Goulash

Slightly adapted from a Jamie Oliver version, and perfect at the end of a freezing cold day. You had a scarf, hat and gloves on, and ran all the way home from nursery to keep warm.

You'll need:

pork shoulder (I had about 400g of pork shoulder steaks, which I chopped up into chunks)
a couple of onions, sliced
a couple of peppers, sliced
a tin of tomatoes
half a teaspoon of paprika
half a teaspoon of hot smoked paprika
half a teaspoon of caraway seeds, ground
salt and pepper
a little wine vinegar (a couple of tablespoons)

Brown the chunks of pork in your stew pot, in a little olive oil. Chuck in the onions and the spices, and cook until the onions have softened and gone translucent. Add the peppers, and cook for a couple of minutes (I think some mushrooms would also go down well - so you could add them here).

Pour in the tin of tomatoes, the vinegar, and the salt and pepper and leave to simmer gently for a very long time - at least a couple of hours - until the pork falls apart. I did this on the hob today, as it's a bit ridiculous leaving on our oversized oven for a smallish pot of stew, but you could just bung it in the oven on very low.

We ate this with couscous, and some green vegetables. It'd also be lovely with rice, maybe with a little plain yoghurt or soured cream on the side.