Cracking crack ling

Cracking crack ling 
Time to prepare: 10 mins
Time to cook: 20 mins + 35mins/lb

Ingredients

A Loin or Leg of  Free range Pork
Vegetable/Olive Oil
Sea Salt

Method
The most important part of good crackling starts with the type of pork you buy –
You won’t get good crackling from processed, cling film wrapped joints
 Best to been hung for a few days before being cut into fresh joints to ensure that the skin will be firmer and drier.
or cook whole  

The joint should be scored  
it’s essential to add extra grooves where you can. Using the point of a sharp paring knife make long even lines through the skin halfway into the fat, don’t go right down into the meat as this will dry out the meat during cooking.

Pour a small amount of cooking oil into the palm of your hand and rub this all over the surface and into the scored lines. It should only be enough to moisten the surface for the salt to stick.

Rub crushed sea salt all over the joint, making sure you rub enough into the grooves as this will create “bubbling up” of the crackling later.

Roast the joint in a roasting tin with space for air to circulate.  Do not put anything round th joint or any foil on top and never baste it, just leave it to crackle on it's own.  

It needs a high heat for the first 20 mins 470F/240C/Gas 9/Top of top oven Aga, then turn down the heat for the rest of cooking for 35 mins/lb at 375F/190C/Gas 5/Middle of top oven Aga.  
#Pork   #Crackling  

Originally shared by Jose Moreno

Pimms the art of

Pimms the art of

Originally shared by Jon “the chef” Hole

Borage
Ego Barago Gaudia semper ago
Quote Pliny
( I Borage bring always Courage)

He called it Euphrosinum
Because it maketh a man/woman merry and joyfull

Borrage was called by the old herbalists Bugloss
Originally from Aleppo,Syria

When steeped in water it imparts a coolness to it.
Compound with lemon and sugar in Wine
Making a refreshing and restorative summer drink.

Now to the good bit
Borrage contains potassium and calcium combined with mineral acids.

The fresh juice affords 30%,the dried 3% of nitrate of potash
Owing to this when burnt it will emit sparks with a slight explosive sound !
To go with azlin Pimms

Korma for Sarah

Korma for Sarah
Annapurna অন্নদা she is the Hindu goddess of nourishment.
Anna means "food" or "grains".
Purna means "full, complete and perfect".
She is an avatar (form) of Parvati, the wife of Shiva. 

Annapurna is usually depicted as a youthful goddess having red complexion with a face round like full moon, three eyes, high breasts and four hands.

Legend
Parvati was told by her consort Shiva that the world is an illusion and that food is a part of this illusion called māyā.

The Divine Mother who is worshiped as the manifestation of all material things, including food, became angry.

To demonstrate the importance of her manifestation of all that is material, she disappeared from the world.

Her disappearance brought time to a standstill and the earth became barren.
There was no food to be found anywhere, and all the beings suffered from the pangs of hunger.

Seeing all the suffering, Mother Parvati was filled with compassion and reappeared in Kasi and set up a kitchen.

Hearing about her return, Shiva ran to her and presented his bowl in alms, saying, "Now I realize that the material world, like the spirit, cannot be dismissed as an illusion." Parvati smiled and fed Shiva with her own hands.

Since then Parvati is worshiped as Annapurna, the goddess of Nourishment.

Korma for Sarah
2lb lamb or chicken cut up
1  onion, chopped
3 tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
8oz plain yogurt
8oz Ground almonds
1 stick cinnamon
5 green cardamoms
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tsp red chilli powder 
Salt to taste
3 tablespoons oil or ghee
Salt and black pepper to taste
Rose water 

Heat oil.
Fry onions till brown Remove

Add lamb pieces to the oil and fry
Add the spices and ginger garlic paste to the lamb, stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add yogurt and 1/2 of the ground almonds  to the lamb and spices in the pan.
Add fried onions
Stirring well
Reduce heat,
add 1-1half pint of water and cover the pan.
Cook for 1 hour.
If the curry gets too thick, add a little more water for desired consistency.
Add the remaining almonds and a few drops of rose water or kewra before serving  
Serve hot with rice and naan bread
#Indian   #Korma   #Recipe

Vanilla The Totonac people, who inhabit the East Coast of Mexico in the present-day state of Veracruz, were the...

Vanilla The Totonac people, who inhabit the East Coast of Mexico in the present-day state of Veracruz, were the first to cultivate vanilla.

According to Totonac mythology, the tropical orchid was born when Princess Xanat, forbidden by her father from marrying a mortal, fled to the forest with her lover.
The lovers were captured and beheaded.
Where their blood touched the ground, the vine of the tropical orchid grew.

Grading 
In general, vanilla fruit grade is based on the length, appearance (color, sheen, presence of any splits, presence of blemishes), and moisture content of the fruit.
Whole, dark, plump and oily pods that are visually attractive, with no blemishes, and that have a higher moisture content are graded most highly.

Such pods are particularly prized by chefs for their appearance and can be featured in gourmet dishes

H/t Ellim Sluouf  #Vanilla  

Originally shared by Armando Lioss

Get the Wok Out and cook !

Get the Wok Out  and cook !
https://www.facebook.com/jon.hole.16/posts/10154165096243345?comment_id=10154166640823345¬if_t=feed_comment

Pimms No 3.11 cup

Pimms No 3.11 cup
Exclusive Recipe to g+
1) A bunch of Borage leaves and flowers
See @https://plus.google.com/+JonChef/posts/LtfCE5976qf
( Ego Barago Gaudia semper ago )

2) Can of Pimm,s No 1 cup

3) 1 bottle of Thatchers 2014 vintage oak aged 
Somerset-shire Cider

4) Mint,cucumber and Scottish raspberries and ice.

How to  Mix and drink ;)
#HazelMoon

Venison,garlic and herb Meatballs

Venison,garlic and herb Meatballs
with buttered Brussel sprouts with plenty of Nutmeg and fresh ground black pepper.
Sauce #21stCenturyDigitalFood 303

Cơm tấm, or broken rice

Cơm tấm, or broken rice
Is a Vietnamese dish made from rice with fractured rice grains.
Tấm refers to the broken rice grains, while cơm refers to cooked rice

The main ingredient, broken rice
is a traditionally cheaper grade of rice produced by damage in milling. It is mainly used as a food industry ingredient in America and Europe, but in West Africa and South East Asia is used for human consumption.
Broken rice has a lower fiber and nutrient content, but generally has a similar energy content to intact rice.
#Rice  

Originally shared by Evan Sidarto

Com Tam / Vietnamese Broken Rice Plate

This is so good and it's hard to find in Singapore. It comes with your choice of meat, salad, shrimp cake, egg cake, rice, shredded pork, and fish sauce! Portions a gigantic for Asian standards.

Com Tam Nhu Y Restaurant
2095 N Capitol Ave
San Jose, CA 95132

ChefJenny The job is hard, and the environment is so intense.

ChefJenny     The job is hard, and the environment is so intense.
You work so close -- not only collaboratively but physically.
You’re hot.
You cut yourself.
You burn yourself.
I would be surprised if one day a week out of my entire career
I wasn’t like, “What the hell am I doing this for?
Why do I work here?
Why am I around these people?”
It’s just really hard, even for someone who’s so passionate about the job, to not have this love-hate relationship.
There’s something  masochistic about it.
Read on link below #HowItIs  
http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/why-8-chefs-quit-the-kitchen

Lobster using chopsticks to eat..............................!

Lobster using chopsticks  to eat..............................!
Caviar  !!!
Lost for words.
#Lobster   #Chopsticks