(This is a Gordon Ramsay recipe from his 3 Star Chef book - the kind of recipe that starts "First make some shellfish stock ....." Not my idea of fun cooking, but it was bloody delicious, I have to say! This is the third time Ashley's ...

The first meal that I made with stock was a stew based on Gordon Ramsay's Pork with Cider and Honey. I have decided in the interest of not throwing out anything – not even a blog post – I need to post the occasional work in progress (WIP) recipe. ... I make it, then am distracted by other recipes and when I come to try it again I have forgotten last time. So in the interests of recording what I am doing, I am posting this recipe even though it is not perfect. ...