Greek Pork Casserole (Aphelia)
Jan. 9th, 2022 03:18 pmCross-posted to
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This is from my mother's cookbook written in her own hand-writing. Judging from where it turns up, I suspect it is a recipe from the 1970s. Aphelia is probably the source of the recipe but I have no idea if that is a person, a magazine, or something else - probably a person though the name is unusual and I don't recall my mother ever mentioning an Aphelia.
( Ingredients )
( Method )
Changes, Mistakes and Substitutions
We had some discussion above whether "Doz coriander seeds" was some number of ounces, or a dozen. In the end we decided it was a dozen. I then decided to crush the coriander seeds and a similar number of peppercorns together with a pestle and mortar rather than having them floating whole in the casserole (I think this was a good choice). The recipe didn't say to chop the onions, though it did say to chop the green pepper, but I couldn't imagine that the onions weren't supposed to be chopped as well. I skipped the lemon rind since I was using shop bought lemon juice rather than an actual lemon.
Verdict
This was a perfectly nice but not very exciting pork casserole. The pork was a little dry but I think that was because "lean stir fry pork" was substituted for the stewing pork I'd ordered from Sainsbury's and I suspect the whole would have benefitted from more fat.
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This is from my mother's cookbook written in her own hand-writing. Judging from where it turns up, I suspect it is a recipe from the 1970s. Aphelia is probably the source of the recipe but I have no idea if that is a person, a magazine, or something else - probably a person though the name is unusual and I don't recall my mother ever mentioning an Aphelia.
( Ingredients )
( Method )
Changes, Mistakes and Substitutions
We had some discussion above whether "Doz coriander seeds" was some number of ounces, or a dozen. In the end we decided it was a dozen. I then decided to crush the coriander seeds and a similar number of peppercorns together with a pestle and mortar rather than having them floating whole in the casserole (I think this was a good choice). The recipe didn't say to chop the onions, though it did say to chop the green pepper, but I couldn't imagine that the onions weren't supposed to be chopped as well. I skipped the lemon rind since I was using shop bought lemon juice rather than an actual lemon.
Verdict
This was a perfectly nice but not very exciting pork casserole. The pork was a little dry but I think that was because "lean stir fry pork" was substituted for the stewing pork I'd ordered from Sainsbury's and I suspect the whole would have benefitted from more fat.