Hello Dear Reader,
Just in case the power goes off later with our Hollywood epic/blockbuster/should have Will Smith in it storm that's predicted, I wanted to make sure I cooked the most expensive item in my freezer in case is was spoiled! Apparently, we're about to get weather that's quite normal if you are in the Caribbean or Florida but we only get about every 25 years!Floods, 80mph wind and disruption has also been predicted so I've cooked lamb and pork to last for two days. I can warm it on top of my woodstove if I have to.
In light of my forthcoming storm, I thought it wise to eat the best meat! I cooked lamb shanks in honey and soy and the effect was simply stunning!
Ingredients -
Leg of lamb/shoulder of lamb or lamb shanks - I had the latter as they are the cheapest.
100ml of soy sauce
100ml of runny honey
100 ml of stock
Combine all of the above and marinade the meat for a few hours. I used the roasting bags that I had left over from Christmas.
I cut the 'spare' part of the bag off so it didn't catch on one of the oven shelves. I also marinaded some pork belly to make 'sticky pork' That marinade will require:
50ml soy sauce
50g of honey
50g of soft brown sugar
heaped teaspoon of dried ginger
2 cloves of garlic - crushed
1 tablespoon of tomato ketchup
Mix well together in a saucepan over a gentle heat. Pour over the belly pork and marinade. This is great eaten cold with salad. It means two slices cut into chunks will easily feed four people.
When you roast the meat in the roasting bags, they swell up and keep all of the moisture and flavour inside. Every hour, I took the meat out of the oven and gave it a very gentle shake.
The end result is meat so tender that I could have carved it with a spoon. I poured the cooking liquor into a sauce pan, mixed 1 tablespoon of corn flour with some water, stirred it through and then stirred it over the heat until it thicken slightly.
I served it with mashed potato and veggies. I was sticky, sweet and had an oriental flavour and would recommend this recipe to anyone.
As ever, because I don't cook on a Monday, we'll be having the same again for supper tomorrow night.
In case anyone is worried, we live on very high ground and we are not at risk from flooding, which I'm sorry to say will happen to quite a few people. I hope everyone battens down the hatches and stays safe and warm tonight and that they tempest passes by without anyone getting hurt.
Over to you, anyone else making storm preparations?
Until tomorrow, unless we have no power?!
Love Froogs xxxxxxxxxxxx