Ingredients
2 egg yolks
Minced pork
Chinese cabbage
Light soy sauce
Sesame oil
White pepper
Ikan bills stock
Mee sua
Chopped spring onions
Bring ikan bilis stock to a boil.
Mix egg yolk and minced pork with seasoning and white part of spring onions
When stock is at a boil, add pork mixture. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes
Add Chinese cabbage and noodles
Serve with green part of spring onions
Love the classic way of cooking this – no cream. Just eggs and cheese. Lots of good videos online on this.
Bbc Good Food
Serves 4
Ingredients
250g pack unsalted butter
500g cooked ham
bunch curly parsley
,leaves picked and finely chopped
small pinch ground cloves
pinch yellow mustard seeds
1 tbsp cider vinegar
rustic country bread toast, cornichons, chutney or red onion marmalade to serve
Gently melt the butter in a small pan and leave it to settle. Slowly pour the clear yellow fat from the melted butter into a small bowl or jug, leaving the milky liquid in the pan. Discard the milky bit. Pull apart and shred the ham as finely as possible into stringy strips – use a knife to help if you need to.
Mix the ham with the parsley, spices, vinegar, two-thirds of the butter and a little crunchy sea salt. Divide between 8 small ramekins or pots. Press down and flatten the surface with your fingers, then spoon or pour over the remaining butter. Chill until butter is solid, then wrap in cling film. Will freeze for up to 3 months.
To serve, defrost the pots overnight in the fridge if frozen. Serve with toast, cornichons and chutney, or dip pots briefly in a bowl of hot water and turn the potted ham out onto plates first.
Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery Course
Serves 4
Ingredients
1kg pork belly
Sea salt and black pepper
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and roughly sliced
4 fresh bay leaves
3 garlic cloves, peeled and bashed
1 tsp cardamom pods, bashed
4 star anise
1 tbsp fennel seeds
Olive oil
325ml white wine
500–750ml chicken stock (depending on the size of your pan)
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4.
Score the pork belly skin diagonally in a diamond pattern at 1½ cm intervals. Season generously with salt and pepper, rubbing it well into the skin.
Put the fennel, bay leaves, garlic, cardamom, star anise and half the fennel seeds into a hot roasting tray on the hob with a little oil and heat for about 2 minutes until aromatic.
Push to the side of the tray, then add the pork, skin side down, and cook for at least 5 minutes until turning golden brown.
Turn the pork over, season the skin again with salt and sprinkle with the remaining fennel seeds. Pour in the wine to deglaze the pan, scraping up the bits from the bottom (be careful not to get the skin of the pork wet). Bring to the boil, then pour in enough stock to come up to the layer of fat just below the skin and allow to boil again.
Transfer the tray to the preheated oven and cook for 2½ hours.
Transfer the meat to a warm plate and set aside to rest. Meanwhile, spoon off any excess fat in the roasting tray or drag a slice of bread along the surface of the cooking juices to absorb it. Heat the tray on the hob, adding the mustard. Mix in with a whisk, then taste and adjust the flavours as necessary. Remove the star anise and cardamom pods and pour the sauce into a jug. Serve the rested pork with the sauce alongside.
From Save with Jamie
Serves 6
Ingredients
6 fresh bay leaves
1 level teaspoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoon olive oil
1.2 kg higher-welfare pork belly , skin on, bone in
2 red onions
1 sweet potato
4 cloves of garlic
2 fresh red chillies
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 x 700 ml jar of passata
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Tear out the stalks from the bay leaves, then bash the leaves in a pestle and mortar with a good pinch of salt to make a paste. Add the paprika and muddle in the oil. Score the pork all over in a criss-cross fashion with a clean Stanley knife at 1cm intervals, just going through the fat, not the meat. Rub with the bay oil, getting into all the scores. Peel and roughly chop the onions and sweet potato, peel and finely chop the garlic and halve the chillies, then place it all in a snug-fitting roasting tray or dish and sit the pork on top. Roast for 45 minutes.
Take the tray out of the oven and remove the pork to a plate momentarily. Stir the vinegar and passata into the tray, half fill the empty passata jar with water, swirl it around and pour into the tray, then sit the pork back on top. Reduce the oven temperature to 170°C/325°F/gas 3 and roast for a further 1½ hours. 
