Back to Basics Cooking in a Modern Age
Yesterday, I slow cooked a piece of pork for 10 hours. It was delicious! It was just a huge hunk of, well, I guess Boston Butt or Pork Shoulder but it was one of those ‘lost in translation’ spanish things…. Aguja de Cerdo. Anyway. It was 1.8 kilos of pork. I coated it in cajun …
I rarely buy fresh green beans. I have no excuse – except that I tend to forget about them in the fridge, so I stick to the green beans in a jar. Which, I have to admit, I really like as far as convenience food goes. But I did purchase a bunch of green beans the …
Okay – this is one of the recipes I don’t expect anyone to actually follow. I mean, it’s a little labour intensive, but super worth it from the point of view of satisfaction! See, I bought myself a meat grinder this week…. I’m guessing, that if you can’t be bothered to grind your own meat, …
So earlier this week, I made my own italian sausage with my new meat grinder and had a delicious Sausage Loaf with half the results. I put the rest of the sausage meat in the freezer so I would have some left to make stuffing for Christmas Day. I absolutely adore stuffing. It was always one of …
Anyone who reads my recipes on a regular basis knows that I’m keen on meatballs and the whole fruit and meat combination. And, seeing as it’s the holidays, I wanted something a bit festive-y and special. And I didn’t make any cookies. These are my snacky substitute. Almost the same ingredients – but not quite…. …
I love homemade sausage rolls. A traditional british snack, sausage rolls always came out at Christmas time in my family. You can get them all year ’round in the UK, obviously, but my mother made lovely homemade ones which were always better than the pre-packed ones you get in the supermarket. I’ve had The Best …
