Pulled Pork Sandwich

Here at BigRoast.com we’ve had some ideas come in for new and delicious ways to enjoy pork on the spit and pulled pork seems to be a favourite. For pulled pork you use the butt cut and smoked slowly on a spit using real wood and basted continually with a vinegar mop.

The whole process takes about eight hours and half a case of beer. After 3/4 of the case is gone you start your pot of barbecue sauce simmering on the edge of the grill. You can use the pulled pork in sandwiches by using a fork to “pull” the meat of the pork shoulder, mix it up with the barbecue sauce, and place it on a bun.

However, if you don’t have access to a spit roast machine you can make it in your oven using this recipe.

Gretchen’s Pulled Pork
1 pork shoulder or butt, bone in or out
BBQ rub of your choice or just rub the meat with a mixture of coarse ground black pepper and brown sugar.
Let the meat marinate for eight hours or overnight.
Place the meat in a 250 degree oven for eight hours.
When ready to serve pull chunks of meat off and then “pull” the meat into shreds by pulling between two forks. Do not discard the fat. mix it in, this is not a low fat dish, use the fat and enjoy it. 
For a traditional serving method very lightly moisten the meat with sweetened vinegar
To warm before serving put the vinegared meat in a pan and cover tightly then heat at 250 degrees until heated.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and lamb roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450.

A homecooked Sunday Roast

Here at BigRoast.com we like to share our knowledge on roasts. We may be the leading professionals in hog and spit roasts, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love to cook delicious and relaxed roasts at home on a Sunday for our families and we know you do too so here are a few tips to get your Sunday roasts in tip top shape.

You can have a variety of roasts, there’s the ever popular lamb roast, but there’s also beef, chicken and pork, all of which can be just as mouth watering as the lamb roast.

If you go with the chicken roast, it’s a great choice as if you have any leftovers you can use them in risottos or make a chicken salad. A tip for chicken roasts is to  push a flavoured herb or spice butter under the skin of the chicken before cooking  as this helps the flavours to penetrate the meat and keeps the breast moist during cooking.

Pork roasts provide the yummy crackling and or a more unusual flavour combination, try rubbing the skin with freshly grated ginger.

Roast beef is one of the more simple dishes and for it to taste its best, it’s usually a good idea to keep the roast simple and use lots of gravy and roast vegetables. If you want to add some extra flavour to the gravy add pieces of onion or shallot to the roasting tin.

A tip for all roasts is to leave them to rest for a while before carving. As the meat relaxes, the juices pull back into the meat making it easier to carve and more tender and moist. Most joints need between 15-20 minutes resting time – leave in a warm place so it doesn’t go cold, but avoid covering if possible, especially poultry, as the steam that forms inside the foil will turn crisp skin soggy.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and lamb roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450

A spit roast will be an exciting way to entertain your guests as well as feed them. You can roast all sorts of meats, so find out which meat is the most popular amongst your guests, we’ve found a spit roast chicken to go down quite well, and cook that particular meat.

If you have vegetarians attending, no worries, simply roast a variety of vegetables such as peppers and aubergines and serve with delicious salad options and fresh bread.

You can hire a company to prepare, cook and serve the spit roast for you if you would rather spend your time entertaining your guests with your witty humour and sophisticated wine selection, but if you would prefer to get your hands dirty and make this a labour of love so to speak, you can always hire a spit roast machine and cook it yourself.

Prices for hire of a spit roast machine vary depending on whether you hire the machine and return it clean or unclean and of course whether you want the machine and the meat or just the machine. If you would like more information on spit roast machine hire from BigRoast.com please click here.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and lamb roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450.

Turkeys on the spit - a popular choice

This year promises to be bigger and better than 2009 – there’s so much to look forward to, new designs for cars, clothes and appliances as well as new never before seen holiday destinations!

But what’s surprising is that spit roasts are fastly becoming the catering option of choice for many corporate and sporting events for 2010. It shouldn’t really be surprising in actual fact as spit roasts are the perfect way to feed a large amount of hungry guests in a creative and different way.

A popular way to serve village people back in the day, it seems the humble spit roast has made a massive comeback as they are becoming hugely popular in the UK at the moment and will continue to be over the next few years no doubt.  They are popping up all over the place and can be seen at most of the summer music festivals as well as family days in the park.

The spit roast can cater for events between 10 to 100 people and as there are smaller cuts of meat cooking simultaneously the serving time is less than what it would take for a hog roast.

Big Roast is able to spit roast a variety of meats including lamb, chicken, turkey and goose and have even been asked to cook cuts of beef for customers. Please feel free to let us know what cut of meat you would prefer.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and lamb roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450.

2010 will be a big year for us here at BigRoast.com as we will be looking towards providing new and improved products, side dishes and salads as well as work on continuing the high class quality of our current meat selection.

Although we’ve had hundreds of happy customers providing us with wonderful feedback on our hog roasts, lamb roasts and spit roast varieties, we always strive for the best so we will be continuing to aim for the stars to provide you with the best quality meats. 

As we’re always on the lookout for new and interesting ideas, if you have any suggestions of what you’d like to see us provide in the way of meat, salads or side dishes please feel free to drop us a line at contact@bigroast.com all comments welcome!

