
Boil Up
Recipe from Andy Cooks · original post
A classic Kiwi boil up: pork neck and bacon bones simmered with kumara, potato, carrot, onion, cabbage and watercress. Serve with fry bread or sourdough. Pepperberry and wattleseed are native Australian spices from specialty stores.
Ingredients
- pork neck — bone in3 kg
- bacon bones500 g
- salt — 1 tbsp24 g
- pepperberry1 tbsp
- wattleseed1 tbsp
- large sweet potato1 ea
- waxy potatoes3 ea
- carrots — 3 carrots360 g
- brown onions — 2 onions300 g
- white cabbage0.5 ea
- watercress250 g
Method
- Bring 5 L of water to the boil in a large pot. Slice the pork into big chunks, about the size of your hand.
- To the pot, add the sliced pork neck, bacon bones, salt, pepperberry and wattleseed. Simmer for 1 hour with the lid off.
- With the skin on, cut the kumara (sweet potato) into quarters lengthwise, then slice crosswise into 4-6 thick pieces depending on the size of the kumara.
- Peel and slice the onion into quarters, then slice the carrot and potato into a similar size.
- Remove the core, then slice the cabbage into 6 wedge-shaped pieces and keep separate.
- Once the pork has been simmering for 1 hour, add the kumara, onion, carrot and potato and continue simmering for a further 15-20 minutes.
- Once the vegetables are soft, add the cabbage and watercress to the pot for 3-4 minutes before serving.
- Serve with freshly made fry bread or sourdough.
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Tescoyou pay £12.73 · 21% spare
£10.08
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Aldi UKyou pay £4.76 · 45% spare
£2.64
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Asdayou pay £5.03 · 36% spare
£3.20
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Morrisonsyou pay £3.62 · 36% spare
£2.32
missing 7 items
Sainsbury'syou pay £7.59 · 21% spare
£6.00
missing 7 items
£1.26a serve
from £1.26 a serve at Tesco · 7 of 11 ingredients priced
About £10.08 of ingredients used for 8 serves.
£15.15 across 3 shops · 8 of 11 items priced · £0.68 more for bigger packs, 14% spare for later
£10.08
missing 4 items
you'll pay £12.73 · 21% of it spare
£2.64
missing 5 items
you'll pay £4.76 · 45% of it spare
£3.20
missing 6 items
you'll pay £5.03 · 36% of it spare
£2.32
missing 7 items
you'll pay £3.62 · 36% of it spare
£6.00
missing 7 items
you'll pay £7.59 · 21% of it spare
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Aldi UK£2.13
salt
£0.01/10g
need 24 gReady, Set…cook! British Table Salt 750g£0.65closest match
Aldi UK£0.01/10g£0.65·
Asda£4.00/1kg£0.80·
Tesco£19.13/1kg£2.20·
Sainsbury'sN/A·
MorrisonsN/A·
OcadoN/A
waxy potatoes
£0.20/1 ea
need 3 itemsNature's Pick British Baking Potatoes 1 each£0.79
Aldi UK£0.20/1 ea£0.79·
Sainsbury's£0.20/1 ea£0.79·
Morrisons£0.79·
Asda£0.66/1kg£1.32·
Tesco£0.42/1 ea£1.70·
OcadoN/A
brown onions
£0.69/1kg
need 300 gNature's Pick Brown Onions 1kg£0.69
Aldi UK£0.69/1kg£0.69·
Tesco£0.95/1kg£0.11·
Morrisons£0.95·
Asda£0.98/1kg£0.98·
Sainsbury'sN/A·
OcadoN/A
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Tesco£8.17

bacon bones
£14.00/1L
need 500 gStandard£7.00 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by volume)
Tesco£14.00/1L£7.00·
Aldi UKN/A·
Sainsbury'sN/A·
AsdaN/A·
MorrisonsN/A·
OcadoN/A

large sweet potato
£1.19/1kg
need 1 itemTesco Standard£0.42 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Tesco£1.19/1kg£0.42·
Aldi UK£1.19/1kg£1.19·
Morrisons£1.19·
Asda£1.24/1kg£1.24·
Sainsbury's£3.55/1kg£1.95·
OcadoN/A

white cabbage
£0.75/1 ea
need 0.5 itemsTesco Standard£0.75
Tesco£0.75/1 ea£0.75·
Aldi UK£0.75/1 ea£0.75·
Sainsbury'sN/A·
AsdaN/A·
MorrisonsN/A·
OcadoN/A
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Sainsbury's£4.85

carrots
£0.65/1kg
need 360 gStamford Street Co. Carrots 1kg£0.65
Sainsbury's£0.65/1kg£0.65·
Tesco£0.69/1kg£0.11·
Aldi UK£0.69/1kg£0.69·
Asda£0.69/1kg£0.69·
Morrisons£0.69·
OcadoN/A

watercress
£17.50/1kg
need 250 g3 × Sainsbury's Standard£1.40
Sainsbury's£17.50/1kg£1.40·
Aldi UKN/A·
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AsdaN/A·
MorrisonsN/A·
OcadoN/A
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- pork neck · 3 kg
- pepperberry · 1 tbsp
- wattleseed · 1 tbsp