6-hour slow-roasted pork shoulder. Pork with Vinegar & Bay Leaves. Sometimes you just want dinner to be as simple as possible.
For me, 'simple as possible' means little to no preparation, quick to put together and the use of average pantry ingredients. With a pork roast, you can do some pretty wonderful thing to make a simple dish. Faggots with Dark Ale & Onion Gravy. A morning visit to Bristols Slow Food Market held on the first Sunday of each month the source of much inspiration .
This Sunday , heaps of faggots from Brown Cow Organics . Two for £1.50 and as big as tennis balls , faggots are traditionally made from pig heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes breadcrumbs, wrapped round with caul a membrane from the pig’s abdomen. Probably not for the squeamish these tasted fantastic deliciously seasoned herbs and nutmeg.
Faggots are traditionally served with a gravy , the guy on the stall gave me a recipe which involved the faggots and gravy cooked separately , I wanted the faggots and gravy simmered together .This produced a rich tasty gravy soaked up by a pile of mashed potatoes and some purple sprouting broccoli also fresh from the market.