BigRoast.com would like to wish all of its customers and suppliers a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and lamb roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450.

Why pay hundreds and thousands of pounds for a massive catering team to come to your venue or home only to serve you tiny peices of items they call food? For a fraction of the cost for a catering team, a spit roast london style will provide stacks of delicious meat for your guests and with no worry to you. If you choose a well established and experienced spit roast company to cater your event, you will be pleasantly surprised with the service and amount of food you will get for the small price tag attached.

Big Roast is London’s premier spit roast company, they have been catering events and parties since 2006 and have the best selection of British grown meat around. You can choose to have pork, chicken, lamb, turkey and even goose to be cooked rotisserie style for your guests. Additionally, a spit roast takes half the time a hog roast does to prepare, cook and serve so the team at Big Roast can be in and out of your event quickly and easily providing you with a hassle free service.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and spit roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450

One of the main reasons why spit roasts are making a comeback is beacuse people are realising what a cost effective and fun way it is to cater for a party. It’s still got that element of “uniqueness” which children especially love, but more importantly, a spit roast can provide all of the flavour of a whole hog in a quicker and often more convenient time frame. An entire hog roast can take up to seven hours to prepare, cook and carve whereas a spit roast will take less than half that amount of time. As the cut of meat is also smaller it is less expensive and there will not be as many leftovers.

A spit roast is great for smaller more intimate events such as weddings. The spit is cooked in a rotisserie style with a wide variety of meats. If you choose to have a spit roast at your next event, London’s premier hog and lamb roast company Big Roast can come and take car of it for you. Bog Roast is able to spit roast a variety of meats including lamb, chicken, turkey and goose.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and lamb roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450.

Cormarye

2 lbs. pork loin
1 1/2 tsp. coriander
1 1/2 tsp. caraway
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups red wine
1 cup broth

Mix spices and garlic with wine and pour over pork in a roasting pan. Cover and bake at 350° until cooked through, basting regularly. Strain the drippings from the roasting pan into a saucepan, along with the broth. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 15 minutes. Serve sauce with pork.

Bukkenade

2-3 lbs. beef, cut into cubes
1 Tbsp. parsley
1 tsp. sage
1 tsp. hyssop
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. mace
4 egg yolks
3/8 cups verjuice
1/2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. salt
pinch saffron

Put the beef into a large pot along with water to cover – about 8 cups. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Skim off and discard any scum that forms on the surface. Add parsley, sage, hyssop, cloves, and mace. Stir well and simmer for another 30 minutes, or until the beef is tender. Temper the egg yolks in a separate bowl by slowly whisking in a cup or two of the broth from the pot. Add the remaining ingredients to the pot along with the egg mixture and stir. Remove from heat when as soon as it comes back to a boil.

Tostee

1/4 cup red wine

• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
• pinch salt
• pinch pepper
• 2 slices toast
• fresh ginger

Peel fresh ginger and chop very finely. Set aside.

Put wine, honey, ground ginger, salt, and pepper into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to medium heat and simmer until bubbles start to stack – or until syrup is thick when cool. Spoon over toast and sprinkle with a little fresh ginger. Serve hot.

The next time you have a party think about cooking some of these medieval delights or if you don’t want to do the work yourself then let the Big Roast team come and create a Hog roast banquet for you.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and lamb roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450

Big Roast is famed for it’s whole hog roasts and lamb roast but if you want a smaller event or more variety to your meal Big Roast’s spit roast is a flexible alternative that can be a real winner. The pork loins we cooked up for this North London event provided a similar hog roast roll to the spectacular whole pig roast that is a favourite at weddings and anniversaries. Coupled with this was spit roast and split roast chickens to add a little variety. Roasting the chickens by both the spit roast and split roast technique our chef was able to provide both lightly roasted and char-grilled chicken at the same time.

Big Roast can provide an appropriate roast for any event, no matter how large or small. We like to adapt to make you event everything you want it to be. As London’s original hog roast and spit roast company we have the knowledge and expertise to make your event a superb experience. Big Roast would like to thank Richard for inviting us into his home to cater for this event. We really appreciated the excellent feedback and hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did.

Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and spit roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450

Big Roast has to salute The Cambria for organising such an impressive event. Big Roast has posted some pictures of this spit roast specticle but they can’t really convey this Big Lunch, hog roast and spit roast, event in full swing. Our chefs really enjoyed the music and we’re positive Big Roast weren’t the only ones. Over 200 revellers attended The Cambria Big Lunch and everyone’s smiling face has to be a testiment to how good this street party was. Big Roast’s spit roast was a little part and Big Roast’s hog roast was bigger piggy part of The Big Lunch success and Big Roast are really happy that we were invited to take part.

Big Roast would like to thank The Cambria, and especially Steve, for letting us provide the spit roast and hog roast at his street party. We really enjoyed takling part and really appriciate the excellent feedback. We feel privaledged to have been part of the Big Lunch and look forward to working with you again. Thanks again from the Big Roast.

“Fantastic. Great team and great advice.”

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Big Roast is London’s leading hog roast and spit roast service. For more information either email contact@bigroast.com or call 0845 500 5450