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Asian aubergine & pork hotpot

Aubergine & pork hotpot

Name: Aubergine & pork hotpot
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 3 tbsp sunflower oil; 750g fatty pork such as shoulder or skinless belly, cut into large chunks; 2 aubergines cut into large chunks; 2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar; 5 star anise; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 onions chopped; very large knob fresh root ginger peeled and finely sliced; 1 red chilli deseeded and sliced; 1 bunch coriander leaves and stalks separated, stalks finely chopped; 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce; juice 1 large lime

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 4

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Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 20 mins

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Slow-cooked aubergines become deliciously soft and absorb all the flavour of this fragrant Asian-inspired stew

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Ingredients

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3 tbsp sunflower oil
750g fatty pork

such as shoulder or skinless belly, cut into large chunks
2 aubergines

cut into large chunks
2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
5 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
2 onions

chopped
very large knob fresh root ginger

peeled and finely sliced
1 red chilli

deseeded and sliced
1 bunch coriander

leaves and stalks separated, stalks finely chopped
2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
juice 1 large lime

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal574
fat40g
saturates13g
carbs18g
sugars15g
fibre4g
protein38g
salt1.81g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in an ovenproof sauté pan and brown the meat well (you may have to do this in batches), then scoop out of the pan. Add the rest of the oil and the aubergine, brown on all sides, scoop out and add to the pork. Tip the sugar into the pan and leave to caramelise slightly, then return the pork and aubergine to the pan with the star anise and cinnamon, then coat in the sticky caramel.
step 2

Add the onions, ginger and half the chilli, and cook for a few mins with the pork. Add the coriander stalks and splash in the fish sauce and enough water to come about a third of the way up. Cover and place the dish, undisturbed, in the oven for 1 hr, then remove from the oven and add the lime juice and more fish sauce to taste. Stir through half the coriander leaves and the remaining chilli, and scatter over the rest of the coriander. You should have a hotpot of tender meat with soft aubergines all in a punchy little sauce.

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Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2007

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