Inspired by one of our favourite recipes, Chilli for a Crowd from the taste.com.au website. I had about 650g pork leg fillets to use in the freezer, and as I am trying to clear the freezer out a bit, thought I would have a go at 'tweaking' the basic recipe for last night's dinner....
So I started as in the recipe, browning of the cubed meat then softening the onion (I chose to use a red one), garlic and pancetta...
...next I added the spice mix and tomato puree...
...and cooked it for about a minute, just so you don't get that raw spice taste in the finished dish...
...another thing I 'tweak' with this recipe is I like to add a mix of red peppers...some fresh, and some from an antipasti jar...
...In goes the wine, passata and stock (I did a bit of converting for amounts, as the basic recipe uses 2kg meat and feeds 10!!!)
...Pop the meat back in, season, add a teaspoon of sugar and bring to the boil...
...It had to share the oven with the Chocolate Fudge Cake Tray Bake yesterday...and it takes about 2 1/2 hours in a low oven...
...Once cooked, I finish off on the hob, I add some fresh chopped coriander, a tin of kidney beans and a square of dark chocolate...yup, you heard right dark chocolate...it really helps bring out the taste...
...Serve with boiled or steamed rice and a dollop of soured cream...
It was actually very nice, the pork was melting as it had been slow-cooked, and hubby even took some for his lunch today...
Look's nice
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