This month’s recipes
Category Archives: Pork recipes
Ballymaloe and Patatas (well, what else?!)
Three weeks ago I volunteered at the first Ballymaloe food festival, which took place just outside Cork in Ireland. It was a delight: I saw good friends, watched many an idol (Claudia Roden, Jancis Robinson, Rory O’Connell), found ingredients that I have never seen … Continue reading
£15 week: can it be done and how does chorizo and cider help?
£15 then, a possible feasible budget for two people for a week? Well, yes and no. Yes, because I made four main meals: a) sausage ragu, b) this risotto (not recommended; overwhelmingly rich and salty), c) this cheese soufflé (ALWAYS … Continue reading
The £15 week: sausage ragu with thyme and caramelised onion mash
After Monday’s post I had a Facebook exchange with a friend about how to eat better for less. I mentioned to him that I’d been spending about £15 per week on food, even though I’m staying in, and therefore cooking … Continue reading
An Indoor Party Hog Roast
Where have I been? I wish I knew the answer to that. But I’m back! The last three weeks have been a whirl of deadlines, visits and visitors and, for the first time in years, I had a party. And, … Continue reading
Posted in Party recipes, Pork recipes
Tagged Antic Disposition, Christmas party recipes, hog roast, pork recipes, roast recipes
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Turning a dullard into a diva: a pork chop transformed
Pork chops; not very exciting are they? Now, a lamb chop, even when it is simply grilled is a thing of beauty already but then throw in some feta, lemon and thyme and, well, it is completely wonderful. It helps … Continue reading
Posted in Pork recipes, Simon Hopkinson, The Good Cook
Tagged pork recipes, quick and easy recipes, Simon Hopkinson
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The Cook Shelf: Odd Bits and pork rillons
Pork belly, as far as I am concerned, is one of the most interesting meats to cook. I am partial to a nice blue steak, preferably a French pavé cut served with a slab of melting Roquefort and some really … Continue reading
Glorious, sticky, weeknight pork belly
Yes I know it’s not a lovely photo. But then pork belly, like most cheap cuts of meat, is untidy to look at, a bit lumpen to handle and unlikely to win a beauty contest compared to a fillet steak or … Continue reading
The oven is your friend: roast pork belly with braised red cabbage
If ever there was a week when fast and easy food was required, it’s this one. Most people will be finishing work, or travelling, or writing and buying the last Christmas cards and presents or, poor sods, all of the … Continue reading
Really easy pork loin with endive
In Paris the other week Jerry and I spent a lot of time talking about chicory, or endive. We both love it and marvelled at the way its bitter leaves melt when cooked for a long period of time and … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Pork recipes, Simon Hopkinson, Winter vegetables
Tagged chicory recipes, pork recipes, Simon Hopkinson
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Cheering myself up on a foggy 111111: Mexican pork carnitas
Today is Remembrance Day but I won’t be thinking of World War I or II, or of service personnel lost and still serving. I will be thinking of my Dad who died nine years ago. He wasn’t really into food, … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Pork recipes, Spicy recipes
Tagged Cambridgeshire, mexican food, smitten kitchen
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