Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted | Peru's Sacred Valley (Full Episode)

guys the views are amazing but where's the delicacy this is that spiny plant the cactus on the edge of the cliff yeah right off that Cliff Rose and really dangerous places this is crazy why aren't you coming Arash I'm afraid of heights man you're afraid of heights go on dispatch tres they buy this yes we can and looking back don't lean forward I'm Gordon Ramsay and I'm on an epic adventure Taxi traveling to the ends of the Earth ditching the chef whites and getting Hands-On things I do for food where do we start we want to start up there are you trying to kill me in search of coloring inspiration I've learned more in the last week than I have the last 10 years this is definitely Uncharted Territory for me it doesn't get any better than that does it foreign this is Peru's sacred Valley at towering Heights of up to three miles above sea level it's a unique Andean ecosystem whose staggering biodiversity once fed the mighty income Empire and now it's going to feed a British chef with a motorbike [Music] unlock this Valley's secret I'm meeting up with one of South America's Finest chefs on the side of a mountain obviously how are you Aurelia Martinez is famous for his modern Twist on Traditional High Altitude Cuisine he's cooking up a storm in the food world and is basically a younger better looking Peruvian version of me damn him good to see you man I'm so happy to be here yeah seriously I am here to learn discover where do we start and where we're going to go well we're going to start up there over there we'll get the best view of the circle Valley price yeah I mean you you want to fill this extreme altitude it's totally another world wow come out of breath already let's go vamos of course the best view of the Sacred Valley would have to be a 1300 foot climb up a sheer rock face for a challenge like this you need balance courage and above all comprehensive insurance chefs should not be scaling 400 meter cliffs I mean normally chefs Bond over dinner I can't believe we're bonding on a cliff Edge on a mountain how are we feeling now breath is very short we're now close to 10 000 feet above sea level here there's 30 less oxygen in the air Purdue how come you're not out of breath you're running up here like a guinea pig chasing dinner yeah experts recommend taking six days to acclimatize to the altitude I've had almost six minutes oh man there's a loose Rock here by the way [Music] are you trying to kill me if trousers have turned brown I get the view the view is incredible amazing yes I'm out of breath but I get it yeah this is why I brought you here like you have to experience this being in in the altitude should we eat this is very traditional oh Lord so have you ever had a bad guy before no no no no never so it's like a it's like a jerky jerky yeah it's like beef jerky of course yeah we dry this for 24 hours and wow that's delicious does the altitude make a massive difference on taste taste is deep right dense concentrate yes their conditions are very extreme so these ingredients has to be protected by themselves so they are full of proteins that they are concentrated by flavor but taste one of the main things is that food is protected by altitudes it's pure I suppose it's very pure we don't have to say we have organic things I mean that word that doesn't have a meaning here very good yeah how many puts Jack in a completely different level so now you have time to study the Cyber Valley right and I want you to cook something Peruvian for local Indian Farmers yeah yeah come together together a cook-off at the end of the week end of the week stay back that was quite the climb and we've now established two things peruvians look better than Brits in plastic climbing helmets [Music] and I've just got five days to uncover the secrets of the Sacred Valley so devise a feast that shows that handsome devil Rogelio who's boss so lung screaming I'm heading 5000 feet further up for a lesson in the ancient art of Andean cooking wow come on look at this oh my Lord peace it's incredible [Music] now this is to start one of the highest parts of the Sacred Valley and I'm here to meet some Farmers that are still farming from this land but using techniques dating back to the interest because my Spanish is as good as my rock climbing the family I'm meeting has asked a friend to translate Celine Hi how are you Dolly I'm good how you doing yeah good to see you oh my Lord come on seriously I know I know amazing at the family here yeah they're here Mario Maxima nice to see you please [Music] oh hello this is Sebastian and this is hello congratulations having the most gorgeous Back Garden anywhere in the world Sebastian ah the family has invited