Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Original West Coast Sauce

Create your own pulled pork sandwiches. This was fabulous!

Be adventurous and really you cannot go wrong.

Pork Roast 
4-5 lb pork butt roast
Make a rub with equal portions approximately
1 tsp of paprika, cumin, pepper, garlic powder, salt and sugar
2 Tlb olive oil

Rub the pork with oil and then the spices
Add the pork to the pan
Add 1.5 to 2 Cups of apple juice to pan
Cover and cook for 4 - 4.5 hours at 325º F


After the pork is cooked, shred with a fork for your sandwiches
Add a cup of BBQ sauce to the pork mixture

Orange Spicy Chipotle Sauce

Add to pan and cook on medium heat:
2 Tlb of olive oil
Then add and Saute: 
1 onion chopped
4 cloves of minced garlic
2 sticks of chopped celery

Roast Peppers in dry frying pan: 
2 ancho (something spicy) dried peppers
2 chipotle (something smokey) dried peppers

In a large pot add:
sautéd mixture and the roasted peppers
1 can roasted chipolte in sauce
1/2 C apple juice
2 cups of stock
1 can tomato sauce
1 C ketscup
2 Tlb worscheshire sauce
2 Tlb orange rind grated
1/4 C white vinegar
1/2 C cider vinegar

1/4 C white sugar
2 Tlb molasses
2 Tlb honey
1 tsp ginger
2 Tlb paprika
1 Tlb mustard powder
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp pepper
salt to taste
2 Tlb persimmon jam or any sweet like apricot jelly
Add drippings from pork roast
Blend mixture till smooth
Add more sweetness, bite, or spice Adjust to your own flavour craver.
We froze the remainder for another day.



Cole Slaw
1/2 small red cabbage shredded
2 -3 carrots shredded
1 medium onion diced
Add:
1/2 C yogurt
1/2 C mayonnaise
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Assemble and serve with fries or chips or with your favourite side.

Fresh Pasta Lasagna with Béchamel & Grilled Vegies

I thought that I had tasted great lasagna until we made this masterpiece with grilled vegetables, cottage cheese and spinach, béchamel and meat sauce and homemade pasta! You will want to start early and make this a fun afternoon of cooking.

Grilled Vegetables


Slice a variety of vegetable including zucchini, eggplant, mushrooms and peppers.  Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.


Grill vegetables under broiler until they have a charred appearance.




At the same time roast 4 - 6 medium size plum tomatoes for the béchamel sauce and a bulb of garlic for the meat sauce.

To roast garlic cut of tip off exposing the ends and drizzle with olive oil.

Béchamel Sauce Recipe
2 Tlb butter 
2 Tlb flour 
2 C milk
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp nutmeg
roasted tomatoes
Add butter to the heated pan and then whisk in flour and cook rue till light brown. Add milk and whisk on medium heat till mixture thickens.  
Add half of sauce to blender and blend the tomatoes. Return to pan.

Meat Sauce
1 -1.5 lb ground beef
1 cooking onion
2-3 carrots
1 pepper (half yellow and half green)
1 tsp fresh tyme
1/2 C red wine (optional)
2 Tlb. tomato sauce
1/2 C water
Slice and sauté veges and the add beef and other ingredients. Medium heat till thickened.

• 1 egg (room temp) beaten
  1 C flour
  1/2 tsp salt
  2 Tlb cool water
  
  Mix flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well and add beaten egg. Mix together till good consistency. Add water bit by bit till just right.
  
  Let dough sit for 20 minutes

Roll out dough and cut into lasagna strips.

Easy to make.

Make sure you egg is room temperature though.


After you make some pasta you are ready to assemble the lasagna.

Start with some béchamel sauce in the bottom of the pan and then a layer of pasta. 

We alternated between meat layer and grilled vegies. We  topped the grilled vegies layer with béchamel sauce. Another layer we used was a mixture of fresh spinach and cottage and parmesan cheese. 

Top with mozzarella and parmesan cheese. 

Cover and bake for an hour or so at 325 degrees.
Our pan was 8 by 11 inches in size. 
Remove cover for the last ten minutes.

The homemade pasta is like nothing I have ever tasted and makes all the different in the world. 

The béchamel sauce is delish.