Pork Loaf Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 4-6

8-10 Dried Chinese mushrooms 750g Minced pork 6 Spring onions, finely chopped 4 Eggs, beaten 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 1/2 teaspoon Salt 1/4 teaspoon Ground black pepper

Method : Soak mushrooms in hot water for at least 30 minutes. Squeeze out moisture, cut off and discard stems and chop the caps very finely. Add to pork in mixing bowl with spring onions. Mix beaten eggs with fish sauce, salt and pepper, add to pork and mix everything well together. Grease a loaf tin and pack the mixture firmly into it. Cover with a double thickness of greaseproof paper or foil and steam over high heat for 1 hour or longer, according to height of loaf. The pork must be well cooked. Let it cool slightly in the tin until firm, then turn out, slice and serve with lettuce salad and nuoc cham.