Slow cooked pulled pork in Boa Buns with a Red Onion & Fennel Slaw
Makes 10 to 12 bao
Ingredients
300 g strong flour
2 teaspoon dry active yeast
60 g warm water
300 g strong flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 teaspoon salt
40 g sunflower oil
Method- Combine the yeast sugar and water in a bowl and rest for five minutes to activate. Mix all dry ingredients together add the oil, add the yeast liquid. Knead until a smooth dough is formed. Then allowed it to rest for one hour. Roll the dough to 1 cm thickness using a glass tumbler to cut out discs then cover in clingfilm and allow to prove for one more hour. Prepare a bamboo steamer , place discs inside the steamer, and cook for 10 minutes until light and firm to the touch,remove from steamer and serve
Red Onion & Fennel Slaw
Ingredients
1 medium fennel bulb
2 medium red onion finely sliced
1 garlic clove finely minced
1 pomegranate seeded
150 g mayonnaise
2 tbsp of whole-grain mustard
1 tbsp of chopped parsley
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
Method
Finely slice the fennel bulb and leave to sit in ice water for 30 mins to crisp up, drain & pat dry. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well, once mixed check the seasoning , serve.
Slow cooked pulled pork
Ingredients
1 piece of pork belly around 500 g weight
40 g salt
40 g sugar
1 tablespoon of chopped time
1 clove of garlic
1 tbsp of fennel seeds
1 tbsp juniper berries
Method
Mix all the dry ingredients in a food processor. Cover the pork belly in the mixture and leave in the fridge overnight. Wash off “the cure” and put the pork belly and a roasting tin. Cook in a preheated oven at 160° for 3.5 hours, remove from oven, and allowed to cool a little. Remove the fat and break up the meat using 2 forks. Season with the meat in a sauce* of your choice (if you want to dress in a BBQ sauce see below).Add a good pinch of pepper, combine all the ingredients together in a small bowl.
Homemade BBQ Sauce
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
1 tsp garlic, minced
1 tbsp carrot, grated
1 red chili, diced
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp tomato puree
2 tbsp rice vinegar
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
3 tbsp cornflour
250ml water
Method – Grate the ginger, mince the garlic, finely grate the carrot, dice the chili and put them into a saucepan. Add the oil, cover and cook gently until everything is soft. Remove the pan from the heat. Put the purée, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, cornflour and water into a bowl and stir until smooth. Immediately pour the mixture into the saucepan and return to the heat. Stir over a medium heat as the sauce bubbles and cook until the sauce has thickened, serve.
Makes 6-8
Doughnuts
250g strong flour
60g caster sugar
50ml water
50ml milk
1 egg
60g butter at room temperature
2 tsp quick action yeast
Oil, for frying
For the cinnamon walnut crumble
100g plain flour
½ tsp cinnamon
4 tbsp walnuts, crushed
40g brown sugar
40g caster sugar
60g butter
For the lemon icing
170g sifted icing sugar
3 tbsp lemon juice
1-2 drops of lemon food colouring
To make the crumble,preheat the oven to 180C/Fan 160C/ Gas 4. Add the flour, cinnamon, walnuts, brown sugar and caster sugar together in a bowl and rub in the butter.
Spread onto a lined tray and bake for 15 minutes until crispy. Then remove from the oven and leave to cool before running your fingers through it to crumble the mix. To prepare the donuts, warm the water and milk in a saucepan until just luke warm. Take is off the heat and whisk in the egg and butter. Place the sugar, flour and yeast into the bowl of an electric mixer with a dough hook attached and while the machine is slowly turning, pour in the warm liquid until a soft dough forms. Increase the speed and beat the dough for 5 minutes or until smooth.Then place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover and leave in a warm, draught-free place. The dough should rise and double in size in 1 ½ hours. Cut out 12 x 10cm square pieces of parchment.