Yesterday evening we had one of our favourite dinners, pulled pork in homemade wraps. I originally got the recipe out of Paul Hollywood's Bread book. There are excellent recipes for all sorts of different breads and they've all come out well, which says a lot more about the book than my skills at baking!
The recipe is as follows:-
250g white bread flour
160ml cool water
5g salt
5g easy bake yeast
15g caster sugar
20g butter
Add the flour, salt, sugar and yeast to a bowl and rub the butter in. Add most of the water and mix with one hand, adding the remaining water as required to produce a smooth dough. Knead for 5-10 minutes, then place in a oiled bowl to rise for 90 minutes. Tip the dough onto a floured surface, knock back the dough and divide into six pieces. Roll into a circle and fry with a teaspoon of oil for a minute or two each side until lightly browned.
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| My little helper has no fear and climbs up to help even though she can't walk yet! |
To be honest although I have made them by hand, now I dump all the ingredients in the bread maker and leave on a knead and prove cycle. It takes all the time and effort out of kneading and rises beautifully. Then I just divide into six, roll them out and fry them. They taste amazing and the kids enjoy them. James pulled some spring onions out of the veg patch and along with some grated cheese and salad leaves they made a great accompaniment to the hoisin pork.
When I was in Crete I bought James a little set for making Greek coffee, there's a little copper cup with a brass handle that you set in the embers of a fire to boil the coffee. It works great on top of the woodburner and I made the wee man a hot chocolate and set it to heat and he loved it.
This weekend we've been varnishing the interior of the cabin. We have finally managed to do two coats of white in the smallest room and painted a coat of yacht varnish throughout the rest of the cabin. Next job is to treat and varnish all the floorboards, then we'll be able to put the insulation down and lay the floorboards.
Your little helper is such a cutie!
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DeleteLooks like a nice easy dinner, I keep thinking about tying a pulled pork or pulled beef recipe but not got round to it, I use my mixer for making dough, my wrists suffer too much with kneading by hand, love your little helper :-)
ReplyDeleteDawn it is so easy and what I forgot to say is that I often put a batch in the freezer and take out in the morning before work for tea that evening. I'm all for reducing effort, there's always so much to be done.
DeleteThese sound nice and easy so I'll have to give them a go, we love pulled pork wraps! :)
ReplyDeleteEmma, they are amazing, give them a try!!!
DeleteI would never have thought to make my own wraps! I bet they have so much more flavor than the store bought variety.
ReplyDeleteCindy Bee
We usually eat soups or stews from the crock pot when my wife is home. But she has been cooking again while she stayed home with my over the past week or so, while I was under the weather. She made some very nice things and I was sorry I couldn't eat a whole lot. It reminded me though, of many years ago when she didn't work. Soon we'll be back to that, at the end of December. The quality of life will sure improve with her around. I often wonder if women know how much they make life worth living.
ReplyDeleteI like to see the things you cook. Kymber from Canada, Tanya from Australia, you in England, do so much cooking from scratch. I think most Americans just open a box, microwave the contents, and that's supper.
Kirsty - those look delicious and i will definitely be trying them out with a bunch of different stuff! thanks for sharing!
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kymber
Kirsty, you and the family ok? You have been off the air for awhile...
ReplyDeletei'm with Harry...and a little worried. but i know that having kids and being very busy with all the stuff you are busy with can take up a bunch of time. just checking in on you hon!
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