To tempt your taste buds with the newly published An Irish Butcher Shop, we’ve got one copy of the book to give away along with a €100 gift certificate to spend online at James Whelan Butchers and an exclusive recipe from the book just for FoodFight readers. The competition is after the recipe.
Chinese Pork Balls
Best-quality pork should be used for this recipe. Ask your butcher to mince it for you. Belly pork or shoulder will provide the fat content that will keep the result sweet and juicy.
Serves 6
- 500 g/1 lb pork, finely minced
- 1 shallot, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 1 teaspoon sherry
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper oil for deep frying
Mix together all the ingredients except the oil and, with moistened hands, shape the pork into small balls, roughly the size of a walnut. Heat the oil in a deep fryer and fry the pork balls until browned. Lift out and drain on some kitchen paper. Serve immediately with sweet and sour sauce or chilli sauce.
Competition
To win the book, leave an answer to the following question in the comments:
Thickening is provided by:
- a) Wheat flour
- b) Corn flour
- c) Wheat flour
Those with the correct answer will be added to a draw and the winner will be randomly selected.
Update 15 Nov 2010: Congrats to Sean Kildunne for winning the competition.
b) Corn flour
November 7th, 2010 at 8:59 pm #b) Corn flour
November 7th, 2010 at 9:25 pm #Cornflour.
November 7th, 2010 at 9:40 pm #b) Corn Flour
November 7th, 2010 at 9:45 pm #b) cornflour
November 7th, 2010 at 10:08 pm #Cornflour
November 7th, 2010 at 10:17 pm #B) cornflour
November 7th, 2010 at 10:24 pm #b) cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 3:12 am #B) cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 3:25 am #Its cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 9:10 am #Cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 9:21 am #Cornflour !
November 8th, 2010 at 10:25 am #cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 10:44 am #B) Cornflour.
November 8th, 2010 at 10:46 am #b) Corn flour
November 8th, 2010 at 11:12 am #b) cornflower
November 8th, 2010 at 12:29 pm #Cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 1:12 pm #B) Cornflour!!
November 8th, 2010 at 2:17 pm #Cornflour!
November 8th, 2010 at 2:22 pm #Cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 7:09 pm #cornflour
November 8th, 2010 at 7:24 pm #Cornflower!
Book looks fabulous
November 8th, 2010 at 9:14 pm #cornflour!!
November 9th, 2010 at 12:09 am #b) Corn flour
November 9th, 2010 at 10:07 am #In this recipe, corn flour is used but you could also use wheat flour.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:42 pm #b) Corn flour.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:22 pm #Answer: B) Cornflour
November 9th, 2010 at 2:45 pm #b) Corn flour
November 9th, 2010 at 3:33 pm #Corn flour
November 9th, 2010 at 6:00 pm #corn flour
nice one lads
November 9th, 2010 at 6:57 pm #Corn flour
November 9th, 2010 at 8:44 pm #The answer is Cornflour! Those balls looks so yummy! I’m hungry now!
November 9th, 2010 at 9:21 pm #Corn Flour
November 9th, 2010 at 10:39 pm #Corn Flour!
November 10th, 2010 at 4:25 pm #The answer is cornflour.
November 11th, 2010 at 9:06 am #The answer is cornflour
November 12th, 2010 at 5:24 pm #ill go with cornflour – seeing as the other 2 are both wheat
November 12th, 2010 at 11:55 pm #b) – corn flour
November 13th, 2010 at 4:11 pm #