Our original “Chick in the Hole” experiment for Yorkshire Pudding Day was pretty good. The recipe is here But clearly a Chicken dinner needs stuffing even if it’s been shoehorned into a giant Yorkshire Pudding! So….
There are a Sage bush and a Rosemary bush just down the road. Armed with fresh herbs and a bit of time we cobbled this new version together.
Gluten free Yorkshire Pudding with finely chopped Rosemary added. Half a roasted Chicken in the middle. Surrounded by home made Gluten free Sage & Onion Stuffing balls. Oh and lashing of gravy after I'd taken the picture!
Unfortunately typing is difficult this morning, I may have inavertently bitten a few fingers off scrabbling for the left overs this morning!
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Originally an American invention to use the front parts of a Pig which we usually make into Sausages. Pulled Pork is a great way to use the ver cheapest cuts. This joint was less that £2. Yes it is a bit of boneless shoulder and yes it would heve been touch as old boots! But not this way.
Note:- Sue is not keen on BBQ sauce so I used a simple gravy at the end of the process to moisten the meat.
Ingredients:-
Pork Shoulder cut. Bone in or out, it's down to what is available.
Stock, beef, chicken or if you have your own any base stock will work.
Sale & Pepper.
Oil.
Method:-
(1) Don't start this expecting to eat in less than 3 hours!.
(2) Turn the oven up to 200c or so.
(3) If using Stock Cube mix with boiling water stir well and set aside.
(4) Mix the Salt and Pepper with the Oil and rub the meat well.
(5) Add the Stock to an oven proof dish.
(6) Place the joint in the dish and put in the oven on a very high heat for the first 20 minutes.
(7) Lower the heat to 140c and cover with foil.
(8) Go away, take the kids out. Clean the loo. Do whatever will distract you from the cooking smells for at the very least 2 ½ hours.
(9) When the meat is really over cooked and very tender take it out and on a board run two forks against each other to shred the meat.
(10) Add Gravy or BBQ sauce and stir well.
(11) Re-heat in a pan if requited.
Serve in a Yorkshire Pudding with vegetables of your choice.
We had the crown of a Chicken left over as we'd used the wings and legs. We also had some Chives from yesterdays meal which we don't normally had in. So Pie it was.....
Ingredients:-
1 small Chicken crown, roasted
Pastry mix (We used Gluten Free at 89p and followed the instructions on the pack)
2 large Onions
4 large Mushrooms, sliced
Flour & Margarine to make a Roux
Fresh Chives
Fresh Parsley
Milk
Salt & Pepper to season
Method:-
(1) Fry the Onions gently until softened.
(2) Cut the Chicken into cubes.
(3) Make a Roux. (margarine and flour) Effectively you need to fry the Flour in the Margarine, add Salt and Pepper and then add milk whilst whisking. You should end up with a reasonably runny White Sauce.
(4) Add the Chicken, Onions, Mushroom, Chives and Parsley to the mix and simmer over a very low heat.
(5) All the Pie base to an oven proof casserole dish.
(6) Add the pastry, bur creative with in if you like?
As a kid I always called Casserole a Stew (In a sort of descenting voice – to be honest!) So if like me you're not too keen on a great deal of liquid on your plate. There's always a very quick and flling way to deal with it.