Glazed Baked Bacon with Cabbage and Mash Potatoes, Parsley Puree and Glazed Carrots
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Ingredients
- 600 g cured bacon (rind on)
- 5 tblsp honey
- 280 g flat leaf parsley
- 60 g butter
- 4-6 carrots (peeled and cut into even sized pieces)
- 150 ml cream
- 1 head cabbage
- salt and pepper
- 1 tsp chopped thyme
- 2 large rooster (potatoes, peeled and quartered)
- 350 ml cream
- salt and white pepper
Method
- For the bacon score the fat and place in a pot of water, take to the boil and strain.
- Cover again and simmer for 50 minutes to 1 hour.
- Remove from the water and season with black pepper and honey.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, until golden brown.
- Allow to rest before serving.
- Place potatoes in a pot, cover with cold water, add a pinch of salt and bring to the boil.
- Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes, until soft. Drain well, return potatoes to pot.
- In a separate pot heat your cream and butter, add the warm cream and butter to the potatoes.
- Mash well, taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Plunge the parsley into a large saucepan of boiling water and boil for 20 seconds.
- Draw and refresh the parsley by plunging it into cold water, then pulverise it in a processor with a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Blanch your carrots in boiling, salted water and refresh in ice cold water.
- To finish, melt the same butter and honey in a pan, toss your carrots in until golden, sprinkle with some chopped thyme.
- For the cabbage, remove the leaves and blanch whole to keep the nice, dark green colour.
- Keep the outer leaves aside and finely chop the inner leaves.
- In a pan fry off same bacon lardons and add 150ml cream.
- Reduce by half and add your finely sliced cabbage.
- Once it has cooled place a spoon of the mixture in centre of the other leaves and wrap into parcels.
- To serve just drop them into water for 2-3 minutes.
