Heart Breaker Roast Recipes

HEARTBREAKER

Steps:

• For the lau lau: Stack 2 taro leaves and place about 5 ounces of the pork shoulder and 1 ounce of the pork fat in the center. Sprinkle with a quarter of the Hawaiian salt. Fold the sides inwards, roll tight like a burrito and wrap in foil. Repeat.
• Steam the lau lau for 5 to 6 hours. Let cool.
• For the smoked pork: Combine the shoyu sauce, sugar, grated ginger and garlic in a mixing bowl. Marinate the pork meat in the sauce for 24 hours in the refrigerator. Put the meat into a smoker for 4 to 6 hours until firm or until the meat temperature is 165 degrees F.
• Cut the pork butt into 1-inch-wide strips, the length of the pork butt. Fry the pork separately in a pan and then incorporate into the fried rice.
• For the fried rice: Slick a large sauté pan with oil and heat over high heat. Add the Portuguese sausage and smoked meat and cook for 2 minutes. Add the cabbage, carrots, red onions and green onions; cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Add the rice, soy sauce and oyster sauce; cook 5 minutes more. Remove from the heat.
• For the brown gravy: Add the butter and flour to a medium pot over medium-high heat; cook for 5 minutes. Slowly stir in the beef stock and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat.
• For the tempura batter: Sift the flour and cornstarch into a bowl and mix in the salt. Slowly whisk in 5 cups of ice water. If the batter becomes lumpy, use a strainer to get rid of the lumps. Set aside about 2 cups of batter for the tempura-poached egg.
• To fry the lau lau: Dredge the lau lau in the flour and dip in the tempura batter. Next, roll them in the panko, pressing to thoroughly coat. In a deep-fryer, cook the battered lau lau until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• To assemble: Dredge the poached eggs in flour and dip in the reserved tempura batter. Deep-fry the eggs for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Scoop the fried rice into four bowls and top with a lau lau. Ladle gravy over, then set an egg on top and garnish with green onions.

STUFFED ROAST HEART

Steps:

• Start with the heart. Open it up and trim away any blood vessels or connective tissue and any large lumps of fat. Rinse the whole thing out, washing away any clotted blood. Fill a large bowl with salted water and leave the heart in that for about half an hour.
• Stuffing: Make bread crumbs from a decent sized chunk of quality bread that is a bit stale. Crumble it by hand or in a blender or with a knife. Cut up the portobello mushrooms and the 2 shallots fairly small. Fry them in butter over a medium-low heat for a few minutes, then throw in the parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Simon & Garfunkel herbs). Once the shallots are softened, dump in the breadcrumbs. Stir everything well to get all the flavours mixed up in the bread and fry for another 3-4 minutes.
• Transfer the stuffing mixture into a bowl and allow it to cool for a few minutes. Take the sausages and slice down their length with a knife and remove the insides and discard the casings. Add the sausage meat to the warm stuffing and mix it together with a fork.
• Heart: Take the heart out of the salt water and rinse it once more. Pat the whole thing dry and grind salt and pepper over it. Rub it in with olive oil, getting both the inside and outside of the heart. Pack in the stuffing filling all cavities of the heart. When it is full, force it closed and tie it up with butcher's string. Use plenty and make sure it's good and tight to prevent stuffing erupting out of any available opening.
• Preheat the oven to 300º F. Get a frying pan nice and hot and then put the heart into it. Turn the heart every minute or so, browning each side as well as the top and bottom.
• While the heart is cooking, chunk up some vegetables (whatever you like, but onion, carrot, and celery are good) and scatter them in a baking tray. Lift the heart out of the pan and onto the vegetables. While the pan is still hot, add a little red wine to deglaze. Pour that over the heart, and add some more wine to the base of the tray to keep the vegetables from getting too dry.
• Put the tray into the oven and cook for 30 minutes per half kilo of heart (most hearts are about a kilo, so about an hour cook time). Every 20-30 minutes, scoop the juices from the bottom of the tray and pour them back over the meat to keep it from drying. When it is done cooking, take it all out and pour the juices into a saucepan. Cover the meat in foil and leave it somewhere warm for at least 10 minutes. Simmer the juices and add whatever is left of your glass of wine. Reduce until it thickens, giving you a fittingly rich sauce to serve with the heart.
• To serve, you can cut the heart into slices and top with the sauce.

HEART BREAKER ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat a heavy deep pan on medium-high heat.
• Add oil, and brown roast on all sides until a golden crust forms.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add prunes and 2 cups of water.
• Cover and reduce heat to simmer for 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
• Remove meat from liquid and place on a platter.
• If you wish, you can strain out the prune pieces, but save the juices!
• Stir in vinegar, water, sugar, cloves and cinnamon. Cook rapidly until a thick sauce is formed.
• Pour sauce over and around meat.
• I like to serve garlic mashed potatoes, and green beans with this dish.

HEARTBREAK HEALERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
• In a larger mixing bowl combine brown sugar, butter, sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Add in espresso granules and eggs. Mix in dry ingredients until thoroughly combined. Stir in chocolate chunks and walnut pieces. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop cookie dough by rounded spoonfuls onto parchment paper. Bake for 12 minutes. After baking, place cookies on a cooling rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Serve with milk.