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September 5, 2020 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Marinades and Rubs, Pork

Baby Back Ribs * Fall-off-the-Bone-Tender Superbowl Special!

Classic Baby Back Ribs Recipe


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Baby Back Ribs * Fall-off-the-Bone-Tender Superbowl Special!
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Recipe type: Pork
Serves: 4-6
 
The Superbowl is upon us, and these magnificent fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs are the star attraction. The ribs are slow-roasted, but despite the extended cooking time, there really is very little prep time and effort required to enjoy this masterpiece.
Ingredients
  • 3-4 Full racks pork loin ribs
  • Salt and cracked black pepper
For the Basting:
  • 30ml Olive oil
  • ½ Cup chopped onion
  • 5ml Ground cumin
  • 125ml Tomato sauce
  • 15ml Hot chilli sauce
  • 30ml Light brown sugar
  • 15ml Apple cider vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. The Superbowl is upon us, and these magnificent fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs are the star attraction. The ribs are slow-roasted, but despite the extended cooking time, there really is very little prep time and effort required to enjoy this masterpiece.
  2. You will need 3 to 4 full racks of pork loin ribs, otherwise known as baby back ribs.
  3. Place the racks in a baking pan and season both sides of the ribs liberally with salt and pepper.
  4. Cover the pan with foil, making sure the ribs are meaty-side up.
  5. Bake the ribs in a preheated oven at 135c or 275f for 3.5 hours until absolutely tender.
  6. A half hour before the baking time is up, measure out 30ml olive oil, chop a half cup of onion, measure a teaspoon of ground cumin, 125ml tomato sauce, 15ml hot chilli sauce, 30ml light brown sugar and 15ml apple cider vinegar.
  7. Place a pan over medium heat and saute the chopped onion in the olive oil until translucent, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  8. Add the cumin and stir this until fragrant.
  9. Add all of the remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
  10. Allow this to cook for 2 to 3 minutes then remove from the heat and put it aside.
  11. Remove the ribs from the oven and preheat the grill element of your oven to maximum.
  12. Uncover the ribs and brush the basting liberally onto both sides of the racks. Be careful when turning them as they will literally fall apart.
  13. Place the ribs under the grill for 4 to 5 minutes to caramelize.
  14. Remove the ribs from the oven and serve piping hot with the accompaniments of your choice, and loads of serviettes.

 

Main Courses, Pork

Crispy Deep fried Pork Fillet – Juicy and Tender Pork Fillet Recipe

Crispy Deep-Fried Pork Fillet


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Crispy Deep fried Pork Fillet - Juicy and Tender Pork Fillet Recipe
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Recipe type: Pork
Serves: 2-4
 
Just a few days ago we did sous vide pork fillet to achieve a supremely juicy, tender result. Today we're going to coat and deep-fry pork fillet medallions to get an equally tender and juicy result.
Ingredients
  • 600g Pork fillet
  • 4 Cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • Finely chopped fresh ginger (same quantity as garlic)
  • 60ml Light soy sauce
  • 30ml Medium cream sherry
  • 20ml Sugar
  • 160ml Potato starch
  • Roasted sesame oil
  • Lemon wedges for serving
Instructions
  1. Just a few days ago we did sous vide pork fillet to achieve a supremely juicy, tender result. Today we're going to coat and deep-fry pork fillet medallions to get an equally tender and juicy result.
  2. Starting with the marinade, finely chop 4 cloves garlic, the equivalent quantity of fresh ginger and measure 20ml sugar, 30ml medium cream sherry and 60ml light soy sauce.
  3. Stir these all together and put this aside.
  4. Take a pork fillet of around 600g in weight and trim away all of the connective tissue from the ends.
  5. Start lifting the membrane, or silverskin and trimming it from the meat.
  6. Cut the fillet into medallions of around 30mm in thickness.
  7. Working with on at a time, fold the medallion in breadfilm or clingfilm and tap it down to 10mm in thickness using your meat mallet.place the meat in a shallow dish and add the marinade, making sure everything is coated.
  8. Transfer this to your refrigerator for 60 minutes to marinate.
  9. Measure two thirds of a cup of potato starch into a bowl. Sprinkle some of this starch over a platter. This is where the coated meat will rest, and the layer of starch will prevent the coating from being damaged.
  10. Lift the pork from the marinade, piece by piece and dredge it in the potato starch to get a good solid coating.
  11. Transfer these to the platter.
  12. Fill a large pan with oil to a depth of 1 inch and heat it to 180c or 350f.
  13. Carefully lower the pork medallions into the oil and allow these to fry for 4 minutes, turning every minute.
  14. Lift the pork from the oil and drain any excess oil on kitchen paper.
  15. You may notice a slight flaky residue on the surface of the coating. This is quite normal. Brush the pork coating lightly with roasted sesame oil and this will disappear.
  16. Serve the pork piping hot accompanied with lemon wedges and the accompaniments of your choice.

