A Cheesy Road Trip

Is there anything better than a toastie cheese?

Presenter and food writer Donal Skehan and rising food star Nico Reynolds are in search of the ultimate cheese combo to ooze between two slices of bread.

And you can follow their adventure in their new film Donal and Nico’s Cheesy Road Trip which launched on RTÉ Player this week.

They hit the road in a vintage camper van and they have only one destination in sight – west Cork, the home of Irish dairy.

First stop is Schull where the Fergusons have worked the coastal Gubbeen Farm for generations.

Giana Ferguson was one of the first artisan cheesemakers in Ireland in the early 70s and now Gubbeen Cheese is sold all over the world.

They then set off to Durrus Cheese to meet the cheesemakers and sample the various cheeses on offer.

Started by another woman, Jeffa Gill, in the 1970s,the cheese is produced using age-old artisanal methods, with a Swiss cheese ‘harp’ to cut the curd by hand in a traditional copper-lined cheese vat.

Nico and Donal are ambassadors for the EU-funded Cheese Your Way campaign managed by the National Dairy Council.

Donal and Nico’s Cheesy Road Trip is on the RTÉ Player now and you can also watch on Donal Skehan’s YouTube Channel.

Bull’s Eye BBQ sauces

Just one more weekend of sun, that’s all we want so we can fire up the barbecue one last time this summer and slather meat in Bull’s-Eye BBQ and hot sauces.

Juicy, messy, meaty ribs, slathered in sauces, sizzling on flaming coals – is there anything better?

Born out west in the good old US of A, Bull’s-Eye BBQ and Hot Sauces have been used in back garden barbecues over there since 1985 and they really add a fiery flavour.

A personal favourite is the Bull’s-Eye Original BBQ Sauce, it’s full bodied, smokey and packed full of punch but for those that like a bit of heat, check out the Chipotle Hot BBQ Sauce. Lovely smokey jalapeño flavours to slather on burgers, pulled pork or kebabs.

For a little smoky sweetness, the Brown Sugar BBQ Sauce works as a dip as well as a marinade. If you want to step things up a notch, their range of hot sauces offer a range of heat but for those who like it really really hot, the Bull’s-Eye Carolina Reaper with Black Garlic Hot Sauce actually contains the world’s hottest chilli.

You can pick up the sauces in Tesco, Dunnes or SuperValu for €2.99 while the hot sauces are €2.49.