Photo: Sam Loyd
Lemon and tarragon pulled pork with pitta breads and walnut mayonnaise
29 ingredients
Serves 6-8
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Lemon cuts though the fat and sweetness of the glaze to make an absolutely irresistible pulled pork recipe. You’ll need to prepare it a day ahead, but boy oh boy it’s worth it.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
979
Calories
72g
Protein
41g
Fat
78g
Carbs
Counts 22 of 23 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 22 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Bread | 1 slice (30g) white | 79 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| White Cabbage | 1 cup shredded (89g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Tarragon | 1 tsp dried (0.5g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Star Anise | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 200g/7oz salt
- 150g/5½oz Demerara sugar
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 3-4 sprigs thyme
- 4 star anise
- 2 lemons
- 1 skinless, boneless pork shoulder
- , for cooking vegetable oil
- 100ml/3½fl oz white wine vinegar
- 300ml/10½fl oz chicken stock
- 150g/5½oz brown sugar
- 180ml/6fl oz white wine
- 2 garlic
- 100ml/3½fl oz honey
- 4 fresh bay leaves, finely chopped
- 4 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon
- 2 large free-range egg yolks
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 250ml/9fl oz vegetable oil
- 5 tbsp walnut oil
- and saltcayenne pepper
- , to taste lemon juice
- 100g/3½oz toasted walnuts
- 1 carrot
- ¼ white cabbage
- 1 onion
- wholemeal pitta breads
- (optional) lettuce
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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