With the cost of beef and lamb having risen so much in the last few years pork has appeared a lot more on the menu. This recipe is a great way to make it interesting. You need to buy thin pork steaks so you can fold the meat over the filling or a larger piece that you can cut a pocket into though. With a bigger piece you’d probably be best using string to keep it together.
I’m always looking for things to cook when all the family come over for lunch. These days I look for gluten free dishes so that everyone can eat them. I was quite happy when I found this Pork Biriani and I hope they’ll like it. I just wish gluten free desserts were as easy to find.
Although Christmas is still quite a few weeks away shops have put up their decorations, so I guess it’s time to start to work on Christmas menus. I found this old cutting in Mum’s collection and thought that the Guinness, mustard, ginger and cardamom basting combo sounded interesting and I thought that the carving instructions were useful bonus.
This recipe is definitely not for those who don’t like meat and fruit cooked together. To be honest I’m not quite sure if I would like it. I find the banana in it a bit strange, but I guess the peanut butter, dates and chilli might be OK. I leave it up to you to decide.
With the price of lamb and beef at the moment, pork has become a more economical choice of meat to use. Although this recipe says to use pork medallions from the loin, I think you could use a cheaper cut of pork as there’s plenty of flavour in the mustard, onion and chilli sauce. You just need to cook it a little bit longer, until it’s nice tender.
I really like the look of these little gems that come from a Pork Promotion Centre leaflet. Pork mince moulded around cabanossi or kabana (if your a Victorian like me) has a lot of appeal. They’d make a tasty change from meatballs I reckon.
This is the first time I’ve seen cocoa powder used in a pork recipe – it seems very strange, especially when you add in the brown sugar and nutmeg, then cook it in milk and garlic. It comes from a recipe sheet put out by the Pork Promotion Centre, so I guess it works. Are you brave enough to try it? Not sure I am.
I often cook lamb over a bed of onions, but haven’t tried cooking pork that way. It looks quite delicious in this recipe, especially the with addition of the two sauces and honey brushed over and then the apple, sage and wine sauce to served with it. The added bonus is that the apple, sage and wine sauce is a good gluten free substitute for gravy.
With this one from the Herald Sun ‘Second time around’ column, there’s a combination of two great things – ham and barbeque. Or maybe it’s three if you add in fresh pineapple………..
After all the Christmas cooking it’s great to have some easy recipes to use up all the lovely leftovers. This is another from the Herald Sun cooking page ‘Second time around’ and jazzes up plain ham and eggs.
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