me to dinner a classic Andean dish made from local ingredients and it looks like I'm playing sous chef okay great thank you is a soup with an amazing special recipe these are the dry potatoes rice it's amazing how hard they are they're solid they're like pebbles now we're going to make tuna flour oh sorry Sebastian I don't want you on getting you like that this is the largest pestle of water I've seen in my entire life so literally you gotta do it stronger and faster how do you stop the potatoes falling out sorry this reminds me of a Fred Flintstone outside kitchen wow how come nobody else is out of breath ah back that's hard really the next ingredient in our soup is a herb that thrives at 14 000 feet with this recipe I can definitely cancel my gym membership so he does this every day he just fit as a butcher's dog wait marry two sex yeah it's amazing how easy it is to get out of breath now let's go let's go [Music] I thank you oh man Mario wants you to go get it foreign whatever yeah it is literally breathtaking slippy there's nothing to grab onto use Flash in the Andes high altitude herb gardens are a little different to those back home at least I've still got my dignity Mario honestly I'm glad you're having a fun time up there boom look at this so it looks a little bit like time very floor very fragrant it's lovely how much we need yeah that's good he says that's it wow that smells amazing and it's free With A Fistful of herbs and a leg full of bruises it's off to the family kitchen to get cooking beautiful boy oh boy look at this place and that there that's obviously the stove oh look at them in the Andes guinea pigs are known by a different name dinner wow look at that yeah the action looks delicious I mean seriously the fact is the live ones are running down there the ball wasn't hanging off the wall and guess who's next in line over there at nine o'clock [Music] while the guinea pig Rose a sentence I thought I'd never say prep continues for the ancient Indian soup lower the tuna we have the herb this smells amazing I so in many ways the whole family is self-sufficient from the land that is incredible I love sleeping around kitchens what's all that up there the top of the uh the big white stuff this is the lambaka manure for the stove good stuff and that because it burns good fuel yeah I just love the fact that none of you waste anything see it potatoes in yeah all of it yeah what is that you turn the gas up gotcha my love ready [Applause] cheese I'd never thought about finishing a lamb and potato soup with cheese amazing and look at that baby beautiful we should open a restaurant together Mama this deserves champagne napkins let's go babies mmm before we eat Mario is going to make an offering to the Mountain Gods foreign eating this now when we've just been sat there with them about their heads I'll go for the line the line the line the Lloyd pretty good it's like a suckling pig excellent soup it was good it's like a traditional British old-fashioned stew but this thing's got more depth because it's a high altitude sort of cooking every ounce of flavor you taste individually and really delicious thank you that was extraordinary because that is a proper Insight something as basic as the hearts can produce a dish like that that's highlighting Health to cooking at its best already I'm starting to think you know how I'll use that what an amazing family and what an amazing dish I need oh no come on maybe it's the incredible Hospitality shown by my new Indian family or the fresh guinea pig coursing through my veins but I'm even more determined to win the battle with Rogelio so I've enlisted the help of haresh a Russian supplier with culinary contacts all over the valley he's told me about a local delicacy that tastes like shrimp crust with calamari you're telling me that this delicacy is sought after and has only found at this height yeah and there's the man that knows how to find them good to see him I am Keen to see this delicacy [Music] La Comida Rica the cactus see that's the delicacy there on the edge of the cliff is Captain let's go let's go let's go let's go um yeah in special always [Music] seriously oh man [Music] momentum you are crazy okay let's see over 30 years of working as a chef has all been leading to this moment catching a Peruvian Cactus worm with a lassoon [Music] all right good job [Laughter] you gotta get up here first oh man [Laughter] excuse me that is not funny be careful see this is super dangerous foreign [Laughter] cancer is they're like giant caterpillars yeah how did he first learn about these Nosotros is excellence and how would we first start to dangle off the side of a cliff with your dad looking for worms six or seven amazing all right I'm just gonna get them a little bit