potential
to help us follow
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00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,440
a healthier lifestyle as well.
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00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,479
Back in Borehamwood,
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our tasty filling has been maturing
for 24 hours,
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00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,960
and now we're one day, two hours,
and 21 minutes into production.
446
00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:33,159
The sound of a factory hard at work
may not be ideal for eating pasta,
447
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,200
but it's music to Charlie's ears.
448
00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:38,399
So, down here, Gregg,
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00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,080
this is my favourite part
of the factory.
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00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:47,080
We're on our way to savour
the secrets of pasta production.
451
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:54,439
This is the beginning of
our production line for raviolo.
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00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,479
So what we're seeing here, Gregg,
is the first stage,
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where we're adding
the semolina flour.
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00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,079
Yeah. What is semolina?
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00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,559
It's flour made from durum wheat,
which is a different wheat strain
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00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,119
to what the normal white soft flour
would be that we generally use
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00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:12,359
for bread and other things
in the UK.
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00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,719
It has 30% more protein
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than you would expect
in your standard flours.
460
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,599
When you mix flour and water, the
proteins within the flour combine
461
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,999
to form strands of gluten,
which turns it into dough.
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00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,239
The more protein you have,
the more strands are formed,
463
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,719
and the stronger your dough will be.
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00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:36,799
And the factory needs a strong dough
to withstand the rigorous processes
465
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,600
it puts it through to turn
it into raviolo.
466
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,079
You must go through
quite a few bags of semolina.
467
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,999
I mean, how many do you use
on this line?
468
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,879
So these are 25-kilo bags.
469
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,759
We run through about six bags
an hour.
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00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,319
What?!
Yeah.
471
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,039
So how many bags of semolina
is the factory going through?
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00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,760
Every week, approximately
3,000 bags of semolina.
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00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,999
As each bag is added,
the hopper vibrates,
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sending the semolina through a sieve
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00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,880
before it's piped to the next stage
of production.
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00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,000
But to make fresh pasta dough,
there's another vital element.
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00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,479
So this is our egg tank, Gregg.
478
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,399
If we open it up
and have a quick look,
479
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:28,479
you can see inside we've got our
golden liquid egg ready for the mix.
480
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,719
The egg adds another protein element
to the dough,
481
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,279
which is really important
for the adhesion of the two sheets
482
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,759
of pasta when you're
sticking them together.
483
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,239
It adds a film over that really
does allow them to stick well.
484
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,799
Free-range eggs for making fresh
pasta come direct to the factory
485
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,360
in liquid form.
486
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,999
We've got ten kilos
of pasteurised golden egg here.
487
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,559
Isn't it ironic that
that top looks like a chicken?
488
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,719
IMITATES CHICKEN SQUAWKS
489
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,519
You know what? I've never noticed
that before. Have you not?
490
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,200
I like this. It's kind of
bringing me out of my shell!
491
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,519
Roughly per week, we'll go
through about 1,000 of those bags.
492
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,519
Oh! Wow.
493
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,199
How many kilos of eggs is that?
494
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,919
10,000 kilos of egg a week.
495
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,599
That's a whole flock of chickens
just for our eggs.
496
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,519
Does this yellow yolk also give
your pasta another golden hue? Yes.
497
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,239
We actually feed the chickens
marigold petals...
498
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,519
Get out of here! Yes.
Charlie, come on.
499
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,479
So what it does, Gregg,
the bright yellow petals,
500
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,879
they eat those, and their eggs
come out extra bright.
501
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,199
If you have a look,
you'll see that's a lot more yellow,
502
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,039
a lot more orange,
than you would expect.
503
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,959
Listen, son, look at me.
Is that true?
504
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,360
Absolutely. Is that absolutely true?
Absolutely true.
505
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,519
While egg is important
for making our fresh pasta,
506
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,679
the dried pasta we often use at home
is made by mixing just wheat
507
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,279
and water and then evaporating
the water to leave a pasta
508
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,320
that's 100% durum wheat.
509
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,759
A lot of people think that fresh
pasta is superior to dried pasta.
510
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,039
I just consider them as
two completely different products.
511
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,919
Absolutely.
Very different products.
512
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:10,719
So for me, dried pasta is there
to absorb really heavy, rich sauces.
513
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,359
If you're having a filled pasta,
514
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,599
you absolutely want it
to have egg in it.
515
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,319
It allows it to bind better
and creates a nicer texture
516
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,560
when you're actually biting through
the two layers.
