We do pork tenderloin regularly, but I WANT SHOULDER!
Because husband and daughter are here, but not fans of what they would consider “fatty meat”, I’m trying to adapt a recipe for one, with a few boneless country style ribs ( which as you are likely aware, is a cut from the butt end of a shoulder).
I’d love to be able to slice it, rather than shred, and I’d love “pernil” flavors…
Parking some ideas here, and would love anyone’s thoughts about this idea.
Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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Cooking pork only in a manner of speaking, as it’s already cooked. We’re going to lunch at the SiL’s, where’s she’s cooking paella. Which means we’ll only need a snacky dinner - there’s pate de campagne (homemade), and a supermarket bacon quiche.
Country style ribs have not much fat and are generally very lean. I put them into a simple brine of some sugar and kosher salt for about an hour, rinse off. S&p, evoo and some paprika, cover with foil and place into an oven at 225 degree oven for two hours. Remove and turn oven up to 425, brush with your favorite sauce, (most of them have a ton of sugar) back in the oven for 10 minutes or until then are golden brown.
Happy New Year!
Go @PHREDDY! I have been using this type of reverse sear method on pork roasts this fall to happy effect. I have been riffing on a Serious Eats recipe to guide me through.
Your treatment of the pork ribs sounds absolutely delicious. I’ll have to give it a try sometime (not cooking today).
Traditional New Years Day meal in the American south here. Blackeyed peas cooked with smoked pork chops, collard greens with another chop, and cornbread. Tomorrow will be the leftover peas mixed into rice for Hopping John
Traditional midwestern meal as well, although with sauerkraut rather than collards and black eyed peas as in the south, due to the area’s German roots. My mother always made mashed potatoes, peas and Waldorf salad to go with it, none of which I care for - in fact, my siblings and I all discussed how much we dreaded the meal as children just the other day! My mother defended herself by saying she now roasts shoulder instead of the overcooked loin we remember (a very safe and sawdusty 170+ degrees internally), but still, not a meal I care to eat. I do have some pulled pork from a shoulder I smoked a few months ago in the freezer, though, so perhaps that will be dinner!
There was a old thread on Pernil on Chowhound that I used. Is it ok to post links to ancient Chowhound threads?
I’ve been making shoulder with porchetta seasoning lately, which we like a lot.
I am going to try to make a Detroit style pizza today, and the pepperoni will be pork, so that is my source of pork today. And I had some prosciutto around 1 am this morning
Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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Me too. I could never quite work him out. His was often a different take on foods. I think I recall that he lived in the States but I always had a sense he might have been a first generation immigrant.
Not this year, last year we had the Christmas ham of Martinique with pineapple, it was smoked and spicy, and decorated just like this photo with pineapples.