 

Instructional Techniques, Pork

How to Render Pork Lard from Fat

How to Render Pork Lard from Fat


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How to Render Pork Lard from Fat
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Recipe type: Techniques
Serves: 1.5kg
 
Rendering your own lard from fat is rewarding exploit that has numerous benefits. The main being the amazing flavors of foods cooked in lard, and secondly the health benefits. You can render any type of animal fat, with the most widely used being pork, as the resulting lard has a high smoke point, and it imparts tons of amazing flavor. It is also available in large quantities almost anywhere in the world.
Ingredients
  • Pork fat with skin removed
Yield:
  • 2kg pork fat yields 1.5kg lard
Instructions
  1. Rendering your own lard from fat is rewarding exploit that has numerous benefits. The main being the amazing flavors of foods cooked in lard, and secondly the health benefits.
  2. You can render any type of animal fat, with the most widely used being pork, as the resulting lard has a high smoke point, and it imparts tons of amazing flavor. It is also available in large quantities almost anywhere in the world.
  3. Here is 2 kg of pork fat with skin removed. Cut the fat into blocks small enough to fit through the feeder tube of your grinder.
  4. Spread the blocks out into roasting tins and transfer these to your freezer for 60 minutes until almost frozen.
  5. Remove the partially frozen fat from the freezer and run this through your grinder using an 8mm grinding plate.
  6. Transfer the ground fat to a large heavy bottom pot. Place the pot over low heat and bring the fat up to 120c.
  7. Allow the fat to continue bubbling slowly at this temperature for 2 hours, stirring it up every 30 minutes.
  8. After about 60 minutes, a foam will start to form on the surface. Continue cooking for a further hour.
  9. You will know when the rendering is complete when all visible bubbling has ceased, and very little foam remains on the surface.
  10. Turn off the heat and allow the lard to cool to 90c before pouring it through a fine sieve into a clean bowl.
  11. Allow the lard to cool to less than 60c before transferring it to a container for freezing or refrigeration.
  12. The lard will last indefinitely if frozen, and up to 3 months if refrigerated. My lard has never lasted long enough to test these limits.
  13. Use your lard for pan frying, deep frying, in pie pastry for savory pies, in fact in just about any application where oil, butter or margarine would normally be used.

 

Instructional Techniques, Main Courses, Molecular Gastronomy, Pork

Sous Vide Pork Fillet – How to Make the Best Pork Fillet Ever – Best Pork Fillet Recipe!

sous vide pork fillet


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Sous Vide Pork Fillet - How to Make the Best Pork Fillet Ever - Best Pork Fillet Recipe!
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Recipe type: Pork Fillet
Cuisine: Sous Vide
Serves: 4
 