517
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:27,039
56 kilos of liquid egg,
along with 350 kilos of semolina,
518
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,639
is pumped to a mixer
sitting above the production line.
519
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,199
So up here is where
everything comes together
520
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,159
and goes into our mixer.
521
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:42,879
Inside, metal paddles rotate
as the egg and semolina are dosed
522
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,439
to an accuracy of
0.5 grams per kilogram
523
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:51,119
before 70 litres of water is added
to combine the mix.
524
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,079
So this is our mix, right?
Yes.
525
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,359
But that's not a finished dough,
is it? No, not at all.
526
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,279
I have a little sample here
for us to have a look at.
527
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,999
That is nothing like a dough
you'd make at home. No.
528
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,839
For a start, it's much denser,
much heavier,
529
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,759
and it's also much drier.
530
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,799
If I had to mix and knead this by
hand, I'd have forearms like Popeye.
531
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,959
That's why you make it wetter
at home, generally.
532
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,959
It doesn't need that amount
of liquid
533
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,719
to get the gluten proteins to bond.
534
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,359
Ah!
535
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,759
We make it wetter at home because we
simply wouldn't be able to knead it
536
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,520
if it was that dense and strong.
Brilliant.
537
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,359
The dough drops out of the mixer
and travels through a specialist
538
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,200
machine which folds and kneads it
to make it stretchier.
539
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,559
Then it passes through a set of
rollers and emerges as two separate,
540
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,520
eight-millimetre thick,
continuous sheets.
541
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,039
There it is, our sheets of pasta.
542
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,039
All the things you would do
with your fingers
543
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,999
and the heel of your palm...
Absolutely.
544
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,919
..is happening inside that box.
545
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,399
It gets folded over 52 times
like you would do by hand,
546
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,799
just a lot more pressure
and a lot quicker.
547
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,399
You've got it coming out on the top
AND the bottom. Yes, we do.
548
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,319
I'm guessing you're going to
put them together
549
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:07,759
with the filling in the middle.
550
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,719
We put the filling in between and
adhere them together. Brilliant.
551
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,759
I can't believe how thick
that is, though, mate.
552
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,479
I mean, right now that looks
like underlay!
553
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,559
If you try and turn it
straight into a really thin sheet,
554
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,479
you're going to end up
with little holes
555
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,519
or just thinner
and thicker sections.
556
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,999
It goes through a thinning section,
557
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,759
through these two thick
steel rollers,
558
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,920
that take it from 8mm
to about 3mm, then down to 0.6.
559
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,439
While Charlie's pasta know-how
is impressive,
560
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,479
the techniques they use here
561
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,000
were honed in the home of
pasta-making itself, Italy.
562
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,919
And this knowledge has been passed
down through Charlie's family
563
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,639
for generations.
564
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,639
You make so many pastas here?
565
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,319
Do you know when it started?
What's the history?
566
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,799
So, many years ago,
my great-grandfather, Luigi,
567
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:02,439
left his home in Italy when he was
14 years old to come to the UK.
568
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,759
He came over for finishing school,
569
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,839
finished his education,
and then stayed in the UK
570
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,359
working at a deli
to make a bit of money.
571
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:15,439
So that's actually how the company
started officially in 1929,
572
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,960
in Gerrard Street
in what is now Soho.
573
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,359
So, Gregg, this is
my great-great-aunt
574
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:26,239
making spaghetti back in
the early '30s.
575
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,319
It was something that we did
in the window of the deli
576
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,399
so that everyone walking by
could see,
577
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,119
have a bit of interaction
with the public.
578
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,519
Charlie, do you feel a link with
Luigi, your great-great-grandfather?
579
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,279
Do you feel you're carrying on
the tradition? Absolutely.
580
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,119
Whilst I don't feel the same, Gregg,
I was not born in Italy,
581
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,359
I was born in the UK,
I'm a British man.
582
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,239
However, I feel very intricately
linked to the history
583
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,079
that we have as a family,
particularly around pasta
584
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,679
and cuisine and Italian food
in the UK.
585
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,640
That's fantastic.
Mate, what a heritage!
586
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:08,599
We know that migrants from Italy
have made a wonderful contribution
587
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:09,999
to the British diet.
588
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,119
What would we do without pasta
and pizza?
589
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,319
But Ruth's been discovering
the lesser-known story
590
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,640
of how Italians helped to build
modern Britain, literally.
591
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,920
Many places in the UK
have thriving Italian communities.
592
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,279
Ciao.
Hello!
