JW Recipes

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What you need:

2 lb boneless pork shoulder roast

3  medium cubed potatoes (about 2-1/2 cups)

3  medium carrots  cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 1-1/2 cups)

2  medium onions  sliced

1 medium apple roughly chopped

1 celery stalk roughly chopped

3 tbsp quick cooked tapioca

2 cups  apple juice or apple cider

1 tsp caraway seeds

1 tsp salt

1/4  tsp black pepper

What you do:

What you need:

16 good-quality medium cocktail sausages
2 medium sized potatoes
3-4 heaped tbsp butter
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard, or to taste

What you do:

Preheat the oven to 220 C/ 425 F / gas mark 7. Bake the sausages until golden, about 10-12 minutes.

Boil the potato until soft, remove and mash with a good knob of butter and season. Stir in the mustard.

Slice the sausage lengthways three quarters of the way through. Pipe the mash into the slit of the sausage. Bake for 5 more minutes to warm through.

Secure with a cocktail stick and serve.

What you need:

3 tbsp olive oil
1 fat garlic clove, finely chopped
3 shallots, finely diced
400g  ( around 6 ) pork sausages
400g tin cherry tomatoes
1 red chilli, deseeded and thinly sliced
220g red and yellow cherry tomatoes, halved
400g dried tagliatelle
Small bunch fresh basil leaves

What you do:

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a low heat, add the garlic and shallots and soften for 5 minutes. Split the sausage skins and add the pork mince to the pan. Cook over a high heat for 5 minutes, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until well browned and cooked through.

Pour over the canned tomatoes and add the chilli and fresh cherry tomatoes. Season well, bring to a simmer and warm through.

Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 minutes until al dente.

Drain the pasta and return to the pan, then pour over the sauce, tossing well to coat. Divide among bowls and garnish with basil leaves to serve.

What you need:

10 slices of French stick or ciabatta about 2cm thick
3tbsp olive oil
2 small leeks, washed and finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, 1 crushed 1 left whole
100ml white wine
200ml cream (double or whipping)
½ tsp fresh thyme
1tbsp chopped fresh parsley
20g parmesan cheese
5 rashers of streaky bacon
Small handful of fresh chopped mint

What you do:

Cook the bacon under the grill until crisp, cool and chop into small pieces. In a medium frying pan heat 1tbsp of the olive oil and cook the leeks over a moderate heat for 2 minutes.

Now add the crushed garlic, thyme and continue frying for a further minute before adding the white wine and reduce to almost evaporated. Next pour in cream and bring to the boil, season with salt and milled pepper add the parmesan and chopped parsley and keep warm until needed.

Drizzle the remaining olive oil over the slices of bread and cook either under the grill or ideally on a griddle pan until crisp and golden. Take the whole piece of garlic and rub a little over one half of the bread and lay them onto a serving plate. Top each with a spoonful of the creamed leeks, crispy bacon and finally a little chopped mint and a drizzle of olive oil.

What you need:

300g  extra fine green beans
75g  dry cured un-smoked back bacon
4 shallots, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1tsp thyme, chopped
2tsp  basil infused olive oil
2tsp toasted pine nuts

What you do:

Place a small pan of water on the stove and once bubbling pop the beans in for 2-3 minutes, drain into a colander and refresh under cold water.

Place a large frying pan onto a medium heat and add the basil infused oil. Then add the bacon and shallots and cook for 5 minutes until soft and the bacon has crisped up a little.

While this is going on add the sliced garlic and fry for a minute or so until you have a wonderful aroma of bacon, garlic and shallot. By which time add the beans and cook for 2-3 minutes along with the fresh thyme. Once you feel the beans are hot enough, season to taste and serve garnished with toasted pine nuts.

What you need:

1½ kg  ham joint ( unsmoked)
1  carrot, roughly chopped
1  celery stick, roughly chopped
1 cinnamon stick
20 peppercorns
20 cloves
2tbsp honey
1 tbsp Demerara sugar

For the coleslaw:

½ small  red cabbage, finely shredded
2  medium carrots, coarsely grated
1  red onion, finely sliced
3tbsp  mayonnaise
1tsp Dijon mustard
1tbsp flat leaf parsley, finely chopped

What you do:

Pre-heat the oven to 190C / 375F /  gas mark  5.

Place the ham joint into a large pan and completely cover with water. Now add the carrot, celery, cinnamon and peppercorns.
Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and simmer for about 1½ hours. Scoop out and white foam the rise to the top.

Pour the cooking liquor out of the pan .

Leave the ham to cool for 10 minutes.

Place the ham into a roasting tin and then cut away the skin leaving a layer of fat.

With a knife score the fat in a criss-cross pattern, then spike all over with the cloves.

In a small saucepan add the honey and Demerara sugar and warm through, pour all over the ham and bake for 25 minutes basting the juices a few times as it cooks.

Meanwhile for the coleslaw quite simply take a large mixing bowl and add the mayonnaise, mustard, parsley, season to taste and mix.
Now add the vegetables and give it all a really good mix up then leave to one side.

Leave the ham to cool before slicing. Serve with the coleslaw.

