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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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Leftovers Soup!


We have a confession to make…. We often cook far too many vegetables and also end up with bits of leftover meat. Most folk would throw these in the bin, but we’re a bit tight like that. So it all ends up in the freezer in boxes. But the freezer is not a bottomless pit.

So yesterday we had a “Soup Making Day” Nothing goes to waste here. I can’t give you exact ingredients for this soup but basically you’ll need the following.

Ingredients:-

Vegetables and meat leftovers from the freezer
2 Stock cubes
1 Wuzzer ( We got ours as a freebie via Amazon when we switched energy suppliers) – That’s a food processor to most folk.

Method:-

(1) Thaw everything you have stored in boxes.
(2) Boil 2 Stock cubes in 500ml of water.
(3) Blitz everything apart from the stock.
(4) Place in a large pan and add enough stock to make a reasonable soup liquidity.
(5) Bring to boil.
(6) If you are not going to eat today allow to cool and freeze in portions.

We have a few verbs and bits an bobs which we are growing in tubs on our balcony, so I dressed the soups up with those, a Gluten free cracker and a bit of grated Cheese. Looks good, tastes better!

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