Pork Embutido

INGREDIENTS:
1 kilo of ground pork
5 pieces of pork sausages, chopped
2 pieces of carrots, chopped
2 pieces of onion, chopped
3 tablespoons of raisins, chopped
1 teasepoon of pickles, chopped
4 hard boiled eggs
salt, pepper
3 eggs
3 tablespoons of flour
3 tablespoons of milk

PROCEDURES:
Part 1
1. In a large bowl put your ground pork, then add all the minced ingredients: sausages, carrots, onions, raisins and pickles. Mix them well.
2. Put the eggs, the flour and the milk and incorporate all the ingredients together.
3. Salt and pepper to taste.

Part 2
1. Ready your alluminumfoil. Divide the embutido mixture into four.
2. Put the mixture on the edge of your alluminum foil, line on the top your quarted hard boiled egg then roll it.
3. Roll them gently and seal the edges. You will have four big rolls of embutido.
4. Ready your steamer and steam your embutido over medium fire for an hour.
5. Cool them and keep them refrigerated.
6. Slice them gently the next day

TIPS:
If you have an electric blender it will help you facilitate the task of mincing finely your ingredients.
With the help of your blender, mince the ingredients one by one .

Pork Pochero

Filipino Style Recipe: Pork pochero is a classic tomato-based Filipino dish. Pochero have lots of variations such as pork, chicken, or beef. In this dish the pork cooked with tomato sauce together with cardava bananas(saba), green beans, cabbage and other vegetables.

Estimated time of preparation: 15-20 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 40-50 minutes
Good for 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo pork liempo, cut into serving pieces
1/2 head garlic, chopped
1 medium size onion, chopped
4 pieces saba, sliced diagonally
1 small bundle, green beans, trimmed
1/2 small cabbage, quartered
1/2 cup tomato sauce
3-4 cups water
1 tbsp. peppercorns
salt and sugar to taste
1/4 cup cooking oil

1/4 cup fish sauce(patis)(optional)
1 red bell pepper, cut into cubed(optional)
2 potatoes, quartered(optional)
1 bundle pechay, trimmed(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion.
2. Add pork and stir cook until color changes and start to sizzle.
3. Add tomato sauce, water and peppercorns then stir and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until pork is tender.(Add more water as necessary).
4. Add potato and simmer for another 3-5 minutes or until potato are tender.
5. Add in banana and the other vegetables, cook for 3-5 minutes or until vegetables are cooked.
6. Adjust seasoning with fish sauce, salt and sugar according to taste.
7. Remove from heat then transfer to serving plate. Serve with steamed rice.

Notes:
1. You may also add Hunt’s Pork & Beans.

Chicken and Pork Adobo

Filipino Style Recipe: chicken and pork adobo is another variety of popular Filipino adobo. Usually we serve chicken or pork adobo but in this recipe we will serve them both in one dish. The procedure is also the same in another adobo, we cook chicken and pork in soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaves, pepper corns and another seasonings.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork, cut into serving pieces
1/2 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 small garlic head, crushed
1 small onion, chopped
4 pieces bay leaves
1-2 cups soda or water
4 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper corns
salt and sugar to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a sauce pan, arrange chicken and pork then add garlic, onion, bay leaves, pepper corns, soy sauce and soda then marinate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until meat is tender. Add more water if necessary.
3. When the meat is tender, drain pork and chicken then reserve the sauce. Set aside.

Part 2
1. On a frying pan, heat cooking oil and fry pork and chicken on all sides until light brown.
2. Drain and return the meat to reserved sauce then adjust seasoning according to taste.
Simmer until the sauce is reduce and start to render oil.
3. Remove from heat then serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!