593
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,879
Can I have a double espresso,
please? Course you can.
594
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,519
And the influence
of those sunny shores
595
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,719
is evident on most high streets.
596
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,239
But there's a contender
for the title
597
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,479
of Britain's most Italian town
598
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,959
that might come as a bit
of a surprise.
599
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,200
Benvenuto a Bedford.
600
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,079
To find out more about this
little Italy in the east of England,
601
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,519
where one in five people
have Italian roots,
602
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,919
I'm meeting historian Lydia Saul.
603
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,039
ITALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS
604
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,760
Hello!
Hello. Welcome to Bedford.
605
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,719
So why does Bedford have
such a large Italian community?
606
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:17,799
Well, Ruth, it's all about this.
607
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,399
A brick?
A brick, yes.
608
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,839
A London brick,
as it is embossed on it.
609
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,759
And it was made
by London Brick Company,
610
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,639
a large brickworks
based in Bedfordshire.
611
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,200
And they made millions of
these bricks.
612
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,799
The Stewartby Brickworks,
built in 1926,
613
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,599
was the centre of the UK's
brick-making industry
614
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,519
for over half a century.
615
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,399
Located just a few miles
south of Bedford,
616
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,719
it took advantage of
huge clay deposits
617
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:54,239
laid down over 150 million years
ago, perfect for making bricks.
618
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:58,599
So we've got some pictures here
of the brickworks itself.
619
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,239
Look at all those chimneys!
Yes.
620
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:03,039
You really start to see the scale
of it, don't you, here,
621
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:04,279
in these images?
Yes.
622
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:08,599
At its height, it was making
18 million bricks a week.
623
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:09,999
A week?!
A week.
624
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,919
And 20% of all of the bricks
that were being used to make houses
625
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,039
were coming from Bedfordshire.
626
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,479
For the whole of Britain?
For the whole of Britain.
627
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,839
So there was this big rebuilding
of Britain after the war,
628
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,199
and of course, in order to do that,
they needed manpower.
629
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,439
That's where the Italians
got involved.
630
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:32,439
So this is part, I suppose,
of a wider policy of
631
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,559
looking all over the world for
assistance to help rebuild Britain.
632
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:40,119
So why was it Italy in particular
that the brickworks were looking?
633
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,839
They were actually struggling
with unemployment, particularly
634
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,759
in the southern part of Italy,
where there was lots of rural farms.
635
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,879
So offices were set up in Naples,
636
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,799
and people would come from
the surrounding areas
637
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,439
looking for four-year contracts
to work in the London Brick Company,
638
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,799
making the bricks here in the UK.
639
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,799
So how many people
are we talking about?
640
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,599
Well, by 1960,
over about eight years,
641
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,719
there was now 7,500 Italians
working in the brickworks
642
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,000
in Bedfordshire.
643
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,959
A huge number considering
the population of Bedford then
644
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,920
was just 60,000.
645
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,799
To find out what life was like
for those early arrivals,
646
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,959
I'm meeting Liberato Albanese.
647
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,479
DOORBELL RINGS
648
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,199
Hello. Hello!
I'm glad you made it!
649
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,480
Come in, come in, come in.
650
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,000
He came to the works as
a brick-maker in 1953...
651
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,879
..and his friend,
Salvatore Garganese...
652
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,680
Hello. I'm Salvatore.
Salvatore. Or Sav for short.
653
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,560
..whose family joined his father
here in 1960.
654
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,839
Oh, look at these.
Is this your family?
655
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,119
Yeah, it's all my family here.
656
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,919
I am on top there, myself.
657
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:58,479
As a young man.
Yeah.
658
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:02,399
That one over there, all of these,
my brothers on top of there.
659
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:03,839
I was 17.
660
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,759
So why did you come to Britain
in the first place at 17 years old?
661
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,319
We are very poor people.
Yeah.
662
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:14,759
We work on a farm, and we work
with the cows, with the sheep.
663
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:16,559
No money there.
664
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,839
How old were you, Salvatore,
when you arrived?
665
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,119
I was ten years old.
666
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,559
What was it like for you as a
ten-year-old coming to Britain?
667
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,840
My first impression
when I came here - oh, my gosh!
668
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,140
School dinners.
669
00:37:29,141 --> 00:37:30,239
RUTH LAUGHS
670
00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:34,519
The sort of food that was used to
the English school dinners they did,
671
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,640
it just didn't go with me.
672
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:44,479
There are now more than
14,000 people in Bedford
673
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,599
descended from that first generation
of arrivals.
