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Jamie has a passion for pizza and he’s learnt interesting variations from his travels in Italy where many recipes are passed down through generations. Jamie forages in the garden to find interesting veg to top his pizza. This show really isn’t about cheese and tomato. After making basic dough the variations can be explored. Jamie makes a traditional pizza and a calzone and Jamie’s traditional wood oven is a great location for a magnificent quattro gusti pizza that is mouth-watering.

It’s summer and Jamie’s garden is producing row after row of gorgeous lettuce and salad leaves. Jamie starts with an explanation about the basic principles of dressings and makes a simple green salad. Herbs are a brilliant part of a salad or summer dish and Jamie makes a herb and tomato crostini. Brian and Jamie look at what can be grown in a small space – they’ve grown rocket in welly boots, mixed leaves in boxes and lettuce in old bathtubs. There’s no excuse for not growing some greenery - even if you only have a windowsill at your disposal, you’ll be inspired to have a go. Using a variety of leaves from the garden Jamie uses them to form the basis of a lovely roasted peach and bresaola salad with feta and a yoghurt dressing. The wood oven at Jamie’s Essex home looks like Tuscany on this beautiful summers day and the rustic Caesar salad Jamie makes in it is a perfect shared lunch.

From Italian leaves to roots and hardy herbs, a quick trip round Jamie's veg patch produces an array of colourful ingredients to make inspired winter salads.

Not everyone's favorite vegetable, it's hard to be creative with asparagus, but Jamie has just the thing to make cooking with it easy as he shows its versatility in dishes for each meal of the day.

Jamie shows how vegetables aren't just the purview of summer as he uses his winter harvest to create a soup and salad.

When he is invited out on a shoot Jamie takes a look at game birds used in cooking.

Rhubarb. No one knows what to do with it except rhubarb-and-strawberry pie or jam, but Jamie has the cure for this boring fare as he uses his garden's rhubarb to create an entrée, a dessert and even a cocktail. Dishes: • Speedy Rhubarb Fool – Served with Puff Pastry Biscuits • Rhubarb and Crispy Pork • Rhubarb & Custard Soufflé • Creamy Rhubarb and Vodka Cocktail

Jamie gives tips for growing and storing leeks, then grills and slow roasts his own to use with squid and pasta. Dishes: • Pappardelle with Slow-Braised Leeks • Concertina Squid with Grilled Leeks – Served with Warm Chorizo and Garlic Dressing

Everyone loves potatoes and Jamie is no exception. He enthuses about these underground jewels and makes the perfect potato salad using freshly dug wonderful new potatoes at their best. Jamie excitedly investigates what lies beneath the soil with gardener Brian, and the purple potatoes they uncover are amazing.

Jamie's garden is bursting with tomatoes of every size, shape and colour. The freshness and vibrancy of the dishes Jamie makes leaves you in no doubt that growing your own tomatoes is a must in any garden, large or small. Jamie's tomato salad looks unbelievably sumptuous and the fusilli with salsa rossa cruda is knockout. Oven-baked sausage ragu is simple and rustic, and a beautiful pale pink tomato and vodka consommé top and tails the show, and is a treat for Brian the gardener.

To get the freshest, most flavoursome strawberries there’s only one thing for it and that’s to grow your own. Jamie’s garden is bursting with strawberries from hanging baskets, a great way to grow them, and he picks them in situ to make a strawberry salad with speck and halloumi. Not only are they good fresh, Jamie shows us more inventive ways with the traditional strawberry – his take on a classic is grilled strawberries with pimms. Whilst there are a glut of strawberries in season Jamie shows us how to make the most of them by making a really simple, delicious strawberry jam which he serves hot with a creamy rice pudding. As strawberries are everywhere in Jamie’s garden at this time of year, even Brian gets to take a break and enjoy a strawberry bellini.

This week sees Jamie showing how to have the perfect barbecue. He also shows how to make a perfect marinade.

Jamie discusses the advantages of free-range game, and then uses some, big and small, to make rustic dishes you'll be proud to serve your family.

Jamie demonstrates a simple pastry dough, and then plunders his garden for fillings both savory and sweet. Dishes: • Shortcut Pastry – Sweet and Savory Versions • Blackberry and Apple Pie – With Stem Ginger and Served over Custard • Steak & Guinness Cheese Pie • Italian Ham, Nettle & Spinach Tart

Jamie harvests his chickens in this episode that looks at the many uses for eggs – both sweet and savory. Dishes: • Eggy Crumpets – Served with Brown Sauce • Homemade Egg Tagliatelle – Served with Fonduta Sauce and Sprouting Broccoli • Meringue with Hot Pears and Chocolate Sauce • Omelette Salad with Bresaola

This week Jamie prepares some meals using courgettes.