Sous Vide Pork Fillet - How to Make the Best Pork Fillet Ever - Best Pork Fillet Recipe! Pork fillet gets pretty bad rap generally, as it tends to dry out and toughen when cooked using traditional methods. This sous vide recipe elevates the downtrodden pork fillet to new heights. It is supremely tender, juicy and tasty. Once you've tried this, there is no turning back.
Ingredients
  • 2 x 600g Pork Fillets
  • 100g Butter
  • 10ml Garlic powder
  • 10ml Fine salt
  • 10ml Caster sugar
  • 30ml Apple cider vinegar
  • 1.25ml Xanthan gum
Instructions
  1. Sous Vide Pork Fillet - How to Make the Best Pork Fillet Ever - Best Pork Fillet Recipe!
  2. Pork fillet gets pretty bad rap generally, as it tends to dry out and toughen when cooked using traditional methods. This sous vide recipe elevates the downtrodden pork fillet to new heights. It is supremely tender, juicy and tasty. Once you've tried this, therd is no turning back.
  3. You will need a meat syringe, a sous vide cooker, digital pot or regular pot on an induction range, a vacuum packing machine and a tiny bit of xanthan gum.
  4. To start, measure out 100g butter and melt this in your microwave, 30ml apple cider vinegar, 10ml garlic powder, 10ml fine salt, 10ml caster sugar and 1.25ml xanthan gum.
  5. Place all of these in a tall jug and use your stick blender to emulsify the mixture. The xanthan gum is bipolar and effectively bonds the water based liquid to the fat in the butter. This emulsion will never separate, even when remelted.
  6. Load half of the butter emulsion into your syringe. You need to do this using a narrow spoon. Unfortunately the emulsion will draw up through the needle.
  7. Insert the needle into ond end of the fillet and inject half of the emulsion into the meat, withrawing the needle progressively as you go.
  8. Repeat this on the other end of the fillet.
  9. Use butcher twine to tie off the ends of the meat, effectively trapping the emulsion inside.
  10. Continue with the second fillet.
  11. Vacuum pack both the fillets, making sure to double seal both ends of the bags.
  12. Zap these into your sous vide cooker or digital pot that has been preheated to 55c or 131f. Allow these to cook slowly for 1 to 4 hours. I normally let them cook for 2 to 2.5 hours, and they are perfect.
  13. To finish the pork fillets off, remove them from the bags and sear them in a large smoking hot pan with a little butter and oil.
  14. Slice the fillets at angles and serve with the accompaniments and garnishes of your choice.

 

July 29, 2018 Curing Meats, Pickling Recipes, Pork

How to Pickle Eisbein by Injection – How to Cure Eisbein by Injecting Brine – Cured Pork Hocks


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How to Pickle Eisbein by Injection - How to Cure Eisbein by Injecting Brine - Cured Pork Hocks
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Recipe type: Charcuterie / Pork
Cuisine: German / Austrian
Serves: 20
 
In today's episode we're going to pickle or cure eisbein using the injection process. This process is much quicker and more efficient than the immersion process, where the eisbein are submerged in the pickling brine for 72 hours. The injection technique only takes 24 hours to cure, and is much more economical on ingredients.
Ingredients
For 20 Eisbein
  • 70g Prague powder
  • 140g Himalayan rock salt / non-iodated salt
  • 70g Sugar
  • 5ml Coriander seeds
  • 15ml Whole black peppercorns
  • 3 Allspice / pimento berries
  • 3 Bay leaves
  • 2 Liters water
Instructions
  1. To start, measure out 70g Prague powder, 140g Himalayan rock salt, or you can use use any non-iodated salt, 70g sugar, and 5ml coriander seed, 15ml black pepper corns 3 allspice or pimento berries and 3 bay leaves.
  2. Place the salt, sugar and spices in a medium size pot and add 2 liters of water. Adding boiling water saves time in the next step.
  3. Heat the pot over medium high heat until boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer, and allow this to simmer for 15 muntes.
  4. In the meantime, sterilize your basting syringe and put this aside.
  5. After 15 minutes of simmering, remove the pot of brine from the heat and quick-chill the brine by floating the pot in a sink of cold water.
  6. Once the brine is cooled to room temperature, add the Prague powder and stir this in until completely dissolved.
  7. Strain the brine through a sieve into a clean container.
  8. Draw the brine into the syringe and proceed to inject this into the ends of the eisbein. Fully insert the needle into the center of each muscle. Start depressing the plunger while simultaneously withdrawing the needle from the meat. You will need to inject 5 times on the fat side of the eisbein, and twice on the thin side. Each eisbein will need about 100ml of brine, making this recipe sufficient to pickle 20 units.
  9. Cover the eisbeins loosely with clingwrap and place them in your refrigerator for a full 24 hours.
  10. After 24 hours, the meat is fully pickled and ready to cook, or freeze for later use. It will be the trademark deep rosy red color with a unique and slightly translucent appearance.