674
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,839
This footage of Italian men
in the brickworks
675
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,840
was shot in the 1950s.
676
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,759
That's it.
That's what my dad used to do.
677
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,320
They used to do it by hand.
678
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:01,919
My dad had the Lambretta.
679
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,039
Looking at that guy
on that Lambretta,
680
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,639
I wouldn't be surprised
if that was him.
681
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,919
And this is obviously, they probably
just finished their day's work.
682
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,999
Now we're going to fetch money now.
683
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,319
FILM: Plenty of work means
plenty of money.
684
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,359
Money to send home to their family
in Italy...
685
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,080
Yeah. That's true.
686
00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:25,039
So what was the work like
at the brickyards?
687
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:28,519
Well, to me, myself was all right,
688
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,560
because I had a good job.
689
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,719
But the other people -
very, very hard.
690
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:39,199
They certainly did their fair share
for this town.
691
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,679
Made life a lot easier
for my generation,
692
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,120
and obviously we're making it a bit
better for the next generation.
693
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,800
The last of Bedford's brickworks
closed in 2008...
694
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,199
..but the thriving
Italian community remains.
695
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,919
And whilst they're running
very different businesses,
696
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:03,399
they're a lasting reminder
of how our European cousins
697
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,280
helped to rebuild Britain.
698
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,359
44 miles from Bedford,
at the factory in Borehamwood,
699
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,799
the recipe they use
to make their pasta
700
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,040
owes a lot to that Italian heritage.
701
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:35,759
With the semolina, eggs, and water
kneaded and rolled,
702
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,079
my two sheets of pasta
703
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,840
are travelling along
the production line.
704
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,880
Now it's time to add
our fishy filling.
705
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,919
OK, so here is where our filling
from earlier,
706
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,119
your filling batch, is going in.
707
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,079
What weight of filling do you have
for every raviolo?
708
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,279
So every raviolo has approximately
15g of filling inside. Right.
709
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:05,599
And every hour, we go through about
two of the batches we made earlier,
710
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,679
which is about 250 kilos
of filling an hour. Wow.
711
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:14,479
So this pump will now pump our
filling into the production line
712
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,640
and join the pasta from earlier.
713
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:21,000
It's raviolo time.
714
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:26,639
The two pasta sheets enter
a stuffed pasta forming machine,
715
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,480
and my crab and crayfish filling
is pumped in to meet them.
716
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,759
Well, that, my friend,
is a lovely sight.
717
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,040
Absolutely.
There we have filled raviolo.
718
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,839
So what happens here,
we get our two sheets from before,
719
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,519
they're getting thinned down
to 0.6 millimetres per sheet.
720
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:51,679
Those two sheets come in a V-shape
together, and we have that filling,
721
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,559
it's gone through that pump,
coming to a set of spines.
722
00:40:55,560 --> 00:41:01,279
Those spines go up and down
and actually inject a small quantity
723
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:05,159
of filling in between those two
sheets, at the correct position,
724
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,600
for multiple passes.
725
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,919
With the filling in the middle,
726
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,959
the two pasta sheets are rolled
through steel moulds,
727
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,640
which press them together,
cutting out the parcel shapes.
728
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,839
I'm not very good at filled pasta
at home, I must admit.
729
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,439
But you often water the edge
to make it stick. Do you do that?
730
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,199
We don't. In the way that
we've created that lovely rich
731
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,799
egg protein in the mix before,
the adhesion is ready,
732
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,239
as long as we apply enough pressure.
733
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:41,119
And it looks like little fork marks
around the edge.
734
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,239
You're making it look home-made.
Exactly.
735
00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:45,759
And that's the whole point,
is to try and simulate what you do
736
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,599
at home, Gregg, and also that each
parcel is ever so slightly different
737
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,359
to give you that more artisanal
feel. Rustica!
738
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,719
You're making it look rustic.
You clever boy!
739
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:57,319
Oh, I do like that.
740
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,439
How fast are you making these?
741
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,840
We make 280 a minute, approximately.
742
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,879
As the parcels are filled
and formed,
743
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,599
any excess pasta is reworked
back into the start
744
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,959
of the pasta-making process.
745
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:17,079
Then hundreds of stuffed raviolo
travel along a conveyor
746
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,399
and into an intriguing looking
tunnel.
747
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,839
OK, so, Gregg,
here we have the next stage,
748
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,679
which is pasteurisation.
749
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,519
Pasta-isation!
750
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,360
Pasta-isation.
