Ingredients
- 3 kg fresh pork hock or whatever you’ve got (cut into smaller pieces)
- 2 medium onions, roughly diced
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 carrots sliced
- ½ cabbage, roughly chopped
- 1 leek, roughly chopped
- 4 celery sticks, roughly chopped
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 bunches rocket, roughly chopped (or puha / watercress / nasturtium)
PORK BOIL UP
Method
- Add the pork, leek, celery, garlic, onion, cabbage and carrot to a stock pot and fill with water to cover all the ingredients
- Add the bay leaves, parsley stalks and the salt and pepper
- Bring it to the boil and allow it to simmer for about an hour
- Take out the pork from the stock and add the rest of the parsley and the rocket
- Chop up the pork and serve in a bowl with some stock
Comments
This is a traditional Maori soup. Puha is a leafy vegetable, like a cross between dandelion & watercress which has been replaced with rocket in this recipe
