Pork cassoulet

Family meal recipe for 4 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has fat, pork, onion, garlic clove, carrot, fennel seed, red wine vinegar, stock, tomato puree, rosemary, parsley, cannellini bean, breadcrumb, oil, crusty bread and vegetables.

Pork cassoulet

Pork cassoulet

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Family meal
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

15 mins

Ingredients

  • Garlic Clove: 10 fat garlic cloves, peeled
  • Onion: 1 large onion, halved and sliced
  • Carrot: 1 carrot, thinly sliced
  • Parsley: handful of parsley, finely chopped
  • Oil: drizzle of oil, whatever you have
  • Tomato Puree: 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • Rosemary: 2 rosemary stalks, leaves picked and chopped
  • Cannellini Bean: 400g can haricot or cannellini beans, drained
  • Breadcrumb: few tbsp fresh or dried breadcrumbs
  • Crusty Bread: crusty bread, to serve
  • Red Wine Vinegar: 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • Fennel Seed: 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • Stock: 600ml stock
  • Pork: 350g assorted pork, diced (a mixture of bacon, sausage and diced pork works well)
  • Vegetables: green vegetables, to serve
  • Fat: 4 tbsp fat (lard if you're budgeting, goose or duck fat if you're not)

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1. Put a large ovenproof pan (with a tight-fitting lid) on a high heat. Add your fat and diced meat, cook for a few mins to seal the edges, giving it a quick stir to cook evenly. Reduce the heat to low, add the sliced onion, whole garlic cloves, carrot and fennel seeds, and cook gently to soften the veg for a few mins.
  2. Pour over the red wine vinegar, scraping any meaty bits off the bottom of the pan. Add the stock, tomato puree, and half the rosemary and parsley. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins, then season, cover with a lid and put into the oven for 2 hrs, removing the lid for the final hour of cooking. Stir occasionally and add the beans with 30 mins to go.
  3. Remove the pan from the oven and heat the grill. Scatter the top with the remaining herbs and breadcrumbs, drizzle a little oil over the top, and return to the oven for 5-10 mins, until the breadcrumbs are golden. Serve with crusty bread and green veg.