Moroccan Memories

Over the last month we had a trip to Morocco. Whilst the aim was rest by the pool and sunbathe we wid take in a little local cuisine. The most notable dish that is perfect for a warm day is Moroccan Salad (I’ll post this recipe shortly) and of course the tagines. Quite a variety and all good wherever you go. As we were by the coast, fish was in plentiful supply – especially sardines – perfect! So for me my perfect Moroccan memory menu would be: Start with Moroccan salad, maybe follow with sardines and pig out with a lamb tagine – then be carried off !!

By the way, Moroccan wine is pretty good and some of the white wines are very good.

Spiced pork - in a hurry!

I know, it’s a little bit of a cheat but such a quick dish to do with bags of flavour.

Ingredients:

• ·       Tin of organic mixed beans - drained
  
•          1 small onion – chopped
  
•          1 clove garlic – crushed
  
•          ½ red pedder – deseeded and chopped
  
•          1tbsp curry paste –
  
•          1 tsp of tomato puree
  
•          ½ tsp sugar
  
•          Pinch of salt
  
•          ½ Cup of Water
  
•          Pinch of fresh pepper
  
•          Pork !
  

Peel and chop the onion and fry in a little vegetable oil. Add the garlic, red pepper and fry a little longer until all are tender. Add the curry paste (I used Balti paste but any will do!), tomato puree. Salt and pepper and cook through for a few minutes. Add the beans and water and reduce the mix until tender and almost drying out. Meanwhile take a couple of pork loin chops, sprinkle with some spices (either pre-mixed like Cajun or your own blend) And fry well in a pan of fairly hot oil. Serve the beans up in the centre of a plate and the pork on top – pan juices can be poured over if you wish – simples!!

Of course, there is nothing stopping you serving up the beans on toast – hows that for a difference. You could add a chilli if you wanted but I was after a milder taste.

 

Back for a while!

Its been a busy month and so apologies for the lack of updates.

The weather has been great (on the whole) and we seem to have either been away for long weekends, on holiday or fighting to get our 2 acres under control!

We tend to go to France quite a bit but as the Euro is so strong against the pound, this is not quite a frequent and so the garden is going to get properly attended to (see, I said it in writing!)

In addition to all of that I have been trying to get my AC3000 car on the road that has been up on ramps for a few months over the winter.

Anyway, hopefully you should start seeing a few more recipes appearing soon !