What’s a cassoulet? Cassoulet is just a fancy French word for casserole. However, this is not your neighborhood weird casserole made from condensed soup and God knows what else. No, this is a FRENCH casserole with meat and white beans slowly cooked together in a, you guessed it, casserole dish which is a traditional deep…
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Thai Chili Paste, Garlic and Ginger Pork Belly
If you are what you eat, than I am a mess of pork belly. This fatty pork remains my Achilles heal of food weaknesses. Granted I don’t eat it as much as I want but, when I do, it has to be cooked to perfection. Now, in my humble opinion, no (vast)…
Crispy Pork Belly with Sweet Soy and Garlic Sauce
Crispy pork belly, oh how much do I love thee! Of all the parts of the pig, pork belly might be my favorite cut. I’ve cooked it in a thyme and orange juice sauce, sage and cider sauce or my personal favorite: soy, ginger and garlic (surely one of the…
Marsala cream fettuccine w/bacon & mushrooms
The siren call of fettuccine I started to worry that I would eat all of this fettuccine in Marsala cream before getting a decent photo of it. In between takes, I was sneaking bites. It’s difficult not to be tempted by this plate of pasta. As food goes, this is quite a sexy dish. I…
Homemade Shortcrust Pastry Pork Sausage Rolls
Sausage rolls are edible love What are sausage rolls? Only a way to a Brit’s heart! Nothing says love more than a little pastry of homemade sausage spiced with sage onions wrapped around a buttery crust. I should know because I have been buying people’s love…
Fried Pork Belly in Chinese Black Bean Sauce
Let’s be honest, pork belly is one of the best things you could ever eat in your life. You can slow roast it in the oven for those tender and juicy layers of meat. Thinly slice and cure it to make bacon. Or thinly slice and stir-fry it like the Chinese do….