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Written by Tony Carson

Category: Recipes

Created: 21 July 2019

• Takes a bit of time
• Pork Shoulder
• Gluten Free
• Ingredients Alphabet

We did the “Around the world for £4 or less” a while ago. It’s time for another little foodie challenge. So  “Ingredients Alphabet” seems like a cool idea. We might need to use some American terminology, Zucchini for example. But we’ll see how it goes!

Slow roasted Pork shoulder with Aubergine, Chilli and Lemon.

Aubergine has the ability to soak up seeming five times it’s body weight in oil and Pork shoulder is naturally quick a fatty cut. So I though this combination might work….

Ingredients:-

1 Aubergine, sliced
Pork Shoulder
Potatoes, quartered
Dried Chillies
The juice of a Lemon
1 litre of Beef Stock
Salt & Pepper to season
Oil

Method:-

(1) Score the rind quite deeply and rub a little oil, Salt and Pepper into the cuts.
(2) Pour the stock into an oven proof deep sided trap or casserole and layer the Potatoes and then the sliced Aubergine in the bottom.
(3) Add the dried Chillies and pour the Lemon juice over the Aubergine slices.
(4) Lay the Pork shoulder over the top and place in a pre-heated oven at 200C.
(5) Allow 20 minutes for the crackling to crisp and then reduce the heat to 160C.
(6) Allow to braise slowly for several hours until the meat is very tender and shreds easily when you slide a fork into it.

We served ours with the outer leaves of a Cabbage fried in Chilli oil and boiled Carrots.

 

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Written by Tony Carson

Category: Recipes

Created: 15 July 2019

• Quick and Easy
• Sides
• Crispy Coated
• Vegetarian

This is Sue’s take on Kansas Fried Chicken shop Coated Fries ( Other State names may be used as branding!)

Ingredients:-

Potato cut into wedges skin on
Egg
Milk
Plain Flour (Gluten free in our case)
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt
Paprika
Chilli flakes mixed Herbs
Salt and Pepper

Method:-

(1) Mix the beaten Egg, Salt, Pepper and Milk to make an Egg wash.
(2) Mix the flour and other dry ingredients to make a seasoned Flour mix.
(3) Dip each wedge in the Flour mix, Egg wash and back in the Flour mix.
(4) Roast at 180C for about 40 minutes.
(5) Flash fry to crisp the coating.

We served ours with Marinated Pork Ribs and home made Coleslaw. A fresh light and tasty meal of a warm summer evening.

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Written by Tony Carson

Category: Recipes

Created: 14 July 2019

• Quick and Easy
• Vegan
• Vegetarian
• Gluten Free
• Indian Recipes

The Gram flour based Bhaji batter is a bit of a favourite here. We’re tried all sorts of odd combinations but Mushroom Bhajis had until now slipped under the radar. Omission corrected…

Ingredients:-

6 Mushrooms sliced
Home made Garlic Butter
100g Gram flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp ground Cloves
Chopped Chillies
½ tsp Turmeric
Salt
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Melt the Garlic Butter (Margarine in our case) and stir with the sliced Mushrooms to coat.
(2) Mix the remaining ingredients with water to make a fairly stiff batter.
(3) mix the Mushrooms into the batter and make sure they are all evenly coated.
(4) Spoon into hot oil in batches and fry until golden brown.

They make a tasty side or are also good cold as a snack.

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Written by Tony Carson

Category: Recipes

Created: 11 July 2019

• Quick and Easy
• Sides
• Vegan
• Vegetarian
• Indian Recipes

I’ve always had a bit of a negative impression of Swede personally. It’s OK mashed with Carrots or just boiled as a vegetable. But it's not an a veg I have personally really considered to be very versatile. That's probably just me. So I wondered what else can you use Swede for?

Our Gram Flour Bhaji mix has had all sorts of strange additions, Beetroot and Onion worked well for example. But what about a Swede Bhaji, would that work?

Well generally it did. There was one interesting oddity though. I added two table spoons of Polenta to the basic Bhaji mix ( Which is here ) with the intention of adding a bit of bite as I expected the Swede to soften when it was fried. The Polenta reacted with the protein in the Gram Flour which resulted in something quite strange…. As the Bhajis cooled they fell apart before our eyes! Hot they were fine and held together well.

So forget the Polenta, but apart from that we can confirm that Swede Bhajis are actually a thing!