My World Kitchen

Lola's family are from Spain, a country in southern Europe. She is making a traditional Spanish dish called empanadas for her and her friends. Lola begins by rolling out two pieces of pizza dough into big circles. She cooks one in the oven. Lola adds tomato puree to passata to make the filling. She also adds some canned tuna, green olives, and boiled egg. She seasons the mixture with paprika, black pepper and her special ingredient, oregano. Then Lola spreads the filling over the dough, which has been in the oven. She finishes the recipe by adding the last piece of dough on top and then putting it back in the oven to cook. Will Lola's friends find the empanadas tasty? Will they guess her special ingredient? There's a very exciting Spanish surprise waiting for her friends while they enjoy their meal!

Vinnie's family is English and they come from a city called Bristol, which is located in the west of England. Bristol is famous for hot-air balloons and pirates! Vinnie makes his tarts by mixing the leaves from parsley and thyme into cream cheese. Then, he makes rectangles out of pastry and spreads the cream cheese mixture on top. To finish off his recipe, Vinnie lays chopped asparagus on top of the cream cheese, before it goes in the oven to cook. Vinnie's special ingredient is asparagus. Do you think his friends will like it in his tarts? With his meal, Vinnie also has a brilliant pirate-themed party planned for his friends. Arrr!

Zahra-Rose's family is from Somalia, a country situated on the east coast of Africa. In Somalia, they have the traditional dish of nafaqo, which is boiled egg wrapped in mashed potato. This is what Zahra-Rose has chosen to make for her friends. To begin with, Zahra-Rose seasons mashed potato with salt, black pepper, flour, ground cumin, ground coriander, turmeric powder and fresh coriander. She then wraps the potato mixture around her special ingredient, hard-boiled eggs, rolls them in breadcrumbs and puts them in the oven to be cooked. Zahra-Rose also serves a fresh chilli sauce, so her friends can use it for dipping. Not only does Zahra-Rose have beautiful decorations, she also has a surprise picnic planned. Will her friends realise what her special ingredient is?To finish off his recipe, Vinnie lays chopped asparagus on top of the cream cheese, before it goes in the oven to cook. Vinnie's special ingredient is asparagus. Do you think his friends will like it in his tarts? With his meal, Vinnie also has a brilliant pirate-themed party planned for his friends. Arrr!

Emilio's family are from Cyprus, an island nation in the Mediterranean Sea. Emilio is making two Cypriot recipes for his friends to enjoy. The first is pitta bread! The dough is formed and rolled into ovals and placed on a baking tray. The second is made up of red peppers and his special ingredient, halloumi. They are put onto skewers with an oil, oregano, honey and lemon marinade and put into the oven with his pitta bread. Emilio has made a Cypriot wishing tree for his friends to tie their wishes to. But will they like his recipe when they try it?

Hannah's family is from South Korea, and she will be making a Korean salmon marinade, which is a popular recipe used there. She starts by adding garlic puree, Korean chilli paste, soy sauce, honey, toasted sesame oil and her special ingredient, sesame seeds, into a jug and mixing them all up. Next, Hannah puts pieces of her salmon onto individual baking sheets and spoons the marinade on. She garnishes them with freshly chopped spring onions, and then her salmon is ready to be cooked in the oven. Hannah wears a colourful Korean outfit and treats her friends to some local Korean kimchi, but will her pals be able to guess her special ingredient?

Febo's family are from America, where they celebrate Thanksgiving. As it is traditional on Thanksgiving to prepare and serve pumpkin pie as a dessert, Febo is making this for his friends. He starts by making a pastry case and fitting it into a pie dish. For the pumpkin filling, he pours melted butter and buttermilk into a bowl of brown sugar, along with whisked egg, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Febo adds his special ingredient, pumpkin puree, and then mixes them all together. When it is mixed, he spoons it into the empty pastry case and puts it in the oven to cook. Febo's friends all help to decorate his American-themed table before they taste his pumpkin pie.

Aleisha's family comes from Uganda. Today, she is cooking the traditional meal of rolex, which is a Ugandan omelette. Aleisha uses tasty fresh vegetables such as baby tomatoes, cabbage, red onion and her special ingredient, mild green chilli, for her omelettes. She pours whisked eggs into baking tins and puts her vegetables on top. Then her recipe is ready to be cooked for her friends to enjoy. To top off the occasion, Aleisha wears a wonderful Ugandan outfit and has a musical surprise planned for her pals. Will Aleisha's friends guess her secret ingredient?

