What she’d tell you
This is why you cooked eight portions of pork for four people. Twenty minutes tomorrow and it is a different dinner altogether, and the slaw is not a garnish, it is the thing that stops a rich sandwich being too much.
Written for 6. Change that in the app and the amounts follow.
Tick things off as you get them ready.
Warm the pork gently in a pan with a splash of water, covered, for 8 minutes.
Meanwhile stir the ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar and smoked paprika together, and pour half of it over the pork.
Toss the shredded cabbage and grated carrot with the mayonnaise, the salt and plenty of pepper.
Split the rolls, warm them cut-side down in a dry pan for a minute, and pile the pork in.
Slaw on top, not beside. Then the rest of the sauce.
What she’d tell you
This is why you cooked eight portions of pork for four people. Twenty minutes tomorrow and it is a different dinner altogether, and the slaw is not a garnish, it is the thing that stops a rich sandwich being too much.
a jacket potato, and then it is a different dinner again
soured cream, or half mayonnaise and half yoghurt for something lighter
Dress the slaw only as you eat it: undressed it keeps three days, dressed it is water by tomorrow.
The pork, gently, with a splash of water. Do not assemble a sandwich to reheat later.