September 15, 2017 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Main Courses, Pork, Spice Mixes, Thanksgiving

Roasted Buttermilk Pork Shoulder – Exquisitely Tender & Juicy Roast Pork

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Roasted Buttermilk Pork Shoulder - Exquisitely Tender & Juicy Roast Pork
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Recipe type: Pork
 
Pork shoulder is one of the most under-rated cuts of meat, and it is mostly used for sausage making, and cured cold cuts. When roasted, it does have a tendency to dry out and toughen, however this simple procedure will give you a succulent, tender and amazingly juicy roast, comparable to roasts made with far more expensive cuts of meat.
Ingredients
  • 2kg Pork shoulder, skin and fat on
  • 5 Tsp Salt
  • 2 Tsp White pepper
  • 2 Tsp Garlic powder
  • 3 Tsp Onion flakes
  • 2 Tsp Hot smoked paprika
  • 2 Tsp paprika
  • 2 Tsp Cayenne pepper
  • 2 Tsp Dried thyme
  • 2 Tsp Dried oregano
  • 1 Tsp Basil
Instructions
  1. Starting with 2kg of pork shoulder with the fat cap and skin still intact, we want to score the skin.
  2. Use a razor sharp knife to slice through the skin and the fat. Make your scores about 20mm apart.
  3. Swing the meat around and score across the first lot of cuts to create the lattice pattern.
  4. Fold the top of a large vacuum packing bag inside out. This keeps the sealing edge clean, and helps to keep the bag open.
  5. Drop the pork shoulder into the bag, and pour 500ml of cultured buttermilk into the bag.
  6. Fold the bag opening back and vacuum pack the contents making sure to double seal the top. Notice that I have elevated the vacuum packer. This inhibits the flow of the liquid upwards allowing air to get sucked out first. As soon as you see the liquid rising, hit the stop button, followed by the seal button. Follow this with the second seal.
  7. Rub the bag down to make sure the buttermilk is evenly distributed, then transfer this to your refrigerator for a full 24 hours.
  8. The following day, remove the pork from the bag and place it on a rack in a large roasting pan. Pour the buttermilk into a jug.
  9. Add 5 teaspoons salt, 2 teaspoons white pepper, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 3 teaspoons onion flakes, 2 teaspoons hot smoked paprika, 2 teaspoons regular paprika, 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper, 2 teaspoon dried thyme, 2 teaspoons dried oregano and 1 teaspoon dried basil.
  10. Stir this all until well combined.
  11. Spoon half of this mixture over the pork. Notice that the pork is skin side down.
  12. Turn the pork over and spoon the remaining liquid over the skin and sides of the shoulder.
  13. Roast the pork in a preheated oven at 180c or 350f for 90 minutes undisturbed. Remove the pan from the oven, cover carefully with foil and allow this to stand for 15 minutes before carving.
  14. There are 2 ways to carve this roast. The first is from the skin side following the score lines in the skin. This will give you nice thick, juicy slices.
  15. Alternatively, flip the meat over and slice it thinly from the meat side. This will give you a more traditional carved roast with little bits of the crispy crackling edging each piece.
  16. Thats it for today, thanks for watching... please subscribe, like and share, and we'll see you again tomorrow.

