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I did a sunday lunch yesterday and it wasn't really the weather for a full on roast. I butterflied the pork leg (badly I might add) partly for a lighter cut and ease of carving but also because I was short on time. I poked holes in it and then rubbed both sides with a marinade of runny honey, lemon juice and lemon zest. It cooked really quickly - about 20-30 minutes. Much more quickly than I expected. It tasted lovely although if I was to do it again I'd 1) marinade it for longer 2) check it sooner because, although it was moist, I think it could have been even moister if I had cuaght it 5 minutes earlier 3) The crackling didn't crackle, even after removing and sticking in a hot oven on its own. I'm not sure why. To go with it I did couscous with peppers and spring onions through it, a salad of of rocket, watercress and (braeburn) apples with a cider vinegar dressing and thinly sliced courgettes fried in olive oil until slightly charred and then had a couple of spoonfuls of the meat jucie over them. I also made a pseudo Tiramisu by taking a load of mini chcolate brownies hangin around, squashing them down in a dish so they covered the whole of the base, puring over slightly too much grand manier and then layering over marscapone mixed with some vanilla extract and icing sugar and dusting with cocoa powder. The whole thing was garnished with severla bottles of wine. Simon
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