Suzy Wong or anyone with a great recipe for roast leg of pork please step this way

[TeeCee]

I have the inlaws coming for dinner tomorrow.

I have a 1.65kg leg with bone out to roast.

What shall I do with it?

I mean I know how to cook a good roast dinner but I never cook pork usually.

This is that free range stuff from a friend of a friends farm.

If you can tell me how long to cook it for in a fan assisted oven as well as any tips and recipe ideas that would be fab.

TIA.

TC xx

[sunnywong]

free range stuff from a friend of a friend's farm you say?

sorry, far too jealous to help you

[TeeCee]

PMSL! You told me to buy it! Now help me witch!

[Soapbox]

[lurks slavering waiting for a Suzywong special - mmmmm crackling]

[sunnywong]

right, it's midnight and I am about to turn in to a pumpkin so

you will need some string I should think to keep it in one piece.

You could make a nice stuffing with breacrumbs and chopped apples and dried apricots and a tiny bit of dried sage or some fresh basil and some melted butter and fresh breadcrumbs and salt and pepper and spread it on the inside where the leg bone used to be and tie it up

score the outside skin and rub it with oil and coarse seal salt

you could cook it at 220 for the first 25 minutes then turn it down to 180 for, oh god I dunno, about 1 hour and 20 minutes

what eve ryou do don't forget to let it rest for at least 15 minutes before you carve it


make your gravy with some sweet cider to de-glaze the pan and cornflour nad some chicken stock and a little whole grain mustard and finish with a dash of cream

serve with boiled potatoes, steamed curly kale and glazed carrots and some sweetcorn and spring onion fritters

and then I 'll come round and eat it all

OK?

[OrvilleRedenbacher]

hmm crakcling eihter goes very right here or very wrong

[sunnywong]

crackling will be fine as long as you score it and put in in a pre heated oven at 220 for 25 mintues

what's your problem fish face?

[OrvilleRedenbacher]

i dunno
its magic i think
you have to do somew rid thing
even if i do that id donst wlasyw ork

[sunnywong]

please stop typing in Polish, I don't understand it


you should take your pork joint out of the fridge for 20 minutes prior to roasting too

[Soapbox]

Crackling only works well if you render all the fat out of it, I think.

So the pork needs to be well cooked (i.e. falling apart) or you need to put the crackling back in the oven on a higher heat while the meat rests.

[sunnywong]

oooooh, she's good, very good

[TeeCee]

Well I'm mad about crackling but if it doesn't work it doen't work, not the end of the world (well ok it is but I can pretend). As long as the pork itself is ok and lots of nice things to go with it we';; live!

SuzyWong - that all sounds FAB, apart from I'll be doing roast potatoes. Other than that, you're a genius!

Love you long time! xx

[Soapbox]

Recipe for spring onion fritters please - pretty please

[Beetrootccio]

Nigellas slow roasted aromatic shoulder of pork is a winner

[sunnywong]

small can of sweetcorn drained
small bunch of spring onions chopped
2 eggs beaten plus one egg white beaten til stiff
seasoning, chicken seasoning or something with a bit of spice ot it, like that opn top of salt and pepper
half a cup of milk, third of a cup of flour, stick in some garam flour if you have it as part of that

oil and butter for frying

mix it all together for a batter, flding in the eggwhtie last

fry in sizzling fat turning once and keep warm on kitchen paper inthe oven

bed time now

night night xxx

[sunnywong]

nigella stole that from me

whore

[OrvilleRedenbacher]

god wont that be a bit much wiht roast potk?

[Beetrootccio]

feel that fat on your hips

[sunnywong]

not every one has cholesteralworries you know

[Soapbox]

brilliant - sounds yummy!

I like Nigellas pork thingy, but I find it takes about a month to get rid of the smell out of the house! Poor DD's bedroom is right above the kitchen and suffers badly


Our BBQ has a slow cooking function on it and we do it overnight on there in the summer which keeps the stink outdoors!

[Beetrootccio]

soaoy what a good idea - I agree about the smell of Nigellas oen and it really is not gthat nice either

[OrvilleRedenbacher]

arf

3.6

sigh

[TeeCee]

oh my God, it rocked!
What a massive difference in this free range friends farm pork and the usual supermarket stuff. You can't compare. It was so sweet. The whole meal was delicious, even if I do say so myself!