 

September 14, 2017 Curing Meats, Pork

Spicy Curried Ham – Homemade Cold-cut Recipes – How to Make Pressed Ham

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Spicy Curried Ham - Homemade Cold-cut Recipes - How to Make Pressed Ham
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Recipe type: Curing Meats
Serves: 1 Kg
 
Some time ago I featured a stainless steel ham press. Today we're going to use the same press to make a spicy curried ham. There is a link to the ham press in the description below.
Ingredients
  • 1Kg Pork should (skin and fat trimmed)
  • 4g Prague powder
  • 15ml Salt
  • 7.5ml Gelatin
  • 5ml Chilli powder
  • 5ml Sugar
  • 2.5ml Garlic powder
  • 2.5ml Lemon pepper
  • 30ml Garam masala spice blend
  • 100ml Chilled water
Instructions
  1. To start, cut 1kg of pork shoulder into large cubes. I have already trimmed all of skin and excess fat from this meat.
  2. Spread the cubes out over a large baking pan and put this in the freezer to firm up for 30 minutes.
  3. This really does help the grinder to mince the meat, while keeping a good texture.
  4. Once the meat is almost frozen, run it through your grinder using an 8 or 10mm plate.
  5. Transfer the meat to your mixer bowl and add 4g of Prague powder, 15ml of salt, 7.5ml powdered gelatin, 5ml chilli powder, 5ml sugar, 2.5ml garlic powder, 2.5ml lemon pepper and 30ml of garam masala spice blend.
  6. Finally, pour in 100ml of water.
  7. Fit the kneading hook to your mixer, close the machine and knead the meat mixture for 8 to 10 minutes until it is well emulsified.
  8. For the first few minutes the meat will tend to climb the sides of the bowl. Simply stop the machine, scrape it down and then continue. As the meat becomes more emulsified it will start to behave and scrape downs will not be necessary.
  9. Open the ham press and remove the spring-loaded pressure plate.
  10. Transfer the meat mixture to the press, makking sure to compress it after each addition to avoid trapping air in the meat.
  11. Stop adding meat when it reaches an inch below the rim of the pot.
  12. Follow this with the pressure plate, and then close the lid of the press.
  13. Place the press in your refrigerator for a full 48 hours to cure.
  14. After 48 hours, heat a half-filled pot of water to 76c or 169f.
  15. This is achieved using either a pot on an induction range, or a digital pot like this one.
  16. In addition, the water level in the pot shoul not be deeper than the level of the meat in the ham press.
  17. Remove the press from the refrigerator, insert a probe thermometer through the hole in the lid of the press, and place the press into the water bath.
  18. The ham must cook in the bath until the internal temperature reaches 72c or 162f. This will take about 2 hours.
  19. Once this has been achieved, remove the press from the water bath and quick-chill the ham in a bowl of iced water.
  20. One completely cooled, remove the press from the bowl and turn the ham out from the press.
  21. You can hand slice the ham, but using an electric meat slicer does the job brilliantly, especially if you want nice thin and even slices.
  22. And there we have it, a mountain of aromatic, spicy ham just ready for your table.

 

April 14, 2017 Main Courses, Marinades and Rubs, Pork

Slow Roasted Glazed Pork Knuckle – Slow Roasted Pickled Eisbein – Roasted Sweet & Sour Pork Knuckle

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Slow Roasted Glazed Pork Knuckle - Slow Roasted Pickled Eisbein - Roasted Sweet & Sour Pork Knuckle
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Recipe type: Pork Roast
Serves: 2-4
 