dry yeah just so it doesn't Crackle okay whoa are you okay [Laughter] thank you this is where Italian vegetarian stop it yeah foreign [Music] them [Laughter] it's like a it's like a crispy like a crispy cockroach [Laughter] [Music] crispy to begin with fine however the inside no no bueno but this is how they survived so remotely protein growing literally in a cactus so an amazing secret and a big iron I'm Blown Away by the ingenious ways and the young people get their ingredients it's the first time I've ever taken a lasso to go food shopping [Music] but with just three days left one thing is certain I won't beat Chef Aurelio serving a plate of worms so it's time to ditch the motorbike and get my head in the clouds now we're heading up over these mountains to the Jungle because thousand meters love sea level there's the most amazing Farms have produced exotic fruits I've never tasted high altitude fruits and I'll die to see the difference the level of concentrated sweetness against acidity and I hear the size of them are absolute gigantic coming into land anything this is the Kia Bamba jungle that to be home to the best fruit in the world amazing [Music] and I'm heading to a family farm packed with the biggest mango trees I've ever seen finally what is I'm okay thank you good to see you yeah oh my Lord um so happy to be here video has said that you had the best exotic fruit yes we do indeed what's so special about the fruit here a lot more sugary yes indeed so more in-depth flavor yes because of the altitude amazing amazing okay how do we get them okay you can go on my shoulders [Laughter] the mangoes are 100 feet up only the youngest fittest locals pick them until now am I getting a harness okay guess thank God for that don't let me drop okay if I drop the food world is you ready David you good let's go okay oh my Lord go to your we're going to the Rope now or not gotcha so he's going around the outside yes and you need to follow him okay David here I come I've never made love to a tree [Music] you can do it yeah try to push yourself up with your left elbow I'm stuck okay now I need you to get the mangoes from here because there's no way those branches either take my weight please let's go I haven't climbed a tree for decades and I'm I mean decades you know I was worried I'd snap those branches then we'd all come down so last thing I want to do is go into this incredible jungle and damage an amazing tree that's been there for centuries [Music] look at that wow that it's delicious it's so juicy the difference in the flavor was extraordinary because it's highly concentrated so it just bursts with flavor an amazing discovery it's been a real eye-opener to see how much the strong sun and low humidity enhance the fruit sweetness that amazing mango will definitely be on my cook-off Feast menu and if Rogelio asks trust me I've picked it myself okay [Music] [Music] now this country's famous for his incredible fish and this Lake produces them come on look at this place honestly he thought Scotland was beautiful this beats it hands down at 11 000 feet Lake hypo is one of the highest in the world and it's the breeding ground for Peruvian Silverside a sacred Valley staple I'm down to meet an amazing fisherman Domingo who is a dab hand at fishing and like all good Scotsman trust me I grew up with a rod and reel so hey Capitan how are you good to see you we're good see I'm so happy to be here now the fish locally are small big big fish excellent and we're going to use a um Fly what is that that's it let's see no oh my Lord and where have you parked the boat this is the boat ready what what's the boat made of what inner tubes and bottles and bits of float incredibly and the in fishing boats are often made of trash okay oh my lordy for the locals these ingenious low-cost crafts are lightweight and maneuverable but for me not so much holy mackerel Domingo I think this thing's gonna burst any minute oh my Lord gracias if we sink how deep is it in there foreign [Music] fish jump [Music] Domingo's teaching me his highly technical style of line fishing so let's take some bait be good show me I see [Music] box [Music] oh trust me you think this looks easy it's way harder than it looks I'm telling you well I've been fishing for thousands of hours we never give up kill all fishes [Music] okay got the fish [Laughter] so I trust me I'll take after all that hard work honestly okay I'll take the scales off to prepare our pint-sized Peruvian Silverside Domingo has a paste what's in here what is that chili [Music] look at that tiny fish two grown men so we're gonna eat this slowly on this lunch you can use it as we're not gonna get fat delicious we'll see and your boating technique is incredible excellent [Music] that was amazing fish