yes! lesson s over, it s time to treat our taste buds. will all of my hard work have paid off? delighted exclamations oh, yes. see what you think. it s almost a little bitter. yes. and you can taste. i remember the smell of the tarhana. i think it s earthy. earthy yes. you know, it reminds me of a risotto, but, yeah, it s kind of, it is unexpected, actually. unexpected. surprising. how s it going? marvellous, i think. yeah. what do you think? everyone s enjoying themselves, yeah. yes, they have. they have enjoyed it. and i think they are my ambassadors now! it was delicious! thank you very much. thanks, nick. well, tuscany, here in italy, is also well known for being a foodie destination.
of cheese as i try and roll it down this hill, cheered on by hundreds of screaming italians. you won t want to miss that! now, i m in beautiful tuscany in italy, just outside of volterra, and this factory here produces the purest salt in the whole of italy. and i m told that the salt is a sight to behold. let s check it out. wow! look at this. yes! why is the salt here so pure? amazing, amazing! here we go.
it s a very important cheese. smell the cheese. wow. it s quite sharp. si, because the milk, it s very fresh. so, how long do you preserve the cheese for? it s one year old. one year?! yes, but we produce pecorino delle balze in four different kind of maturing. so it s like fine wine? yes! since the middle ages, tuscans, particularly the poor, relied heavily on this cheese. i eat a lot of cheese, but i ve never, ever had a chance to make some cheese. it s a great alternative to expensive meats for its nutrition. and this one, which they use in the cheese race, comes specifically from the milk of sarda sheep that graze both on lowland and mountainous terrain. perfect for here, then.
wow! welcome to the travel show. this week, i m in tuscany, in the mountain town of volterra to find out all about the delights of this region. check these guys out behind me. they re called the spandera torri. but first up, we re off to the azores. and if you re not familiar with them, they re an archipelago far out in the atlantic ocean, about 1,500 kilometres off the coast of portugal. now, we sent cat moh to sao miguel, the largest of the islands, to see how they re using volcanoes to power up and keep tourism going amidst rising energy prices.
now, i think we re ready for cocktails, huh? what do you think? yes! lesson s over, it s time to treat our taste buds. will all of my hard work have paid off? delighted exclamations oh, yes. see what you think. it s almost a little bitter. yes. and you can taste. i remember the smell of the tarhana. i think it s earthy. earthy yes. you know, it reminds me of a risotto, but, yeah, it s kind of, it is unexpected, actually. unexpected. surprising. how s it going? marvellous, i think. yeah. what do you think? everyone s enjoying themselves, yeah. yes, they have. they have enjoyed it. and i think they are my ambassadors now! it was delicious! thank you very much. thanks, nick. well, tuscany, here in italy,