Recipe : Sticky Pork in Ginger Beer

This amazing recipe of Mr. Cochon's invention was inspired by the mouth-watering sticky pork BBQ recipes from the deep south of America with a bit of a British twist.

Perfect served with corn on the cob, mashed potatoes and ice cold ginger beer.

Feeds : Two greedy cochons or three greedy piglets.

Ingredients :

Marinade :

3 tbsp olive oil

1 large onion (finely chopped)

300 ml ginger beer

2 tbsp soy sauce

3 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp muscovado sugar

3 cloves of garlic (pressed)

1 chipotle chilli (finely chopped)

Salt

Meat :

450g Pork Loin

Preparation method :

1. Heat the olive oil in a large pan and caramelise the onion on a low heat for roughly 10 minutes.

2. In a jug, mix together the ginger beer, sugar and soy sauce.

3. Add the pressed garlic to the onions and simmer on a low heat for 2 minutes. Finely chop the chipotle and add it to the pan, with or without the seeds depending on the heat that you want.

4. Add the liquid and a pinch of salt and simmer on a low heat until the marinade has reduced by about half (it should start to look thick and sticky). This should take about 10 minutes.

5. Leave the marinade to cool while you trim the meat. Once it has cooled add the meat to the pan and coat it with the marinade. Leave to marinate for 2 hours.

6. Heat the oven to 220 C.

7. Cook the pork at 220 C for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven to 140 C and cook for a further 25 mounts, basting occasionally with the marinade.