751
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,319
Inside the tunnel,
the parcels are sprayed with steam
752
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:36,399
that heats the core
to 85 degrees Celsius
753
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:41,759
and partially cooks them,
a process known as pasteurisation.
754
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,239
There are two major reasons
why we pasteurise pasta.
755
00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:49,719
So firstly, it's to kill microbial
activity inside the filling
756
00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:51,359
and on the pastry itself.
757
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:55,279
We now have pasta
that lasts for about four weeks,
758
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,679
whereas obviously it would be about
one or two days
759
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,559
before pasteurisation existed.
760
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,439
So we've got to kill that microbial
activity so that when we then
761
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,719
pack the product,
there's no risk of anything growing
762
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:07,479
over those four weeks of life.
763
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,279
It's safe, this pasteurisation,
764
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,559
but it also gives you
a bigger shelf life. Indeed.
765
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,439
Without putting any chemicals in,
any preservatives. Absolutely.
766
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,839
However, there is another
very important reason.
767
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:21,999
The gluten bonds that we created
while kneading
768
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,399
still don't make the pasta
strong enough for all the travel
769
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,239
and all of the processing
that it's going to go through.
770
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:31,399
We can actually see one of the
parcels we've just made.
771
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,799
It's filled, it's sealed,
it's formed,
772
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,399
but it's weak. You stretch it a bit
773
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,279
and you're going to damage the
pasta. It's going to fall apart.
774
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:39,679
That's now ruined.
775
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,199
So we need to do something
to protect it
776
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,079
and increase its strength.
777
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:48,839
So the pasteurisation process
actually seals the outside
778
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,759
of the pasta to ensure, number one,
that no filling seeps out,
779
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,360
but also that it lasts.
780
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,879
As the parcels travel
through the tunnel,
781
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:03,039
starch particles in the pasta flour
absorb water from the steam,
782
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,080
causing them to form a gel.
783
00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:12,479
This gelatinisation sets
the gluten strands within the dough,
784
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:16,240
holding them in place
and stabilising the pasta's shape.
785
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:23,279
So this pasteurisation tunnel,
Gregg, goes on for 15 metres.
786
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,599
It's not warm. Oh, it is a little
bit. On the outside, it's insulated,
787
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,720
but there's 95 degree-plus steam
inside there.
788
00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:33,679
Well, you can feel the heat.
Absolutely.
789
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,959
And you can see the amount
of moisture now
790
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:37,439
on the outside of that.
791
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,439
They almost look partly cooked.
792
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,799
They're getting that kind of
wrinkly texture. Exactly.
793
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,679
They're starting to partially cook.
794
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,079
So we have achieved
core pasteurisation temperature.
795
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,199
So if I grab a piece
off of the belt here...
796
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,199
Caldo?
Caldo. Molto caldo.
797
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,439
So you can see it's much stronger.
798
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,079
It doesn't fall apart
like it did before. Ah.
799
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,839
However, there is a problem,
800
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:01,719
which is how sticky it is, Gregg.
801
00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:04,360
So what I'll do -
I'll do that and you'll see...
802
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,719
Can I have a go next?
Please, please... Of course.
803
00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:10,119
..can I have a go?
Please, please!
804
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,319
Please. So if you grab one
off the belt. Ow! Ow, ow!
805
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:13,759
It is hot. Be careful.
806
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,020
And it sticks!
807
00:45:15,021 --> 00:45:16,279
GREGG SCREAMS, LAUGHS
808
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,959
Wahey!
There we go.
809
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,399
See? That sticks.
And that is a problem.
810
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:21,719
GREGG LAUGHS
811
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:23,919
It is. It's exactly like
you'd do with spaghetti.
812
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,079
The flick on the ceiling thing
is a real test.
813
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,359
I've never flung spaghetti
in me life.
814
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,999
You've got to.
It's the real way to check.
815
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,039
I know that starch
has gelatinised now.
816
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,879
So that is now starch gelatinised,
pasteurisation complete,
817
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,119
but it's now too sticky to go round
the rest of the line.
818
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:41,519
So what do you have to do?
819
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:45,679
So what we do is we send it back
underneath the pasteurisation tunnel
820
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,319
and it comes back to us,
821
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,799
going through a drying section
of about 50 degrees,
822
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:53,919
really dry heat.
All of the moisture is removed,
823
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,439
and we can see that if we grab
one of these parcels here,
824
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,959
there's almost no moisture on that,
and you can actually feel it.
