pork this, pork that!

I fancied something warming and hearty tonight. literally! I made a tomato based spicy sauce with delicious pork and sweet chilli sausages, and pork heart. The other night we tried lamb heart and it was pretty much as good (if not better) then an actual fillet of lamb! I was really surprised! Well, pork heart isn’t quite as tasty as pork fillet and pork belly, but it does have a really nice texture and flavour and worked really well in this dish. To complement this I also made a loaf of oat and linseed bread for mopping up all the sauce. Always a good call with a saucy dish! All the work of kneading a loaf pays off when you get to sit and eat fresh warm bread that you can dip in a spicy tomato sauce. just delish.

Anyway, here’s how it all turned out!

Totally yummy, warming and it also makes pretty good left overs for lunch the next day! James brought some in to his work with some olive ciabatta and I heard pretty good things about it! 

Unfortunately we had none to hand, but this would be amazing with some red wine too!

Well, enjoy everyone and happy eating of course!

Emily  xxx

Chilli Con Carne With a Twist!

Tonight I thought I would make something traditional but add my own twist to it. Chilli con carne! This has always been a favourite of mine (and James) especially when it’s so cold outside!

So as far as I am aware, chilli con carne usually comes in the form of beef mince with kidney beans. I decided to make this dish with extra lean turkey mince and butter beans. And it was so good!

I sweated off 2 garlic cloves and a chopped white onion, then I added in the turkey mince. I added passata, butter beans, a tbsp of tomato puree and then a chopped red chilli. Allowing all the seeds to go in to the dish as we love a bit of heat! To add another little spark I popped in some rosemary sprigs as well and allowed it to simmer away for about 45 minutes. It was so worth this wait. It was delicious, warming and comforting. I had a piece of bread with mine and decided to just go all out and squidge some chilli con carne in to a sandwich, I was that hungry! 🙂

Well, here it was! 

 

 

Happy eating everyone!

Emily xxx