32 years ago...

I was born! Yes this week I have celebrated my birthday and what a great week I've had! Bill brought me to my favorite Fernhouse Cafe for breakfast and my best friend treated me to a slap up late lunch in town...! It was a day of spoiling for me! 

I got some lovely presents, including some interesting new cookbooks! My brother gave me two, one entitled "Irish Recipes Yer Ma Used Ta Make" which is lovely and a fantastic huge almanac of desserts, some I've never even heard of (Chess Pie anyone?), which I'm sure I will make full use of! I also was lucky enough to get Gordon Ramsays latest, and last night I set about making something from it, to welcome in the last year of my early thirties! 

Gordon Ramsays Pork Stroganoff 

(He uses fillet, I used chops!)

You'll need

2 lge pork chops

200gms mixed mushrooms

1 onion, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, finely sliced

50mls brandy

150mls sour cream

squeeze of fresh lemon juice

1 tsp paprika

Method

Trip and chop the pork into small pieces. Heat your pan, oil it and fry the onions, garlic and mushrooms until soft.  Tip the contents of the pan into a bowl and put aside.  Add the pork pieces to the pan with some oil and fry until golden brown.  Return the onions, garlic and mushrooms.  Add the brandy and bring to the boil, then add the cream and the tsp of paprika. Season.  Serve with plenty of Rice and sprinkled with more paprika and parsely!