Italian Pork Sausage

 

An experiment for making Italian style sausage meat without basing on shop bought sausages. Added a tad too many chilli flakes. But very good basis for a pasta dish ...which I need to update this recipe to include.

Dry fry 1tsp fennel seeds and 1.5 tsp black peppercorns and then pound until coarsely ground using pestle and mortar.

Put in bowl with

• 500g pork mince (not lean)
• 1 tbsp minced/crushed garlic
• 1tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 1 tsp onion powder and 1 tsp salt (or 2tsp of 'onion salt')
• 0.25 tsp of each of dried thyme, dried rosemary. dried oregano, dried sage
• 1tbsp red wine
• 0.5 tsp chilli flakes - less if you don't want too spicy

Use hands to combine

Green Tomato Curry

Haven't tried yet. Original recipe from a friend who has access to some of the spices/mixes not available locally.

Slice a medium onion and a clove of garlic. Chop 250g green tomatoes into large chunks

Heat 2tsp veg oil and add 1 tsp black mustard seeds and 1tsp cumin seeds. When they get to the popping stage add the onions and garlic and cook gently until onions translucent.

Add the tomatoes and quarter tsp turmeric, 1tsp ground cumin (original recipe was for 2tsp chana jeera) 1-2tsp chilli powder, lemon juice (original recipe was for half tsp amchur)

Stir until cooked. Add upto 1.5 tsp salt along the way (as in taste and adjust seasoning)

Green tomato salsa

As good as one made with tomatillos. I make a large batch when all hope of tomatoes ripening outside or in the greenhouse has gone and freeze in small batches for use with 'tex mex' and other meals that salsa goes well with.

On a baking sheet place

• 3 large peeled cloves garlic. 
• 1 peeled and quartered medium onion. 
• 1 deseed and halved (quartered depending on size) fresh jalapeño chilli. 
• 225g (8oz) green tomatoes, quartered if large

Put under grill for about 5 minutes until they start to blacken. Turn all over and grill for another few minutes. Don't let them get too dark/burn.

Put half of the chilli to one side and put everything else into a blender along with a roughly chopped small bunch of coriander leaves, 2 tbsp lime juice and half teaspoon of salt. Blend to desired consistency. Taste and, if required, add the other half of the chilli and blend again.