Easter is here and today we're going to slow roast a couple of pickled pork knuckles with an amazing sweet and sour glaze.
Ingredients
  • 2 x 1kg Pork knuckles (cured / pickled)
  • 4 Medium onions
  • 4 Large carrots
  • 400ml Chicken stock
  • 120ml Caster sugar
  • 90ml White wine vinegar
  • 60ml Light soy sauce
  • 30ml Cornstarch dissolved in a little water
Instructions
  1. To start, slice through the skin down the side of the knuckle that is closest to the bone. Lift the skin and use your knife to peel it away from the meat, leaving as much fat behind as possible.
  2. Save the skins to make crackling.
  3. Score the fat on all sides of the pork knuckles. This allows the basting glaze to get through to the meat infusing it with flavor.
  4. Chop 4 carrots and 4 onions and spread over the bottom of a large roasting pan.
  5. Place the pork knuckles on top of the vegetables with the fattier side facing upwards.
  6. Pour 400ml of chicken stock into the pan around the pork.
  7. Combine 120ml of caster sugar, 90ml of white wine vinegar and 60ml of light soy sauce and whisk these thoroughly until all of the sugar has dissolved.
  8. Brush the basting liberally over the pork, making sure to brush the ends as well.
  9. Cover the pan with foil and bake the pork in a pre-heated oven at 120c or 250f for 2 hours, undisturbed.
  10. After this time, unwrap the pan and baste the pork liberally again. Return the pan to the oven and reset the temperature to 250c or 480f.
  11. Roast the pork for a further 45 minutes, basting liberally every 15 minutes.
  12. Remove the pork from the oven and let it rest for 5 minutes before cutting.
  13. Pour the saucy vegetables into a large pan and heat this over medium high heat. Dissolve 30ml or 2 tablespoons of corn starch in a little water.
  14. As the pan comes to a boil, pour the slurry into the gravy. Stir this and allow to simmer for 60 seconds until it has thickened.
  15. To serve the pork, cut through the meat along the length of the joint down the side that is closest to the bone.
  16. Notice how the meat has almost totally separated from the bone.
  17. Peel the one side away and cut it free, followed by the other side.
  18. Serve your masterpiece drenched in the thick gravy with the accompaniments of your choice and enjoy.

 

March 19, 2017 4th of July Cookout, Baking, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Pork, Snack Food

Hybrid Hotdogs – Super Easy Sausage Rolls – Tasty, Crispy Hotdog in Puff Pastry!!!

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Hybrid Hotdogs - Super Easy Sausage Rolls - Tasty, Crispy Hotdog in Puff Pastry!!!
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Recipe type: Snacks / Fast Food
Serves: 6
 
Today we're going to make a hybrid hotdog.... or the simplest sausage roll ever. A hotdog sausage wrapped in puff pastry with tomato sauce and mustard is amazing, however there is a trick to making this work, otherwise you will end up with a gooey mess.... and here it is...
Ingredients
For 6 Hotdogs
  • 6 Vienna sausages
  • 2 x 400g Rolls puff pastry
  • Tomato sauce (ketchup)
  • Mustard
  • 1 Egg, beaten
Instructions
  1. Slice the vienna sausage at an angle all the way down the length of the sausage.
  2. Flip the sausage over and repeat this.
  3. When the sausage bakes in the pastry with the sauces, the sauce pulls in to the sausage instead of making the pastry wet and doughy.
  4. Continue with this until all of the viennas are cut.
  5. Unroll the puff pastry and place a vienna at the end of the roll.
  6. Give the vienna a dose of tomato sauce and mustard.
  7. Use the plastic separator yo roll up the puff pastry to enclose the vienna.
  8. Press down the edges of the pastry, and trim off the sausage roll.
  9. Add another sausage to the pastry and continue the process until all of the sausage rolls are formed.
  10. From a standard 400g pack of puff pastry, you should get 3 rolls. Simply multiply out the recipe to get the quantity you require.
  11. Line a baking sheet with parchment and transfer the sausage rolls to the sheet.
  12. Brush the hybrid hotdogs with beaten and bake them in a preheated oven at 200c or 400f until crispy and golden and nicely puffed up.
  13. Serve the baked hotdogs immediately with the accompaniments of you choice.

