Rhubarb Syrup: Boil the sugar and water to make sugar syrup. Once the sugar has dissolved, add the chopped rhubarb (2 inches long) and grated ginger and poach gently until the rhubarb is soft. Allow to cool for one hour and strain the rhubarb through a sieve. Decant the rhubarb syrup into a bottle and store in the fridge. It will keep for a couple of weeks in the fridge and it freezes really well too. 2 Rhubarb Martinis: When using a cocktail shaker, always avoid trying to make too much quantity in one go as the cocktail doesn’t mix well when full. Mixing two Martinis in one shaker is best. Put all the ingredients together into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for 30 seconds. Hold the shaker in two hands and shake it over your shoulder. Chill the Martini glasses by putting them in the freezer or leave a few lumps of ice in them for a few minutes. Pour the Rhubarb Martini through a cocktail strainer into the glasses. Always taste before pouring and add more syrup if too sour or more lime juice if too sweet.

  Place all the ingredients in a heavy-based pan, bring to boil, and simmer for 45mins-1hour. Preheat your oven to 160’c. To prepare the pork belly, score the skin with a knife, taking care not to pierce the flesh, rub the sea salt generously on the flesh side and the skin. Lay the vegetables in a large dish deep enough to hold the vegetables and the belly sitting on top. Fill the tray halfway up the sides with water, cover with tin foil or a lid and cook for 4-5hours, Checking halfway to top up the water. While this is cooking The belly should give way when poked the back of a wooden spoon. Nice and tender. Carefully remove the belly, reserving the juices for the stock for soups or sauces. And lay on parchment paper on a deep dish, lay another sheet on top of this and a second tray, weighing Down the belly with tins of beans, this will give the belly a nice shape and for ease of cutting, Leave overnight to set. Slice the pork belly into nice squares or rectangles, giving one per portion. Heat a frying pan with a little oil and place the pork skin side down, fry until crispy, Turn and brown on the bottom, place on a sheet of tin foil in the oven at 200’c for 10-15mins until golden. Heat another pan, add the butter and tbsp of oil, fry the potatoes until golden brown, add the fennel seeds, and season. Serve the belly with the potatoes and a good lashing of chutney, and garnish with broccoli enjoy!   Visit Our Shop