A Gondola on the Murray

Episode 2 (1x2)

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Many families in Mildura migrated to Australia with nothing more than an old cardboard suitcase containing all their worldly possessions and have never looked back. In this episode we visit the cantina of a farming family where bread is still made in the traditional wood-burning oven. Stefano shares with them a wonderful meal of bruscetta with freshly roasted capsicums and vegetable pickles preserved in vinegar and zepolli with sardines, all washed down with home made wine. Later, Stefano prepares a minestre di riso, an exquisitely refined dish made with asparagus he got from the grower that morning. After a nostalgic visit to an old sherry winery, there is work to be done - all the de Pieri clan meet at the family’s orchard to pick apples. In the kitchen, the dishes for a picnic have been prepared by Stefano and his mother-in-law, Anna, who cooks a marvellous eggplant parmiagiana.