171: Roast pork sandwiches, p286

Sainsbury's sells pork belly - who knew? I've been popping to the butcher, going into Waitrose, searching for the damned stuff - and then happen to go into a branch of Sainsbury's whilst on a shopping trip, off my normal beaten track, and there it is - not even on the butcher's counter! Hurrah!

It's tasty but not convinced I like it... it seems so wrong to eat so much fat...

Not the easiest recipe, although it seemed simple enough - the herby oniony mix smelt amazing (and tasted pretty good at the end) but didn't want to stick to the meat and, after halving the recipe, 'tucking' it around the meat didn't really work, I had to kind of squish it around one side of the piece of belly. It still started to burn a bit, even with stirring. But hey, how wrong can a roast piece of meat, sliced up and served hot in crusty rolls with a handful of leaves go?

142: Roast lamb rolls with oregano and garlic, p219

Mmmm, super garlicky yumminess! I ordered a small leg of lamb from Tescos (busy week, no time to go shopping) and of course they sent a whopping great big 'Finest' one, with matching price tag. Ho hum. But what a nice bit of Finest Welsh Mountain Lamb it was.

Mush up garlic, anchovies, oregano and oil, massage it into the meat, and leave for 30mins or so, that's got to be a good start... The cooking time was perfect to result in nice pink, perfectly meltingly tender meat. The lumps of garlic in the marinade burnt a bit on the outside but not too badly and the meat carved beautifully. Baked some of those part-baked rolls and popped the meat inside, drizzled them with the juices from the roasting dish, and we tucked in. Lovely jubbly, especially with the juices soaking into the bread, but surprisingly filling - two small rolls defeated me, but T polished his off fine. Would definitely do this again as an easy roast dinner, but probably not in the rolls - less of an informal, lunchy meal.