Spicy Elizabethan Pork Casserole

Submitted by English_Rose

"A good old-fashioned pork casserole flavoured with honey, dates, spices and fresh herbs."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 1⁄2 lbs pork legs, boned, cubed
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1⁄4 cups red wine
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 1⁄4 ounces pitted dates, roughly chopped
• 1 large potato, peeled and cut into chunks
• 2 tablespoons fresh herbs, chopped to serve

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F Heat the oil and gently fry the onion and garlic for 10 minutes
2. Toss the meat in the flour combined with the spices and seasoning and add to the onion.
3. Fry the meat, stirring occasionally until evenly browned. Stir in the red wine with the honey and continue to cook over a medium heat, stirring for a further minute.
4. Add the dates and potato and transfer to an oven proof casserole dish.
5. Cover and cook for 2-2½ hours or until the meat is thoroughly cooked. Just before serving stir in the fresh herbs.

Reviews

[RocketRon]

very tasty worth a shot not as bad as you may think

 

[Chef Desi]

This recipe is absolutely delicious. However instead of cooking in our oven I cooked on high in our crockpot for about 5 hours. Stunning and the sauce well that's so yummy!!!

 

[La Donna Cucina]

This dish was very tasty. I didn't have dried dated so I used dried peaches and they were delicious. The fresh herb I used was cilantro which went well with the ginger and cumin.