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Cottage Pie
When the rain appears, it’s time to run back home. That’s exactly what I did after visiting London at the weekend, on return to the flat I still had a nice amount of Sunday afternoon cooking time.
Time to bring out the casserole dish, and make some more traditional British comfort food.
I’m sure we’ve all had this as a kid, the tasty treat made by our parents. The trick is to make it nice and rich, with a lovely meaty depth.
For a portion good enough for 4 (or 2 greedy people) brown off a diced : onion, celery stick(x2) and a carrot in some lovely olive oil. Once done, just add in your mince meat (500g) bit my bit and let it brown off. [If easier, feel free to remove the veg to make this easier.] Continue Reading
Oriental Belly Pork
After having a hankering for some comfort food on the sunday past, I knew I just had to get my filling of belly pork. A quick scout around lead me to this: Chinese Slow Roasted Pork.
I tweaked the recipe to suit my storecupboard, though I kept it as a nice slow roast. I rubbed in a mix of star-anise, white pepper and salt into all the scored skin and browned it off in the oven at a real high heat (good thing its winter, helps keep me warm), on a bed of cloves from a whole head of garlic (no such thing as too much garlic). Continue Reading
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