 

February 25, 2017 Curing Meats, Italian Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Pizzas, Pork, Sausage Making

How to Make Pizza Salami – Full Flavored and Aromatic Cooked Salami

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How to Make Pizza Salami - Full Flavored and Aromatic Cooked Salami
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Recipe type: Cured Meat
Cuisine: Italian
 
Pizza salami, or cooked salami is the super-quick way to get amazing tasting cured salami without the long curing time. As it is not dry-aged like fermented salami, the moisture content is far higher than its counterpart, which makes it far more suitable as a pizza topping. This how to make it....
Ingredients
  • 1800g Pork Shoulder (boneless, skin off)
  • 450g Pork back fat
  • 50g Kosher salt (or Himalayan rock salt)
  • 6g Prague powder
  • 45g Golden syrup
  • 12g Fennel seeds
  • 12g Cracked black pepper
  • 6g Fresh crushed garlic
  • 125ml Dry red wine
Other
  • 6-7 Mini-salami casings
  • 6-7 Snap ties
Instructions
  1. Cut the pork shoulder into slices narrow enough to fit through the feeder tube of your meat grinder.
  2. Cut the pork back fat into strips as well.
  3. Place the 2 trays in your freezer for 60 minutes to get really cold, even partially frozen.
  4. While the meat chills, measure out the salt, Prague powder, fennel seeds, roughly cracked black pepper and garlic.
  5. Combine the golden syrup with the red wine and mix this until the syrup has totally dissolved.
  6. Fit the 8mm plate to your grinder and run the fat through the grinder.
  7. After this, run the pork through the grinder.
  8. Place the ground meat and fat into your stand mixer bowl.
  9. Unless you have had delays, the meat and fat should still be really cold. If it isn't, return it to the freezer until well chilled before continuing.
  10. Add all of the remaining ingredients to the mixer bowl as well.
  11. Place the bowl on your mixer with the dough hook fitted and mix this for 5 to 8 minutes on medium slow speed, until everything is well combined.
  12. Cover the bowl with cling-wrap and place it your refrigerator for 24 hours to cure.
  13. The following day, load the meat into the hopper of your sausage stuffer and fit the 40mm funnel to the stuffer.
  14. Slide a min-salami casing onto the funnel and start cranking. You need to keep a reasonable pressure on the casing to ensure that the meat is well compacted in the casing.
  15. As it comes to the end of the casing, stop cranking and remove the casing.
  16. Twist off the end of the casing and use a snap-tie or zip tie to secure the end. Using a small pair of pliers can be a big help in tightening the tie.
  17. Once all of the salamis are formed, use a carving fork to poke holes along one side of the casings.
  18. Transfer the salamis to a rack in a large roasting tin with the perforated sides facing downward.
  19. Cook these in a preheated oven set at 90c or 194f until the internal temperature reaches anywhere between 67c and 72c, or in farenheit, between 152 and 162f.
  20. This process will take between 3 and a half hours and 4 hours.
  21. Towards the end of this time, remove one of the salamis from the oven and check the internal temperature by inserting a probe thermometer from end down the middle.
  22. When the temperature is in the safe zone, remove the salamis from the oven. Allow them to cool completely, then transfer them to your refrigerator to set overnight. If you try to cut them before this, half of the salami with remain stuck to the casing.
  23. And there it is, beautifully rosy, rich and aromatic cooked salami.... ready to eat, and ready to treat.

 

February 9, 2017 Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Pork, Sauce Recipes, Snack Food, Starters, Thanksgiving

Bacon, Mushroom and Chive Dipping Sauce – Simply the Best Dip Recipe EVER!!!