Twenty minutes before the end, remove the pork from the oven and skim the fat from the surface into a small bowl. Strip in the rosemary leaves (discarding the stalks), toss to coat, then sprinkle over the pork belly and place back in the oven for the remaining time, or until the pork is golden and tender and the sauce is reduced (loosen with a splash of extra water at the end, if needed).The crackling should have puffed up nicely, but, if it hasn’t (pork skin can sometimes be erratic), just pop it under a hot grill and watch it like a hawk until it’s perfect. Serve in the middle of the table with your chosen sides (see below), and tuck in.
Doesn’t really taste like piri piri and before you say that I have not tasted real piri piri before (i.e. I have only tasted Nandos piri piri), I have been to Lisbon and I have had authentic chicken with piri piri (Bon Jardim). In any case, I used 600 g of pork belly with 30 minutes at 200 degrees and 50 minutes at 170 degrees. I then grilled the skin for 20 minutes constantly repositioning the tray to try and get the entire pork skin crispy. I would say around 80% was crispy.
From Spanish by Pepita Aris
Serves 6
Ingredients
5 tablespoons olive oil
6 ounces chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
1 1⁄2 lbs waxy potatoes, thinly sliced
2 Spanish onions, halved and thinly sliced
4 extra large eggs
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, plus extra to garnish
1 cup grated manchego cheese or 1 cup other hard cheese
salt & fresh ground pepper
Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a 8-inch non-stick frying pan and fry the sausage until golden brown and cooked through. Lift out with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
Add a further 2 tbsp oil to the pan and fry the potatoes and onions for 2-3 minutes, turning frequently (the pan will be very full).
Cover tightly and cook over a gentle heat for about 30 minutes turning occasionally, until softened and slightly golden.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, parsley, cheese, sausage and plenty seasoning. Gently stir in the potatoes and onions until coated, taking care not to break up the potato too much.
Wipe out the pan with kitchen paper and heat the remaining 2 tbsp oil.
Add the potato mixture and cook, over a very low heat, until the egg begins to set. Use a metal spatula to prevent the tortilla from sticking and allow the uncooked egg to run underneath.
Preheat the grill (broiler) to high. When the base of the tortilla has set, which should take about 5 minutes, protect the pan handle with foil and place the tortilla under the grill until it is set and golden.
Cut into wedges and serve garnished with parsley.
From Delicious Magazine
Ingredients
200g curly kale
400g potato gnocchi
1 small onion
Olive oil for frying
3 good-quality British free-range pork sausages
200g passata
Large handful fresh basil leaves
100g fontina cheese or mozzarella
Heat the oven to 200°C/ fan180°C/gas 6. Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to the boil. Shred the kale (if necessary), then drop into the water with the gnocchi and cook for 30 seconds. Drain and rinse both under cold water.
Finely chop the onion. Heat a little oil in a large frying pan, then crumble in the meat from the sausages (discard the skins). Add the chopped onion and fry for 7 minutes or until just soft. Add the passata and basil leaves and simmer for 3 minutes.
Toss the kale and gnocchi through the sausage mixture, then transfer to a 1.5 litre ovenproof dish.
Tear over the cheese and season with salt and pepper, then bake for 15 minutes or until golden and bubbling.
From nigella.com
Ingredients
2 kilograms mild-cure gammon joint
1 onion (peeled and cut in half)
2 litres coca-cola
for the glaze
1 handful of cloves
1 heaped tablespoon black treacle
2 teaspoons english mustard powder
2 tablespoons demerara sugar
I find now that mild-cure gammon doesn’t need soaking, but if you know that you’re dealing with a salty piece, then put it in a pan covered with cold water, bring to the boil, then tip into a colander in the sink and start from here; otherwise, put the gammon in a pan, skin-side down if it fits like that, add the onion, then pour over the Coke.
Bring to the boil, reduce to a good simmer, put the lid on, though not tightly, and cook for just under 2½ hours. If your joint is larger or smaller, work out timing by reckoning on an hour per kilo, remembering that it’s going to get a quick blast in the oven later. But do take into account that if the gammon’s been in the fridge right up to the moment you cook it, you will have to give it a good 15 minutes or so extra so that the interior is properly cooked.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 240°C/gas mark 9/450ºF.
