Gino's Italy: Secrets of the South Season 2 Episode 4 - Cisternino

Airdate: 2023-Nov-12

Episode summary:

Gino travels through Puglia's meat country: taking in the town of Cisternino and the Itria valley.Ploughing through the heat on a push bike, he revels in his favourite kind of houses: trulli (stone conical shaped ancient homes) which are scattered across the landscape. Gino is shown the secret of how to make capocollo, a tasty cured meat unique to the area, before heading down to a local farm to lend a hand with the free range pigs. Stopping off at an olive producer, Gino uncovers some unusual products made from olive trees, including a beer. In the shadows of the trulli, Gino decides it's time for a BBQ, creating the local favourite, bombette (this region's tasty answer to British pigs in blankets).

About Gino's Italy: Secrets of the South series:

Gino goes on an odyssey, both on land and in the depths of the sea, to discover his homeland's true hidden gems as he explores the well kept f...Show more >