Prawn scallop and speck fried cauliflower rice after a relaxing Saturday at home
Prawn scallop and speck fried cauliflower rice
Today was the first day since the long weekend that I’ve been able to work from home and not go into the office. I did dial into a teleconference but I got stuff done. The grocery shopping was relaxing. A walk to the shops for a coffee was relaxing. Watching some TV was relaxing.
Dedicated to a friend who gave me moments of light hearted joy during the week.
Frying cauliflower rice, mushroom, prawns, scallops, speck, and spring onions.Continue reading →
Triple pork fried cauliflower rice sounds a bit weird but it was the best I could come up with at short notice. It’s been a bit crazy at work and I only got home at about 4 pm and didn’t feel like doing a long cook. I will be cooking some duck breasts tonight by sous vide but for tea I wanted something relatively easy. I decided since I had pork rashers, pork sausages, and lup chong that I had a triple threat of pork. I’m still eschewing carbs, so the fried rice had to be cauliflower rice. I know what you’re thinking, where’s the bacon? I did think of buying some bacon but I decided against it. Can you believe it? I’m eating more pork in preparation for shortages in case African Swine Fever virus infection becomes more of a problem which will mean Australian pork will be in higher demand from overseas pork lovers, especially the Chinese market which has been affected by ASF.
You’re going to have to read this nude bog post while in a happy lighthearted frame of mind. Just know that sarcasm is my first language…if you’re offended, that’s your problem and not mine 😎
Eggplant 🍆Audio from the Random Yummy podcast. Check out the links below in the questions.
Nude bog???
So, what is nood bog? I mean I know that Canberra has a thriving naturist community who like to swim in a watering hole on the south side of town. I’ve never been there, nor have I ever participated in any naturist activities. I’m very much a clothes on person, apart from when I’m in bed sleeping. However, that’s entirely different and not up for discussion here.
Dedicated to a workmate who is horrified that an offspring referred to spaghetti bolognese as noodle bolognese and that I have shortened it to nood bog.
I don’t often have a meat-free meal, but I was prompted by a comment from Canberra blogging friend Sue on my diary blog. Pumpkin soup is a wonderful winter comfort food. Normally I cook it along with some bacon and cream. I wondered how to make a nice flavourful soup without the meat products so when I saw some coconut cream on special I thought I’d use it along with some sesame oil and some other spices like Sichuan seasoning, cumin and coriander seeds as well as some curry powder.
Saturday dinner. Slow cooker ham hock on sesame sweet potato mash with pickles. I cooked the ham hock for 8 hours, mashed the roasted sesame sweet potato, and made pickles with capsicum, red onion, and spring onions.
Yummy Lummy Slow cooker Ham Hock recipe
This slow cooker ham hock is prolonging my porcine cravings. I thought about making pea and ham soup but instead pulled pork from the ham hock with some roughly mashed sweet potato and pickled vegetables.
Recipe
Yummy Lummy slow cooker ham hock with mashed sweet potato and pickled vegetables
Here’s a comforting slow cooker ham hock with mashed sweet potato and pickled vegetables meal for one with enough leftover for lunches.
Ham hock bits
Ham hock
Chicken stock
Sweet potato bits
Sweet potato
Sesame oil
Sesame seeds
Poppy seeds
Olive oil
Iodised salt
Black pepper
Sour cream
Pickled vegetable bits
Capsicum
Spring onions
Red onion
Lime juice
Vinegar
Iodised salt
Brown sugar
Ham hock part
Put the ham hock into the slow cooker
Cover the ham hock with about 1 litre of chicken stock
Cook the ham hock for 8 hours
When the ham hock has cooked remove it from the cooking vessel and discard the liquid
Remove and discard the skin and fat
Shred the meat and leave in a bowl
Sweet potato part
Wash the sweet potato
Cut the sweet potato into cubes roughly 1 cm3
Put them into a mixing bowl and add a good spurt of sesame oil and a slug of olive oil
Use your hands to make sure you coat all the surfaces of the cubed sweet potato with the oil
Add in the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, iodised salt and black pepper and use your hands to mix it all thoroughly
Spread the sweet potato out on a baking tray and place it into a hot oven (250 °C/480 °F) for 35 minutes or until the sweet potato is soft enough so a butter knife penetrates it easily with almost no resistance
Put the the sweet potato into a mixing bowl and mash it roughly
You can do it smoothly if you like but I like being rough with my mashed starches
It’s quite satisfying to have a rough mash, the mouthfeel in my opinion is better
Pickled vegetables part
Wash a green capsicum and them roughly dice it
Chop a red onion into small pieces
Slice a spring onion
Put the capsicum, red onion and spring onion into a sealable container
Add some white vinegar
Add some lime juice
Add some iodised salt
Add some brown sugar
I did this a few hours ahead of time and made enough so I’d have some for the following night for dinner
The plating up part
Spoon some mashed sweet potato onto a dinner plate
Add the pulled pork from the ham hock on top of the mashed sweet potato
Spoon some of the pickled vegetables and place next to the mashed sweet potato
As an option add a dollop of sour cream
The blogging part
Shoot a photograph
Eat the meal
Wash the dishes
Write the recipe
Write the blog post
Hope your friends and readers share the post on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest
Disclaimer
I have no culinary training nor qualifications.
This post is not intended to convey any health or medical advice. If you have any health concerns about anything you read, please contact your registered medical practitioner.
The quantities are indicative. Feel free to vary the quantities to suit your taste.
I deliberately do not calculate energy for dishes. I deliberately default to 500 Calories or 500,000 calories because I do not make these calculations.
Main Course
Australian
Ham hock, Mashed sweet potato, Pickled vegetables, Slow cooker
Photographs
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Ham hock ready for the slow cooker.Diced sweet potatoDiced sweet potato with seasoningDiced sweet potato with seasoning in a baking tray.Sweet potato out of the oven, ready for mashing.Slow cooker ham hockSaturday dinner. Slow cooker ham hock on sesame sweet potato mash with pickles.
I cooked the ham hock for 8 hours. Mashed roasted sesame sweet potato. I made pickles with capsicum, red onion and spring ions.Saturday dinner. Slow cooker ham hock on sesame sweet potato mash with pickles.
I cooked the ham hock for 8 hours. Mashed roasted sesame sweet potato. I made pickles with capsicum, red onion and spring ions.
Questions and answers
Why rough rather than smooth?
It’s like peanut paste; I always go for crunchy rather than smooth. Smooth suggests fancy. I’m not fancy. Rough is also tough. Rough gonococci, unlike smooth gonococci, can evade the complement system and go on to cause disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) and create havoc in joints, the heart and occasionally the brain.
Final thoughts
Do you like eating ham hock? Do you like it rough? Did you ever think I’d mention gonococci in a recipe post?
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