I hope the title makes sense.
I'm one of these people who loves to cook, and loves to try new dishes. I know MN is a fab mix of people from all over the world, so I had an idea of maybe each of us posting a recipe for a meal/dish from our local area or home town to share recipies. For example I can get a recipe for jerk chicken off the net, but it never tastes as delish as the stuff from the local caribbean restaurant!
To start the ball rolling, here is a recipe for a traditional Jersey food - Beancrock.
1 lb small white haricot beans
8 oz mixed beans (large white haricot beans, butter beans, brown and red kidney beans)
1 small pig's trotter (or a piece of belly pork)
8 oz shin of beef
1 carrot, peeled
1 onion, peeled
Small bunches of parsley and thyme
Salt and pepper
METHOD
Soak beans overnight in sufficient water to cover.
Drain and put in ceramic ovendish and season with pepper.
Cover with pig's trotter(or belly pork), shin of beef, carrot,
onion and herbs. Pour boiling water over contents until covered. Place, without lid, in a hot oven, gas mark 6, 200 C (400 F).
Cook uncovered until contents bubble then put on lid, turning oven to low, gas mark 2, 150 C (300 F).
(Alternatively, add the above into a slow cooker and cook all day)
Leave cooking all day, topping up with boiling water when necessary. One hour before serving, remove meat, vegetables and herbs, strip meat from bones.
Discard bones, gristle, excess fat, vegetables and herbs.
Mix into the beans, adding salt and pepper to taste. If it looks like a muddy slushy mess, it's cooked right! (That sounds bad, but its the yummiest way!)
Serve with crusty bread and butter