was almost like a cross between a catfish and a trout very sweet very flaky it was really really good they had this chili paste marinating the fish in that paste with that chili and those herbs you know it's got me thinking big time [Applause] Peru's famous for his Pace but I have an idea for a high altitude twist that might just help me kick ferulio's ass [Music] and with 24 hours till the cook-off I want to get my hands on a food and the ends with the first people on Earth to cultivate [Music] now this farmer produces the most amazing potatoes in fact he's actually known as The Mad potato scientist also he's known for producing the most amazing beer so I can't wait to meet this guy in haresh he's gonna introduce me to absolutely very he actually is the Mad potato scientists everything's going on about these amazing potatoes what's so special about them foreign wow stop it blue have you been drinking no let's cook it see if it's blue with these mad science skills Manuel cross-pollinate high altitude potato strains once used by the Incas and for lunch his proud parents had prepared some of the results look like oh boy man that is amazing look at that oh my God it's like a beetroot it does not look like a potato you are a crazy scientist oh boy you can just see that starch coming out there so how did you cook them they're baked in an oven roasted I'm dying to taste these please [Music] the whole thing it's almost meaty man is apparently these stunning pigments protect the potatoes from the intense ultraviolet light here at altitude what a gift from the Mountain Gods this one's in a surprise even more that's incredible how the hell do you peel something like that I mean literally foreign [Music] [Music] [Laughter] this is unique to the Andean Highlands [Music] and the sweetness from those wild strawberries are delicious thank you Bravo thank you Bravo this is very dangerous for me high altitude alcohol and something that's incredibly more this is the kind of discovery that sends me straight back to my kitchen because I've just tasted the most amazing potatoes I mean extraordinary the different colors a different flavor the diversity is mind-blowing and then the teacher I mean that will wipe the smile off any any Frenchman's uh Vineyard let me tell you sold their pink champagne from now on in thank you excellent thank you it's the day of the cook-off so me and my hangover are hitting urabamba the sacred Valley's largest town on a last minute mission to find Connery inspiration and maybe some aspirin wow oh my loss now that is what I call a market look at the colors and you know damn well that everything's been hand grown hand-picked and literally hours ago plucked straight from the sacred Valley right time to dive in hold up [Music] this one what is this is good luck I won't be needing that but just in case yes potatoes extraordinary salts from the local salt mines the way that glistens it's almost like little rough cut diamonds beautiful I'm hoping these diamonds are a chef's best friend [Music] oh my Lord amazing [Music] six avocado please a couple of bowls of garlic and I've just spotted a big fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers you want me to bite it at seven o'clock in the morning see that is hot you eat this for breakfast man my map is on fire thank you thank you thank you thank you oh my Lord armed with a chili from my Peruvian Spice Girl I'm ready to face my Connery foe so I'm heading to Mill a sacred Valley Restaurant eleven and a half thousand feet up for my cook-off with a prince of Peruvian cuisine virulio Martinez ready to go hey oh man look at this place you're good first of all that is a spot for a restaurant honestly you're a lucky boy so uh what a week I have been everywhere I understand the sacred Valley like is the back of my hand you're crazy man I'm hoping so you did your homework I did do my homework so I'm dying to get into the kitchen because I want to show you what I've understood and got up to speed with no kitchen we're gonna cook Outdoors you see the fire and this is your stove you know this is our technology seriously yeah I'll stop it yeah bloody hell [Music] I'm gonna show you your kitchen now I've never cooked on a stove like that yeah you know we're calling it here uh yeah this technique how far does this go back this is very traditional this is very Inca and it's stuck together with the mud yep wow foreign cooking with a mud oven is not what I had planned I'm the outsider so I've got to put my game face on and get dirty this is my personal station you're a bitter this is my my stove I've invited the farmers I met this week to the feast so I need to show them their lessons haven't gone to waste ful ass back I first tasted this meat five days ago and no it's