Creamy cheese & potato bake
A comforting cheesy potato bake is the perfect accompaniment to a hearty meat dish in winter
Chorizo, pork belly & chickpea casserole
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 700g skinless, boneless pork bellycut into large bite-sized chunks
- 100g cooking chorizosliced into thin rounds
- 1 large onionchopped
- 1 large carrotfinely chopped
- 1 tsp fennel seed
- small pinch dried chilli flakes
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 bay leavesfresh are best
- sprig of thyme
- large pinch golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 50ml sherry vinegaror good quality red wine vinegar
- 400g tin chopped tomato
- 400g tin chickpeadrained and rinsed
- fresh chopped parsley
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal680
- fat45.2g
- saturates15.7g
- carbs22.6g
- sugars9.4g
- fibre4.4g
- protein43.5g
- salt1.3glow
Method
step 1
1 Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Heat the oil in a casserole dish with a lid and spend a good 10 mins browning the pork on all sides. If your casserole dish isn’t wide enough to fit the pork in a single layer then brown it in batches. Scoop the pork out and set aside then add the chorizo and sizzle for a minute. Add the vegetables, fennel seeds, chilli flakes, garlic and herbs and cook for about 5 mins until the vegetables are soft and just starting to colour. Sprinkle over the sugar and stir in the tomato purée then splash in the vinegar and bubble for a moment. Tip in the tomatoes and a can of water. Stir the pork and juices into the sauce, season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer.
step 2
Cover the dish with a lid and place in the oven for 1 hr 45 mins, checking occasionally and if the sauce becomes too thick add a splash more water. Remove the pan from the oven and stir in the chickpeas and return to the oven for 15 mins. Remove again and leave to cool slightly so it’s not scorching hot then stir through the parsley. Taste for seasoning and serve with crusty bread or boiled potatoes.