What you need:

8  Pork Sausages
4  shallots, peeled and quartered
½  leek, sliced
1 large carrot, cut into small cubes
1tsp olive oil
1 rosemary sprig roughly chopped
100g plain white flour
4 eggs
175ml semi-skimmed milk
Onion Gravy:

 1 red onion

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp plain white flour
284ml (½ pint) beef stock

What you do:

Pre-heat your oven to 220C /425F  / gas 7.
Sift the flour into a bowl, make a well in the centre and break in the eggs.
Add half the milk and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth, then add the remaining milk and whisk until you get tiny little bubbles in the batter.
Add the rosemary and leave to rest for an hour or so.
Cook the sausages in a frying pan with a little olive oil until nicely browned then transfer to a ceramic oven dish.
In the same pan add the shallots and cook until golden then add the leek and carrot and continue frying until the leeks are soft.
Spoon the vegetables around the sausages. Pop into the oven for 5 minutes.
Pour the batter now over the sausages and pop back into the oven as quickly as possible.
Cook for 35-40 minutes until golden brown and well risen.
Simply serve with some onion gravy and to make that simply cook a red onion finely sliced in 1tbsp of olive oil until soft and just starting to brown.
Next add 1tbsp of plain flour and stir in. Make ½ pint of beef stock using a stock cube then slowly pour into the pan and whisk until smooth. If you like add little Worcestershire sauce to make it a little richer.

What you need:

4 1 1/2- to 2-inch-thick bone in pork rib chops
2 tsp coarse kosher salt
2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
1 tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 bacon slices, coarsely chopped
Olive oil (optional)
4 cups thinly sliced leeks (white and pale green parts only; about 3 large)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup brandy
1 cup low-salt chicken broth
2 tsp finely chopped fresh sage
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/3 cup crème fraîche or sour cream

What you do:

Pat chops dry with paper towels. Mix 2 tsp coarse salt, thyme, rosemary, and 1 tsp pepper in small bowl. Sprinkle seasoning mixture on both sides of chops. Let stand at room temperature 1 to 2 hours or wrap and chill up to 1 day.

Heat a large frying pan or large skillet over medium heat. Add bacon and sauté until crisp and lightly browned. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to small bowl. Increase heat to medium-high. Add chops to the pan. Sear until brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer chops to small baking sheet.

Pour off all but 3 tbsp drippings from skillet (or add olive oil to make 3 tablespoons). Add leeks and sauté until soft, about 7 minutes. Add garlic and stir 1 minute. Add brandy, then broth and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Return bacon to skillet; add sage and stir to blend.

Nestle chops in leeks in skillet. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover; simmer 3 minutes. Turn chops over. Cover; simmer until thermometer inserted into thickest part of chops registers 140°F to 145°F, about 3 minutes longer. Transfer chops to platter. Tent loosely with foil to keep warm.

Spoon off any fat from cooking liquid in skillet. Boil until all liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Whisk in mustard, then crème fraîche; do not boil. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon over chops.

What you need:

5  eggs
4 tbsp golden breadcrumbs
A little (about 1 tbsp) vegetable or olive oil
6  pork sausages ( or 1lb of saugage meat)

What you do:

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

Grease a baking tray with oil.

Crack 1 egg into a bowl and beat with a fork. Put the breadcrumbs and oil into another bowl, mix together.

Hard-boil the remaining eggs (boil for 6 minutes). Leave until cool. Peel.

Squeeze 1½ sausages out of their skin and squash the meat as flat as you can. Wrap around 1 egg to cover. Repeat.

Dip into the beaten egg then into the breadcrumbs.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, turning a few times to brown evenly.

When cooked cut them in half & serve.

What you need:

4  pork loin steaks
2tbsp / 30ml  olive oil
8 shallots, peeled and quartered
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2tbsp /30ml  medium madras curry powder
1/4tsp /1.25ml ground cloves
4tbsp / 60ml  sherry
Finely grated rind and juice of 1 orange
30ml (2tbsp) cider vinegar
15ml (1tbsp) demerara sugar
1 sprig each parsley and rosemary
1 bay leaf
4oz /115g  ready-to-eat dried apricots
2oz /55g  sultanas
1 cox’s apple
2 oz /15g  butter
1 oz /25g  blanched almonds

What you do:

Trim any excess fat from the pork with a sharp knife. heat half the oil in a oven proof casserole or frying pan and fry the pieces of pork on a high heat for 2-3 minutes to brown lightly, turning once. Remove and keep hot.

Heat the remaining oil and fry the shallots and garlic, stirring over a moderate heat for 2-3 minutes to brown lightly.

Stir in the curry powder and cloves, then add the sherry and allow to bubble for about 30 seconds. Stir in the orange rind and juice, cider vinegar and sugar.

Tie the parsley, rosemary and bay together with fine cotton string, then add to the pan with the apricots, sultanas and the pork. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat, cover tightly and simmer on a low heat for a further 30-35 minutes, until tender. Add a little water if the mixture becomes dry.

Core and thickly slice the apples. Heat the butter in a small frying pan and fry the apples and almonds until lightly browned. Stir into the casserole, adjust the seasoning to taste .

serve hot.