Apologies for the terrible photo quality. Someone buy me a camera or even better, give me a job so I can buy me a camera.
It could have been Columbi-off, but it wasn't. It was Columbi-on.
Columbia became another welcome excuse to have a few stray heads who didn't quite make it to Electric Picnic over for a few beers, to pig out on pulled pork and shake our asses like we come from Columbia. Not that I ever need an excuse for any these things, but it definitely beat hankering after the Picnic. So we had our own, Electric Pignic if you will.
This Columbian pulled pork recipe literally forces you have to have an Electric Pignic. You can't make it for one or two people and if three's a crowd, twelve's got to be a party. And where there's an enormous slab of pork, there are inevitably leftovers, even when feeding a herd of strapping young lads. I was still (happily might I add) pigging out on it four days later. At the risk of seriously overdoing it, one could even go as far as to say the pulled pork was Columbelievable. And the lips don't lie.
It could have been Columbi-off, but it wasn't. It was Columbi-on.
Columbia became another welcome excuse to have a few stray heads who didn't quite make it to Electric Picnic over for a few beers, to pig out on pulled pork and shake our asses like we come from Columbia. Not that I ever need an excuse for any these things, but it definitely beat hankering after the Picnic. So we had our own, Electric Pignic if you will.
This Columbian pulled pork recipe literally forces you have to have an Electric Pignic. You can't make it for one or two people and if three's a crowd, twelve's got to be a party. And where there's an enormous slab of pork, there are inevitably leftovers, even when feeding a herd of strapping young lads. I was still (happily might I add) pigging out on it four days later. At the risk of seriously overdoing it, one could even go as far as to say the pulled pork was Columbelievable. And the lips don't lie.
Columbian Pulled Pork
Serves 12
Serves 12
3 kg shoulder of pork, (cut into big chunks to make it more manageable)
2 cups of tomato ketchup (1 whole bottle)
1 cup of brown sugar
1 head of garlic, chopped
knob of ginger, chopped
tbsp chili flakes
2 vegetable stock cubes
1 tbsp mustard
salt and pepper
Throw all of the ingredients into a large pot and mix around. Add just enough water to cover the meat, cover with tinfoil and a lid and bring to a simmer on the hob. Transfer to a 110ยบ celsius oven and leave there for anywhere between 8 and 15 hours. The longer the better. I left mine in over night.
Then carefully remove the meat to a bowl and shred it with two forks. It should literally fall apart. Reduce the sauce left in the large pot by about half . Return the shredded pork to the pot and toss in the juice.
Serve with floury baps, Columbian red beans (recipe below), coleslaw, sour cream, cheese and hot sauce. Columbi-hell-yeah!
Mhhmmmmmhmmmmmmmmmmmm isn't the word.
Colombian Red Beans
6 rashers of bacon, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
a couple of tomatoes, chopped
3 tins of red kidney beans, including liquid.
2 vegetable stock cubes
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cumin
handful of chopped coriander
In a pan fry the bacon until crispy. Add the onion, tomatoes and cumin and cook until the onions are soft. Add the kidney beans, stock cube and sugar. Bring to temperature and simmer for ten minutes. Finish with a handful of chopped coriander.
Colombian Red Beans
6 rashers of bacon, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
a couple of tomatoes, chopped
3 tins of red kidney beans, including liquid.
2 vegetable stock cubes
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cumin
handful of chopped coriander
In a pan fry the bacon until crispy. Add the onion, tomatoes and cumin and cook until the onions are soft. Add the kidney beans, stock cube and sugar. Bring to temperature and simmer for ten minutes. Finish with a handful of chopped coriander.
