BBQ PORK BELLY

GET YOUR BELLY DANCING!

Crunchy & heavenly Pork Belly with Chipotle Slaw

INGREDIENTS:
Pork belly (scored)

Marinade
1 can of beer
Good splash of soy sauce
2/3 star anise pieces
2 Cinnamon sticks
1 tbsp crushed garlic
1 tbsp crushed ginger


Step 1. Allow Pork Belly to cool to room temp. Then rub oil & sea salt into the rind
Step 2. In a foil tray add all marinade ingredients & stir. Place pork in marinade - rind side up
Step 3. Place foil tray on trivet in closed lid BBQ on low heat OR on 150C in oven for 1 1/2 hrs
Step 4. Remove pork from tray.  Place pork so skin is facing directly on grill and turn BBQ on high for few minutes til crackling is perfect!  Carve into cubes & serve.

Crackling Hint # If your cooking in an oven place pork under grill for approx 5 minutes at the end to get the crackling crispy.

Chipotle Slaw
Cabbage
Carrot
Red onion
Coriander
Mayonnaise
Chipotle sauce

Step 1. Shred or finely slice above ingredients
Step 2. In a cup mix 2tbsp of whole egg mayonnaise and 1/2tbsp of chipotle sauce. Stir through slaw.

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well" - Virginia Wolf

LETTUCE TRY SOMETHING NEW!

THE  ICEBERGER 

Home style carb free burger!

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”—Doug Larson

Quick Beef Patty recipe:

500g Beef mince

1 egg

1tsp of crushed garlic

1 tsp of Dijon mustard

1 tbsp of tomatoe sauce or bbq sauce

1 tbsp oregano and/or parsley

Salt and pepper

Step 1. Simply mix all ingredients together, mould patties to your liking & BBQ or fry in pan
Step 2. In a pan with a little olive oil cook bacon, onion rings and egg
Step 3. Place burger and any of your other favourite ingredients in crisp Iceberg lettuce leaves.  

The Iceberger

Beef patty
Bacon

cheddar cheese
Onion rings

Egg

Tomatoe

Iceberg lettuce

SOUP KITCHEN

Nourish the soul with this fragrant chicken & barley soup

Ingredients:

1 BBQ chicken (pull apart and use all meat. No skin or bones)

1 litre Chicken stock

1 cup Pearl Barley

1 Onion chopped

1/2 tbsp Garlic chopped

1 Celery stalk chopped

2 Carrots chopped

1 Zucchini chopped 

Ras el hanout
(If you buy one spice this year it should be this one- it's an aromatic Moroccan spice blend adding depth & flavour and can quickly save a tasteless soup!)

"Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need” ― Julia Child

Step 1.  Heat oil in pot. Brown onion & garlic
Step 2. In same pot add stock, 2 cups of water, pearl barley and vegetables
Step 3. Simmer on low heat for about 25 mins or until pearl barley cooked
Step 4. Add shredded chicken and 1/2 tsp of Ras el hanout. Stir & ready to serve.

Hint: # add another cup of water if soup too thick.

SAY CHEESE

EASY AS SUNDAY SPAGHETTI

Ingredients:

1 packet of Spaghetti
1 cup of tomato soup

1 Brown onion

1 cup Grated tasty cheese

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti."

Sophia Loren

Step 1. Cook pasta until al dente and drain

Step 2. Chop onion and brown off in olive oil in pan

Step 3. Add 1/2 can of tomato soup to pan to heat quickly

Step 4. Toss through spaghetti and cheese in pan and serve with cracked pepper.

TEMPTING TAPAS

SABROSO!  These bite size tapas are incredibly morish.

"The belly rules the mind".  - Spanish Proverb

Ingredients:
1 lg packet of plain Doritos
1 Chorizo - thinly sliced
10 Button mushrooms
1 Onion
Goats cheese
Parsley leaves

Step 1. In a pan fry off sliced chorizo, sliced onion rings & sliced mushrooms. (fry the chorizo first and let mushrooms and onion cook in the flavoursome spanish sausage oil)
Step 2. Assemble a slice of chorizo, mushroom, onion and little dollop of goats cheese on top of each nacho. Garnish with parsley.

Hint# Lovely without chorizo for vegetarian option.

EASTER FEAST

OUTDOOR KITCHEN


Maybe it’s another movement to get back to nature in our otherwise hurried everyday lives, but there’s no question that outdoor cooking is back in style, and what better way is there to enjoy it than be on an Easter camping trip.

"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." -Harriet van Horne