825
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:02,559
It's much less sticky than it was
826
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,679
coming out of that
pasteurisation tunnel.
827
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,200
Give it a flick at the wall.
828
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:09,959
It doesn't stick any more.
We know it's dry.
829
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:11,719
It's ready to be processed.
830
00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:14,800
This may be the most fun
I've ever had in a factory.
831
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,439
What I like about this procedure,
even though it's on a big scale,
832
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,240
it always looks like dinner
all the way through.
833
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:27,080
It just looks like cooking.
834
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:37,879
My dry raviolo are transported
by a revolving travelator
835
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,880
into a chiller where they're held
for 25 minutes.
836
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,279
Inside, the parcels'
core temperature drops
837
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,639
to below four degrees Celsius,
838
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,959
helping to solidify
the gelatinised starch
839
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,080
and set the pasta shape permanently.
840
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,799
Gluten is vital for binding
our pasta dough together,
841
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:05,599
but it's estimated that 8% of the
UK is intolerant or allergic to it.
842
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,159
Ruth's been discovering
the surprising way
843
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:11,000
that gluten-free products
first hit our shelves.
844
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:18,159
Nowadays, there's a huge range
of gluten-free food,
845
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:19,879
from pasta
846
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,360
to cakes and bread.
847
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:27,279
The products available today look
much like their wheat counterparts,
848
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:29,200
but it wasn't always that way.
849
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,359
I'm in Bolton to meet Chris Hook,
850
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:37,120
a pioneer in bringing
gluten-free food to our shelves.
851
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,559
Hello, Chris. Ruth, good to meet
you. Good to meet you, too.
852
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:46,519
We've all heard of
a gluten-free diet these days,
853
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:49,519
but when did we first start
to realise
854
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,039
that gluten was a health issue?
855
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:55,999
It goes back, really, to the 19th
century, when there was an awareness
856
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,399
that some of the children
were not thriving.
857
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,399
What do we mean by "not thriving"?
858
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,119
There's no growth.
Feeling very lethargic.
859
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:07,759
Literally 30% of children
with the problem didn't survive.
860
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,279
I mean, that's... that's quite
staggering, isn't it?
861
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,960
But what it actually was,
people were unclear.
862
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:18,799
This illness, called coeliac
disease, was first linked to diet
863
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:22,999
by British doctor Samuel Gee
in 1887,
864
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,120
but he wasn't able to establish
what food was causing the condition.
865
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:34,599
Then, during World War II, severe
hunger caused by the Nazi occupation
866
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,279
of the Netherlands
prompted a paediatrician
867
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,479
to make an important breakthrough.
868
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:43,439
So in 1944-45,
there was a Nazi blockade.
869
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:45,079
There was no bread getting through.
870
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:48,359
And there was a children's doctor
called Dr Willem Dicke.
871
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,119
He had a ward of children
with coeliac disease.
872
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,479
So, Ruth, you can see from these
photographs,
873
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,239
clearly going hungry
during the famine. Yeah.
874
00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:58,479
And because they couldn't
give them any bread,
875
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,759
and they started giving them
other products to eat,
876
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,559
they suddenly found that
they started to thrive
877
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:06,559
and they actually felt a lot better.
878
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,399
And he then realised that it was
the gluten in the wheat
879
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:10,839
that was causing the problem.
880
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,759
What does gluten do to a body
of someone with coeliac disease?
881
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,279
There's a protein within gluten,
gliadin, that is triggering off
882
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,959
this antibody, and that attacks
the gut lining.
883
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,999
In a coeliac, if it goes untreated,
884
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,599
the consequence of that is that,
from a nutritional perspective,
885
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:29,079
everything just flows through.
So you're not absorbing...
886
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,559
You can't absorb any goodness from
the rest of your food. Precisely.
887
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:35,039
So you might be eating as much,
huge amounts, and basically
888
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,519
you're starving because
it's just passing through. Yeah.
889
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:41,359
That's true. So is there a
difference, then, between coeliac
890
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:43,639
and gluten intolerant?
Oh, yeah.
891
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:48,319
A lot of people who feel they have
a gluten intolerance
892
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:52,959
can moderate their intake
of gluten and feel OK.
893
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,439
The big difference is,
894
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,759
you can feel unwell,
but it's not life-threatening.
895
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,480
It's not as acute
as coeliac disease.
896
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,759
Gluten is found in grains
like wheat and barley,
897
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,319
used to make many
of our everyday foods.
