As far as meat goes I consider the good old fashioned pig to be the king of beasts and would rather order or cook a great pork dish over any other meat!
This pork with prunes recipe is what I would call bistro food. It should be the sort of food that pubs and restaurants can knock out of the ballpark every time. Simple, quick, and cooked with few ingredients. It is simple enough for a home cook to make but also fancy enough to make you feel special if you are served it.
The idea behind this stuffed leeks recipe came from a Hungarian magazine I was flipping through. I love leeks, they are the mildest of the onion family and never really thought of using them as a way to hold together a stuffing before.
These roast pork chops represent a slightly different approach to cooking than my norm. What can I say I like to play and change things up in the kitchen. I guess you could call this a casserole or a stew, throwing things together and getting them to cook in the oven is something I don’t often do.
The bacon wrapped pork tenderloin dish is surprisingly quick for a dinner recipe of this sort. It features the classic flavour combinations of bacon, cabbage, and mustard, many would say classically Irish.
I am always on the hunt for new stew recipes at this time of year. This braised pork stew from South East Asia is my latest discovery. This Babi Chin recipe is essentially pork cooked in a dark soy sauce based stock. It is superb, dark, sweet, salty and all sorts of comforting.
This braised Chinese ham hock recipe is really special and uses one of the many underrated cuts of meat. If you are cooking on a budget these are the cuts of meat you really need to be buying!
For many years Chinese Spare Ribs were my go-to choice from the Chinese takeaway. As I grew older I became more adventurous but they still hold a special place in my nostalgic food memories!
Roast pork chops are a regular occurrence in our household and these bad boys are flavoured with Harissa and mint. Then served with a glorious pearl couscous ‘salad’ that is loaded with North African flavours.
Cooking on the BBQ for me rarely means a higgeldy-piggeldy collection of food. This brown sugar grilled pork tenderloin with grilled watermelon and feta cheese is designed to be a complete meal.
These pan fried pork chops are almost a throwback to the sort British food I grew up with. Meat and two veg, and of course one of those veg were always potatoes. As with most of my recipes here, this pork chop recipe has international leanings.