Showing posts with label cabbage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cabbage. Show all posts

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Friday Night end of a long week

Thank god it was Friday...........it's been a long week, with me trekking to Newcastle and back every day for a trial, and Joe trying to get as much done as possible before his Christmas break.  Come Friday, all I wanted to do was flop in at home, have some nice wine and food and sleep!  It's a truly exciting life we lead.

So on a very rare occassion, I was just not in the mood for cooking.  Joe bought some rolled pork belly things last week which were defrosted and slung in the oven - tres hard work!  Accompanied by chips and some peppered cabbage, it was hardly a thrilling Friday night dinner, but it was ok (not a huge fan of the rolled pork - much prefer doing my own!).  Joe did at least cheer me up with a cheeky shot of homemade limoncello, which is amazing - what a talented boy he is!

Limoncello......
Rolled pork - a bit too fatty and the crackling was rubbish.  Poor effort by the Co-op!
Black pepper cabbage
Pork, cabbage and chips.

Sunday, 9 October 2011

Awesome Slow Cooked Bacon Ribs, Mashed Potato, Red Cabbage & Roast Beetroot

For ages I have been pestering Jo about us having bacon ribs, as it is a dish Mum used to make and was made for her by her Nin. Imagine my joy when we stumbled across bacon ribs in Kirkgate Market in Leeds at the weekend!.....cooking with bacon ribs is a North-West speciality and next time I am going to make Scouse!

Jo did them by boiling twice in cold water to get rid of some of the salt, and then they went in the slow cooker for 5 hours with a bit of water and vegetables.  They were served with mash, braised red cabbage and roasted beetroot - yum.

Mash
Braised Cabbage
The slow cooked bacon ribs
Roast beetroot
A full plate