898
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:11,479
The challenge was to find
alternatives for those who needed
899
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:14,199
to exclude it from their diet,
900
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:18,160
and the first gluten-free product
to emerge in Britain was bread.
901
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:24,920
At bakery company Warburtons, Chris
oversees their gluten-free range.
902
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:29,919
So the early '60s,
there was a small company
903
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:34,279
producing gluten-free bread, and it
actually came in a tin. In a tin?
904
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:37,959
Can you believe it? In a tin.
Tinned bread! Sealed in a tin, yeah.
905
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,119
And that was the only gluten-free
bread that was available for anybody
906
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:43,919
who was diagnosed with
coeliac disease.
907
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,039
They were available on prescription.
908
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,760
As a coeliac, you just cannot
nip down to the local bakers.
909
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:53,719
Gluten-free bread relied
on wheat alternatives
910
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:55,680
like rice and tapioca flour.
911
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:01,160
And this was steamed in tins,
very much like a pudding.
912
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:04,439
So is this very different
913
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:07,279
from how we make
gluten-free bread today?
914
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:09,879
Oh, very different. We actually
managed to achieve a dough,
915
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:11,239
a gluten-free dough.
916
00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:13,519
We're also using slightly
different ingredients.
917
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:15,839
So, for example, we're using
psyllium... What's that?
918
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:17,799
..which is a fibre bulking agent.
919
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:21,799
A lot of the food technologists
and innovation guys that work on
920
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:25,080
our products say it's more like
chemistry than traditional baking.
921
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:30,239
The moment of truth.
922
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:33,839
So this is the 1960s
coeliac experience.
923
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:35,759
Shall we see, Ruth?
Do you want to press it out?
924
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:37,279
Oh, yeah. There it goes.
925
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:38,759
And then...
926
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,719
Yeah. Keep going, keep going.
Whoa! There you go.
927
00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:43,919
Tinned bread.
What do you think of that, Ruth?
928
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:46,199
So do we just slice it and eat
it like bread?
929
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:49,399
We... We could do that, but the
majority of people toast it
930
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:52,719
before you eat it. It just makes it
a little bit more pleasant.
931
00:51:52,720 --> 00:51:55,079
In comparison to modern
gluten-free bread,
932
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:57,839
this is... Well, it's a different
beast, isn't it?
933
00:51:57,840 --> 00:51:59,519
Yeah. I mean, talk about retro.
934
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:03,160
I mean, this is just lightyears away
from where we are now.
935
00:52:05,240 --> 00:52:08,559
It wasn't until the 1980s
that new gluten-free products
936
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:11,639
like pasta were also made available
on prescription,
937
00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:15,079
and another decade before they
started appearing in grocery shops,
938
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:18,559
setting the bar for a host
of modern day options
939
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:21,000
available in supermarkets today.
940
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:24,439
I'm just so proud of
where it's come to,
941
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:26,199
because it's been a long journey,
942
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:28,279
and I think there's a lot more
we can do.
943
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:31,440
And it all begins with a tin.
Doesn't it just?
944
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:42,439
Back at the factory,
945
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,839
they also make their own range
of gluten-free pasta,
946
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:49,279
but my gluten option,
stuffed with crab and crayfish,
947
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:51,600
is still one of the most popular.
948
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,559
It's been filled, pasteurised,
and cooled.
949
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:01,279
Now my parcels are sent
from the fridges,
950
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:03,640
along conveyors, to packing...
951
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,119
..where I'm meeting Sheila Isnard.
952
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:15,199
Sheila, hello.
Hello, Gregg.
953
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,479
You've got some great
bits of machinery in here.
954
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:18,799
Oh, I do indeed.
955
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:21,479
Tell me about the packing process.
OK.
956
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,239
So above us we have
a multihead weigher,
957
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:27,799
also known as
a combination of scales.
958
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,879
So a multihead weigher
will receive all our raviolo
959
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:32,719
from the cooling system.
960
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:38,879
It will vibrate and gently spread
our raviolo across the 14 heads.
961
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,479
Each head has an individual scale
962
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:45,280
that will then weigh the raviolo
and dispense the right portion.
963
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:52,799
Once portioned, the raviolos
slide down a 1.5 metre chute
964
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,319
into cardboard containers.
965
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:59,039
So how many individual raviolo
do we get in the box?
966
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:01,959
We get on average ten raviolos,
967
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,439
but it's two portions.
968
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:06,919
How many portions of raviolo
are you making a day?
969
00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:08,319
A lot, Gregg.
