SAUCE FOR RICE RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Saute onion, celery, and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring frequently, until toasted, about 5 minutes. Pour in chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Do not lift the lid.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until aromatic, 1 to 2 minutes. Add shrimp, lemon juice, sherry, and hot sauce. Cook until shrimp turn pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in cream and heat through, but do not bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon the shrimp cream sauce over the rice. Sprinkle with paprika and serve.

Steps:

• 1. Quarter the apples and remove the cores, peel and finely chop the ginger and place both in a pan with 300ml of boiling water. Boil hard for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  2. Tip the contents of the pan into a blender and blitz until smooth. Rinse the pan, return to the heat and cook the rice according to the packet instructions.
  3. Steam the carrots in a colander above the rice for 20 minutes with a lid on, then remove them to a plate. Add the broccoli to the colander to steam for the last 5 minutes, then put aside and drain the rice.
  4. Meanwhile, season the pork all over with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, finely grate over a quarter of the nutmeg, then pick over the sage leaves and really press them into both sides of the pork.
  5. Put 1 tablespoon of oil into a large frying pan on a medium heat, then add the pork and steamed carrots. Cook the pork for 4 minutes on each side (depending on its thickness – use your instincts), or until golden and cooked through.
  6. Remove the pork to a board to rest for a few minutes. Reduce the heat to low, squeeze the orange juice over the carrots, shake the pan to coat them and pick up the sticky bits from the bottom, then leave until it becomes a natural syrupy glaze.
  7. Slice the pork and serve with the rice, broccoli and carrots. Swirl the yoghurt through half the apple sauce (keep the rest for another day) and serve on the side. Drizzle with any pan and resting juices, and tuck in.