recipes

Kalua Pork

To cook a lot at the same time use a  roasting pan (with 2 big shoulder roasts) and cook it in the oven and turns out fine. I double the ingredients and cook it at about 270 for about 10-12 hours. If you are using the oven method instead of the crockpot, make sure you cover the pan with aluminum foil and then put on lid.

Kalua Pig

5-6 lb pork butt or pork shoulder roast (shoulder and butt are the same cut, btw)
Crushed garlic
Hawaiian sea salt (coarse) --you can buy hawaiian sea salt on Amazon.com
¼ cup water
1 1/2 to 2 Tbsp. liquid smoke (we like Wright’s)

Score the meat with a sharp knife. Rub the pork roast generously with crushed garlic, and then generously with sea salt. Add ¼ cup of water to the crock pot, then add the roast. Pour the liquid smoke on top of the roast, and sprinkle pork with more salt (about a teaspoon or so.) Cook on low for 10-15 hours in the crock pot. The pork should shred very easily when cooked. Serve with rice or on rolls. Makes 12 servings.

Coleslaw

Jamie’s Favorite Coleslaw
Original recipe from ‘Cooking with Jamie’ by Jamie Oliver
½ a white cabbage finely sliced (I just bought bagged cabbage)
1 small red onion, finely sliced
3 carrots, thinly sliced (again, i just buy matchstick carrots)
2 red apples, cored and thinly sliced
1 small bunch flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
A couple of dollops mayonnaise
1 heaped teaspoon English mustard (can buy online or in nicer grocery stores)

1 to 2 lemons--juiced
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl. Add mayo and lemon juice a little at a time.
2. Have a taste and add seasoning as needed.


Fruit Salad:

Peaches, strawberries, raspberries blueberries and a couple of limes. Zest lime and squeeze lime juice over fruit. Sprinkle with a little bit of sugar to sweeten just a bit. Make a few hours ahead so the flavors can combine.

Cucumber salad:

Cucumbers, tomatoes and thinly diced white onion. Add a few tsp of olive oil and a few of red wine or balsamic vinegar. Salt and pepper to taste.