Category Archives: Pork recipes

The Cook Shelf: Odd Bits and pork rillons

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Louise

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 →

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Glorious, sticky, weeknight pork belly

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Louise

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 →

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The oven is your friend: roast pork belly with braised red cabbage

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Louise

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 →

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Really easy pork loin with endive

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Louise

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 →

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Cheering myself up on a foggy 111111: Mexican pork carnitas

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Louise

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 →

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Modern Pantry part two: thit heo kho or Vietnamese pork

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Louise

There I was, only yesterday, saying how I thought that The Modern Pantry Cookbook was, despite first impressions, full of wonderful ideas and here I am today cooking one of them. I grant you that I chose this recipe because … Continue reading →

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Caramelised pork salad

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Louise

Today, after rather an overdose of olive oil with the Spanish tapas this week, and the confits last, I am going back to the Antipodes for a burst of flavour and colour that owes nothing to the Mediterranean. This is … Continue reading →

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