When the ham’s had its time (and ham it is, now it’s cooked, though it’s true Americans call it ham from its uncooked state) take it out of the pan and let cool a little for ease of handling. (Indeed, you can let it cool completely then finish off the cooking at some later stage if you want.) Then remove the skin, leaving a thin layer of fat. Score the fat with a sharp knife to make fairly large diamond shapes, and stud each diamond with a clove. Then carefully spread the treacle over the bark-budded skin, taking care not to dislodge the cloves. Gently pat the mustard and sugar onto the sticky fat. Cook in a foil-lined roasting tin for approximately 10 minutes or until the glaze is burnished and bubbly.
Should you want to do the braising stage in advance and then let the ham cool, clove and glaze it and give it 30-40 minutes, from room temperature, at 180°C/gas mark 4/350ºF, turning up the heat towards the end if you think it needs it.
From epicurious.com
Serves 8
Ingredients
4 large garlic cloves, pressed
4 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary or 2 teaspoons dried
1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 2 1/2-pound boneless pork loin roast, well trimmed
Fresh rosemary sprigs (optional)
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 13 x 9 x 2-inch roasting pan with foil.
Mix first 4 ingredients in bowl. Rub garlic mixture all over pork. Place pork, fat side down, in prepared roasting pan. Roast pork 30 minutes. Turn roast fat side up. Roast until thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 155°F., about 25 minutes longer.
Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes. Pour any juices from roasting pan into small saucepan; set over low heat to keep warm. Cut pork crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Arrange pork slices on platter. Pour pan juices over. Garnish with rosemary sprigs, if desired.
From BBC Good Food
Serves 4 – 6
Ingredients
For the pork
1 tsp sea salt
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised, halved lengthways, finely chopped
2 pinches freshly ground white pepper
2 pinches Chinese five-spice powder
4 new season garlic cloves, crushed
3cm/1¼in fresh ginger, peeled, chopped
2 red chillies, seeds and pith removed, finely chopped
1kg/2lb 2oz pork belly, ribs removed
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
soy sauce, to taste
sesame oil, to taste
For the cabbage
350g/12oz spring pointed cabbage cut into 0.5cm/¼in slices
20g/¾oz unsalted butter
pinch sea salt
pinch freshly ground black pepper
For the pork belly, mix the salt, lemongrass, spices, garlic, ginger and red chillies together in a small bowl, then rub the marinade into the flesh side of the pork belly. Cover with cling film and marinate for at least two hours, or up to 12 hours, in the fridge.
To cook the pork belly in a conventional oven, preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2. Place the pork belly skin-side up in a large ovenproof roasting dish. Add 200ml/7fl oz of water and place over a high heat on the hob until the water boils. Cover with a lid or foil and place in the oven for 2½ hours.
Remove from the oven and check that the meat is cooked – if you are able to push the handle of a tablespoon through the belly, it is done. Alternatively, use a meat thermometer – the inside of the meat should have reached about 85C/185F. Strain the cooking liquor through a fine sieve and set aside. Allow the meat to cool, then press between two baking trays with a weight on top to flatten the skin and place in the fridge to chill for 1-2 hours.
To finish the pork, heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Heat the rapeseed oil in an ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat and gently cook the pork, skin-side down for 10-15 minutes to crisp the skin, then transfer to the oven for 10 minutes to warm through.
Meanwhile, place the strained cooking liquor in a small saucepan with 200ml/7fl oz water and bring to the boil.
Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and a little soy sauce and sesame oil.
Meanwhile, for the cabbage, place the cabbage with the butter, three tablespoons water, salt and pepper into a large lidded saucepan. Cover with a lid and cook over a medium heat for 5-7 minutes, or until the cabbage is tender.
Strain off any excess liquid and set aside with the lid on to keep warm.
Serve the pork sitting on a bed of cabbage with the hot cooking juices poured over, or put the whole belly, the cabbage and the juices in the roasting pot and place in the middle of the table for guests to help themselves.
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