Main Meals

Pork cheek casserole with honeyed carrots and charred onions

4
Easy
30 minutes
1 hour

Rich, tender and full of flavour, this dish is pure cold-weather comfort. Woolworths’ new Easy Meals pork cheek casserole makes it easy to serve something slow-cooked and satisfying without the effort. Paired with a nutty seven-grain medley, honeyed carrots and deeply charred onions, it’s a hearty, no-fuss meal that feels special enough for guests but is simple enough for a midweek treat.

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Ingredients

Method
  • 1 kg Woolworths Easy Meals Slow Cooked Pork Cheek Casserole
  • 250 g sachet Woolworths fully cooked seven-grain medley
  • 400 g carrots, peeled and halved lengthways
  • 2 T butter
  • 2 T honey
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 onions, halved

Method

Ingredients

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cook the pork cheek casserole and heat the seven grain medley according to package instructions.

2. Sauté the carrots in the butter until just tender, then add the honey, season with salt, and cook until caramelised.

3. Char the onions cut-side down in a dry pan until blackened, then transfer to the oven and roast until just soft.

4. Serve the casserole with the grain medley, honey-glazed carrots, and charred onion.

Photography: Jan Ras
Recipes and production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Bianca Jones

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Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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