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CRISP PORK BELLY WITH SWEET PEACH SALSA

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • January 31, 2020
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    Nigel Slater’s Crisp Pork Belly with sweet fruit salsa- simple, slightly spicy delicious. The recipe suggests a sweet peach salsa a bit hard to find in November, so … Continue Reading →

EASY SAUSAGE CARBONARA

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • January 27, 2020
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    Something quick and simple, Pasta of course and there is no quicker way then Jamie’s version using just 5 ingredients. to be truthful we did scoff over this … Continue Reading →

COD WITH CARAMALISED SHALLOT AND RED WINE SAUCE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • January 21, 2020
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As Sophie Grigson says in her opening remarks ” putting red wine with white fish is a bit of a shock” but in this recipe it really works. Quick and … Continue Reading →

TAMARIND AND CHILLI INFUSED PORK BELLY

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 27, 2019
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More Belly Pork recipes Roast Belly Pork    Eastern Belly pork Mexican is always Sheilas first choice of cuisine and Pork her first choice of meat, so this Birthday feast … Continue Reading →

PAN FRIED PORK CHOPS WITH CAPERS AND SOY BUTTER SAUCE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 7, 2019
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 This is one of the best pork chops recipes with capers and soy sauce butter.   It was one of our favourite dishes for the summer of 2019. Back in the … Continue Reading →

PASTA PUTTANESCA

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • July 15, 2019
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  PUTTANESCA is one of my favourite pasta dishes – “aren’t they all” –   it is a strong and gutsy sauce, and as Delia rightly says:- ” it is a … Continue Reading →

SPAGHETTI al PESTO

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • July 6, 2019
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  It’s hot outside, so let’s think pesto.  Pesto is one of my absolute favourite sauces. It tastes fresh, herbal, nutty, garlicky and luxurious, all at once. Sue and David … Continue Reading →

MAPLE PORK RIBS WITH TOMATO CHUTNEY

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • May 24, 2019
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This is our Pork choice for international Pork Day this year. Nigel Slater cooks the ribs in an unusual way.  Simmering them in a thick mixture of spices, mustard seeds, … Continue Reading →

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