Vietnamese spring rolls.

It didn’t take me very long to have a go at making these. I had the rice paper ordered from Amazon the next day we came back from Steve’s, Sainsbury’s delivered on Tuesday morning and brought all the other stuff I needed. The pork shoulder pieces were seasoned with jerk and sesame oil and left to marinade till next day. And last night I made the rolls.

What Steve gave us was very fresh, clean flavours, healthy tasting almost, mine were a bit more…mine. First of all I wanted the pork to have a bit more punch, so in spite of 24 hours in the marinade I still seasoned them with shichimi and only then I was satisfied. Also, the mint in my garden turned out to be very disappointing after the winter, so I used only coriander, but lots of it. My wraps were filled with pork, shrimps, bean sprouts, green lettuce, some julienne carrots and courgette and coriander. We both had about 6 each, which made us a nice, light supper. I’m now thinking I’d try filling them with some shredded duck leg meat. Mmmmm. Watch this space! 🙂