Dish

Matthew Macfadyen, porchetta with salsa verde & crackling and a Primitivo

Nov 27, 2024

Matthew Macfadyen, renowned for his roles in 'Succession' and 'Spooks,' shares insights about his festive dining preferences and refuses to make a special sandwich for his wife, Keeley Hawes. He dives into his love for Southeast Asian cuisine and colorful holiday traditions while enjoying porchetta with salsa verde & crackling paired with a Primitivo. The conversation takes a light-hearted turn as they reminisce about cooking disasters and delve into the engaging world of 'Succession' and its character dynamics.

33:30

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Matthew Macfadyen

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Quick takeaways

Matthew Macfadyen reflects on his 30-year acting career, emphasizing the importance of personal choices in fulfilling artistic endeavors.

The podcast highlights the nostalgia and cultural roots connected to food, specifically through McFadyen's Southeast Asian influences and Christmas traditions.

Deep dives

Truffle Delights and Seasonal Flavors

Truffles, particularly white truffles, are a prized culinary ingredient that are collected mostly between November and December. These unique fungi grow underground and require trained dogs to locate them, as they cannot be cultivated. The podcast features a discussion about a special dinner that included white truffle risotto and guinea fowl with truffles, showcasing how these flavors elevate dishes. Truffle dinners provide a luxurious experience, highlighted by the aroma and taste of these wild delicacies that are hard to find outside their peak seasons.

Intro

2min

The Allure of Truffles

4min

Savoring Culinary Memories

11min

Squash Season and Culinary Traditions

6min

Christmas Cooking Capers and Succession Insights

7min

Festive Traditions and Playful Banter

4min

Born in Norfolk, Matthew Macfadyen recently celebrated his 50th birthday. His father’s job took the family overseas when he was young, and he grew up in places like Indonesia before returning to the UK to attend RADA. Matthew’s career began on the BBC show, Spooks in 2002. From there he went on to star in Frost/Nixon in 2008, Robin Hood in 2010 and The Three Musketeers in 2011. Matthew played Tom Wambsgans in the smash-hit TV series Succession, winning Baftas, SAG Awards, Emmys, and Golden Globes for his performance. He is here to talk about his appearance in the Waitrose Christmas advert.

Nick mixes Matthew his favourite drink, tonic water and bitters, while Angela prepares porchetta with salsa verde & crackling. The experts at Waitrose pair this with a Primitivo from Puglia, Italy. Our trio tuck into the No.1 red velvet bauble dessert for pudding.

Nick and Angela quiz Matthew on his biggest roles. He talks about his love of Southeast Asian cuisine, his plans for Christmas, and shares why refuses to make his wife Keeley Hawes, her favourite sandwich.

Find Angela's Christmas menu with Dishpatch, the restaurant quality meal kit experts, on Waitrose Entertaining.

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All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes

A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish

We can’t all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help.

Send your dilemmas to dish@waitrose.co.uk and she’ll try to answer them in a future episode.

Dish is a S:E Creative Studio production for Waitrose

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