not a giant guinea pig look at this thing yeah the pack is bigger than him right choose your Cuts I'm gonna go for the saddle or the easy one that's nice no because there's no fat on there I'll pick that at the neck I'm gonna use some some of that of the tongues the easy part there you go what about the heart I love heart you know these guys uh the farmers uh I was cooking before you they okay but these Farmers they eat I mean they're very used to eat hard yeah so it's gonna be tough for you okay so settle half for me you want to go for the most delicious part in the neck let's go I'm excited nervous at the same time this cook is serious and I've got a draw on everything I've learned all week understood search for doug4 fish for climb four and been out of breath for the sacred Valley it's it's like this Oasis a high altitude now it's time to put it on the plate there's no fat on this line so I just want to make sure they usually a pack of fat rendered down almost like we do additional Goose fare the alpaca Hearts hit the stove but it's me that's feeling the Heat what are you doing there with that paste I'm doing my marinade lots of green herbs a little bit of water the level of expectations are huge you may be a greyhound up the mountain side but trust me I do have an advantage in the kitchen is she gonna taste ferrillio might sense Victory with his neck marinade but I'm about to unleash my secret weapon well I'm gonna start my pace using those amazing mangoes and some chili I love it how do you feel yeah [Music] from my lungs to the alpaca Hearts to virulio's tongue it's all happening so beautiful this is like a little gastric is done with the natural sugar and they'll pack us like a mature it's almost like a mature Lamb with a little hint of sweetness so I'm going to glaze that as they cook virilio's now cooking his final alpaca dish why'd you put brains in omelettes what's wrong with you hey come here farmers the pressure's on cool members my corner comes on fire if they survive the stove I'll be serving the corn with Manuel's incredible multi-colored spuds how's your heart apparently right now oh those hearts yeah they're they're a lot more relaxed than my heart right now okay Julio heart's done yeah they're happy with to go pink right yeah yeah just to make sure that they're not calling inside yeah beautiful and now it's time to Plate up I mean let me know when you're ready yeah I'll be one minute what do you think when there is when I say about your potatoes I'm hoping next time he cooks them my way he's gonna get married how are you give me just give me give me 30 seconds finally my Feast is finished I've added my mango paste to the loins plus Manuel spuds and I'm hoping the hearts are cooked to Perfection this looks beautiful really beautiful but the competition is fierce quinoa and tongue salad alpaca brain omelette and a next stew okay good yeah let's go I'm the pink man from Great Britain smell s beautiful braised Hearts now who's gonna say grace foreign [Music] you've got the best ingredients look from this Valley so it's sacred for a reason these Farmers the hardest customers anywhere on the planet why salt the Earth [Music] there's nothing to do now except wait for the verdict [Music] this is not about winning it's about pleasing and it's also about not losing face with the locals in front of one of Peru's culinary Legends do you think they're enjoying it no idea man they're speaking creature serious ly there we go fingers crossed we're good faces okay is okay so that one won the popular vote the potatoes with the cheese sauce your potatoes amazing but they don't actually like everything the dish she first pointed to the heart the heart she said it's undercooked that's why they haven't eaten so much of that nice thank you guys okay how is the loin of the alpaca yeah he loved it they said it's the best dish sorry just just say that again please the potatoes of the Lord and they like that I think that's the brain dish right okay it sounds like it's sort of 50 50. okay an amazing week in the sacred valid and thank you for making me feel so welcome Cheers Cheers what an amazing week and a dream come true why because here in the sacred Valley I've uncovered a truly mind-blowing culinary culture using the secrets of the Incas amazing Andean Ingenuity and stunning altitude enriched ingredients the food here kicks the ass of any fancy restaurant breathtaking I don't know all but definitely got a taste and now more importantly I'm on it's my next adventure take care gracias gracias [Applause] [Music]

Channel: National Geographic

Views: 861,555

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Id: 4fVjsSiAYZ8

Length: 47min 22sec (2842 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 21 2023