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Bacon, Mushroom and Chive Dipping Sauce - Simply the Best Dip Recipe EVER!!!
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Recipe type: Cocktail Snacks / Party Snacks
 
Today we're going to make the most amazing dip I have ever tasted. This bacon, mushroom and chive dip works equally well as a spread, as a filling for baked potatoes and even as a topping over steaks.
Ingredients
  • 400g White mushrooms (you can also use Portabellini or Porcini)
  • 200g Good quality oak or hickory smoked streaky bacon
  • 30g + 30g Butter
  • 250ml Cultured sour cream
  • 250g Cream cheese (Chive flavored)
  • (add 30ml of finely chopped fresh chives if you cannot find flavored cream cheese)
  • Crostini to serve
Instructions
  1. Chop the mushrooms into thin slices and put these aside.
  2. Cut the streaky bacon across the grain into thin slices. Try to use properly smoked bacon as this adds a tremendous depth to the flavor of the dip.
  3. Heat a large pan over medium high heat and add the bacon.
  4. Stirfry the bacon for 5 to 6 minutes until it starts to caramelize on the edges.
  5. Add the mushrooms along with 30g of butter. Continue to stirfry this for 2 minutes.
  6. Add a further 30g of butter. Continue to stirfry the mixture until deep golden and caramelized. This will take 6 to 8 minutes.
  7. Transfer the bacon mushroom mixture to a tall jug.
  8. Add the sour cream and chive flavored cream cheese to the jug. If you cannot find flavored cream cheese, simply add 30ml of finely chopped fresh chives to the mixture.
  9. Use your stick blender to zap this all until fine.
  10. To serve, slice a few French rolls into slices and toast them lightly under the grill in your oven until lightly golden.
  11. Arrange the slices around a platter accompanied with the best dip ever.

 

January 30, 2017 Chicken Recipes, Chinese Recipes, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Pork, Snack Food, Starters

Super-Crispy Deep-Fried Pig’s Wings. Succulent Pork Skewers in the Crispiest Coating Ever!!!

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Super-Crispy Deep-Fried Pig's Wings. Succulent Pork Skewers in the Crispiest Coating Ever!!!
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Recipe type: Pork / Superbowl
Serves: 12
 
Today we're going to make a batch of Superbowl super-crispy pig's wings. These skewers are super-crispy, and I mean super crispy, and the secret to this is in the way the pork is coated before frying.
Ingredients
  • 2 x Thick-cut pork neck steaks (450g)
For the Coating
  • 125ml All purpose flour
  • 125ml Cornstarch
  • 2.5ml Baking powder
  • 2.5ml Salt
  • 75ml Chicken stock
  • 3 Eggs
For the Sauce
  • 45ml White wine vinegar
  • 30ml Light soy sauce
  • 2.5ml Cornstarch
  • 60ml Caster sugar
Instructions
  1. Starting with the secret coating...measure out the all-purpose flour, the cornstarch, baking powder, salt and chicken stock.
  2. Place all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and use a whisk to stir these until combined.
  3. Add the chicken stock, a little at a time, whisking it into the dry mixture to form a rough crumbly mixture. Put this aside.
  4. For the sauce, combine the light soy sauce and white wine vinegar. Add the cornstarch and whisk this until dissolved.
  5. Pour the mixture into a small saucepan and add the caster sugar.
  6. Heat the pan over medium high heat and bring it to a boil. As soon as the sauce starts to bubble up, turn the heat off and put the sauce aside.
  7. Unpack the deboned pork neck steaks and cut them into strips of 6mm or a quarter inch thick. Save any off-cuts or odd bits for stir-fries or other dishes.
  8. Thread the pork strips onto 15cm or 6 inch bamboo skewers.
  9. Whisk the eggs in a tall jug.
  10. By this time, the crumbing mixture will have dried a little. Use your hands to sift through the mixture and break down any lumps that are too large.
  11. Hold the jug containing the eggs at an angle and dip a skewer into the egg to wet it all over.
  12. Transfer the skewer to the coating mixture and dredge it to get a good solid coating all over.
  13. Transfer this to a platter to set and continue with the remaining skewers.
  14. Half fill a wok or large pan with oil and heat this to 180c or 350f. Carefully lower the skewers into the oil.
  15. Allow the skewers to fry for 3 to 4 minutes until super-crispy and golden.
  16. Remove these from the oil and drain any excess oil on kitchen paper. Continue frying the next batch of skewers.
  17. Transfer the pig's wings to serving platters and spoon the sauce over the skewers before serving.
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