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Halloumi

Halloumi

“H” in our Vegetarian Alphabet was Halloumi. Traditionally Halloumi is made with a mixture of Goat’s and Sheep’s milk. We’ve only a small balcony and the Council would probably not be happy about us grazing a mixed flock on the communal lawns. So Full fat Cows milk did the job.

This was certainly a “Lock Down” time filling gig and realistically it’s probably not worth doing at home normally for the return weight for weight. But we love a challenge. The process is to heat 4l of milk to exactly 32c add Rennet, hold over a water bath at exactly 32c for 45 minutes. Cut the curds, salt and then dehydrate in the fridge overnight. Sounds easy? It took us 4 hours to get to the fridge stage!

But it worked and did taste like the real thing. We grilled some, made crispy Halloumi balls out of the bits we’d broken by being a bit heavy handed and also made roasted Rosecoco Bean and Carrot fritters. A few other bits and bobs and we had a very tasty Buffet style dinner.

 

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Pork Loin Curry

Probably far from traditional, but traditions are ever evolving as far as we are concerned. There were two large Loin Chops in the offers at the local Supermarket. As there are three mouths to feed Sue de-boned them and made this pretty convincing Curry.
 
Ingredients:-
 
2 Pork Loin chops, de-boned, beaten out and then cut into strips
1 Onion, sliced
1 Potato, peeled and cubed
1 large Carrot, peeled and cubed
¼ of a Celeriac, peeled and cubed
A good squeeze of Tomato Purée
1 tin of Chopped Tomatoes
¼ tsp Garam Masala
¼ tsp Cumin
¼ tsp Chilli Flakes
¼ tsp Paprika
3 Dried Red Chillies soaked and then sliced finely
¼ tsp Onion Salt
¼ tsp Garlic Salt
¼ tsp Turmeric
1 large clove of Garlic minced
A Slug of Soy Sauce (Gluten free in our case)
Butter / Margarine
Salt & Pepper to taste
 
Method:-
 
Marinade the Pork in the Soy Sauce.
Add a sprinkle of all the spices except the Red Chillies and Garlic.
Add the Butter / Margarine to a large frying pan and gently fry the Onions until softened.
Add the Potatoes, Carrots and Celeriac, fry for 10 minutes.
Add the remaining spices and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Add the Pork and stir until the Pork is browned.
Add the Tomato Purée, tinned Tomatoes and a little water if the sauce is too think.
Simmer for 20 minutes stirring regularly.
 
We served ours with Turmeric boiled Rice and home made Onion Bhajis ( Recipe here )

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