970
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:12,199
So per day, we produce
140,000 portions,
971
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:16,919
and that is 1.4 million
of individual filled raviolo.
972
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:21,000
There aren't that many red and white
checked tablecloths in Britain.
973
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:30,159
The carefully weighed portions then
head towards a flow wrap packing
974
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:33,879
machine, which covers the trays
with protective polyethylene
975
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:38,440
packaging while injecting a mix
of carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
976
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:44,999
This gas flushing is what we get
in virtually every bag of salad.
977
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,119
Correct.
That's the same thing.
978
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:48,880
Exactly the same thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
979
00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:53,399
By introducing nitrogen
into the packaging,
980
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:55,839
it lowers oxygen levels inside.
981
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:58,879
Without oxygen,
bacteria is unable to grow,
982
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,599
and the pasta stays fresher
for longer,
983
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:05,440
while carbon dioxide helps
inhibit bacterial growth.
984
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:09,559
Having already been pasteurised,
985
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:14,039
it's an extra protection
against contamination,
986
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:18,439
and, once refrigerated,
it gives a pretty decent shelf life.
987
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:22,079
So our raviolo can be fresh
for up to 30 days.
988
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:23,599
Wow!
989
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,599
That's amazing, isn't it?
It's fantastic.
990
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,560
You can get a fresh filled pasta
on a shelf for almost a month. Yes.
991
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:34,639
So once it's weighed, sorted,
packed, gas flushed...
992
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:36,719
Yeah?
..where does it then go?
993
00:55:36,720 --> 00:55:38,879
Then our raviolo is ready
for dispatch.
994
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:42,120
And that's where I've got to go.
Fist bump. Thank you.
995
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:52,679
Once the raviolo are packed,
they don't stick around for long.
996
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:56,159
They pass through a massive
warehouse capable of storing
997
00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:59,560
enough raviolo for two million
dinners...
998
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,440
..before heading to Cesar
at dispatch.
999
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:08,879
Hello, my friend.
1000
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,119
How many pallets on each truck?
1001
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:13,959
A typical one is 26 pallets
in each truck.
1002
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:15,799
That's a fair old weight of pasta.
1003
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,199
How many trucks are leaving here
every week?
1004
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:20,879
With all different pasta types
that we have, around 80.
1005
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:22,599
Really?
Yes.
1006
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:26,319
From this one factory... Yes.
..you send out 80 trucks of pasta?
1007
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:28,079
Yes, yes.
1008
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:29,479
Wow.
1009
00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:31,519
So out of those 80 trucks
that leave here,
1010
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:33,679
how many of those trucks
would you say is the raviolo?
1011
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:36,759
The crab and crayfish raviolo,
we would fill a couple of them,
1012
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,319
two of them a week.
So how much is that, then?
1013
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:42,119
Over 250,000 individual parcels.
1014
00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:44,799
It would be around 52,000 portions.
1015
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:49,279
How do you explain
the British love of pasta?
1016
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:51,999
I think it is convenient to cook,
1017
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,599
but it's also the combination
of ingredients that people get,
1018
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:59,479
and the flavour. Of all the pastas,
why is that one the best seller?
1019
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:03,959
People do look to get pasta
to a restaurant level, I think.
1020
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:07,079
You're proud of that, aren't you?
Of course.
1021
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,599
That's it, right?
Yeah. Loaded, ready to go.
1022
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,160
That was a fascinating process.
You know that?
1023
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,680
Do you like to cook pasta at home?
I do.
1024
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:27,280
One day, five hours, and 16 minutes
after the start of production...
1025
00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:34,999
..my fresh crab and crayfish raviolo
are heading to shops - and bellies -
1026
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,360
the length and breadth of the UK...
1027
00:57:39,240 --> 00:57:41,079
..with the people of Liverpool
1028
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:43,400
putting away the most amount
of pasta.
1029
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,719
Stuffed pasta looks like
a really simple dish,
1030
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:51,799
but actually there is
precision and skill
1031
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:55,160
that goes into making
every little pasta parcel.
1032
00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:00,519
Personally, I'll always be grateful
to the Italians
1033
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:04,000
that brought their wonderful food
to these islands in the first place.
1034
00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:11,999
The factory has come a long way
from its first early assembly lines,
1035
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:15,120
but how do we get from there
to here?
1036
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:20,159
Explore the history and the future
of the factory
1037
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:22,199
on an interactive timeline.
1038
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:23,760
Go to...
1039
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:29,880
..and follow the links
to the Open University.
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