Sebastiaan's making a South African bobotie, which is a local dish his family have shared with him. He starts by putting chopped spring onions, grated courgette, turmeric powder, ground coriander and torn red pepper into a casserole dish and cooking them. He then adds garlic puree, ginger puree, chutney and chopped tomatoes to cooked beef mince. Sebastiaan then carefully makes powder out of his special ingredient, cumin seeds, and adds the powder to the beef mixture. Sebastiaan mixes both the vegetables and the beef in an oven dish and flattens them before adding two bay leaves. He adds a topping of milk and egg and then places it in the oven. Sebastiaan has a wonderfully decorated table, and he has another traditional treat to go with his bobotie. Will his friends figure out what his special ingredient is?

Holly comes from the English city, Liverpool. She will be making two tasty recipes. The first is a local Merseyside stew called scouse, made with chopped and cooked carrots, potatoes and onions with gravy, cooked beef, bay leaves and her special ingredient: celery. The second is a side of crusty bread. Holly makes a dough and stirs in yoghurt and honey. Then it is topped with more yoghurt and pumpkin seeds and placed in the oven. Holly also serves pickled beetroot and cabbage, a traditional side to scouse. Will Holly's friends enjoy her delicious food, and will they enjoy the celery once it is cooked in her recipe?

Leo's family is from Russia, and they have shown him how to make a special sharlotka, a simple Russian apple cake. Leo starts by separating the eggs. He then adds sugar and flour to the yolks and mixes them together until the mixture is smooth. He whisks the egg whites until they are stiff and stirs them into the yolk mix. After this, Leo cuts apples into small chunks and places half of them in a cake tin, pours over the egg mixture and puts the rest of the apples on top. Then the sharlotka is ready to be baked in the oven. Leo even has an extra special Russian-themed surprise for his friends while they eat! Can they work out what his special ingredient is?

Suri's family are from Iran, a large country in the Middle East in the continent of Asia. She makes the traditional Iranian dish of chicken joojeh. Suri begins by marinating the chicken in natural yoghurt, spring onions, turmeric powder and lemon juice. She then takes her special ingredient of saffron, grinds it down to a powder and adds salt and natural yoghurt before she mixes it in with the rest of the marinade. Suri serves her chicken joojeh with tomatoes. They enjoy the meal while sitting on the floor, a traditional Iranian custom on special occasions. Will her friends like the special ingredient when it is cooked in her joojeh?

Diellza's family comes from Kosovo. She makes a traditional recipe of stuffed peppers. Diellza has lovely colourful ingredients for her stuffed peppers, such as spring onions, sweetcorn and grated carrot. She also uses cooked rice, chopped tomatoes, parsley, garlic puree and paprika for seasoning. This yummy filling is stuffed into her peppers and placed in the oven to be cooked for her friends. To accompany her meal, Diellza serves her friends a traditional Kosovan drink made of yoghurt and water called kos. Will they enjoy her drink, and will they guess what the special ingredient is?

Disa's family comes from the Scandinavian country Sweden. She is baking kardemummabullar, which is a Swedish recipe for cardamom buns. Disa makes a milk mixture, sweetened with honey, and mixes it into flour to make a dough. She then grinds her special ingredient, cardamom, into a powder and adds some into the dough and the rest of it into brown sugar. The dough is flattened, the brown sugar and cardamom mix is spread onto the dough and folded in. The dough is then cut into strips and twisted and wrapped into a bun ready to be baked. Will her friends like the cardamom when it's baked in her kardemummabullar?

Dougie is from Essex, a county in the south east of England, and he is making a Christmas yule log, a festive classic known for being rolled up and having lavish decorations. Dougie starts by separating eggs. Caster sugar and cocoa powder is added and mixed into the egg yolks, then the egg whites are whisked until they are light and fluffy. They are added to the chocolate mixture. Once baked, whipped cream is spread over the cake and his special ingredient, red currants, are sprinkled over. The cake is then rolled and decorated. Dougie has a Christmas gift for all his friends, but will they like the taste of the redcurrants inside his yule log?