Potted Pork Recipes

POTTED PORK

Steps:

• Pulse pork shoulder and fresh pork fat together in 2 batches in a food processor until finely ground (be careful not to pulse to a smooth purée), transferring to a 2- to 2 1/2-quart heavy saucepan.
• Add water, onion, garlic, bay leaves, salt, black pepper, and allspice to pork and bring to a boil, stirring to break up clumps. Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender and liquid is still visible below surface of meat, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
• Discard bay leaves from pot, then transfer pork to 5 (8-oz) ramekins with a slotted spoon. Spoon remaining liquid over pork (use caution).
• Place a small round of wax paper on surface of creton in each ramekin and chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
• Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.

POTTED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH SWEET ONIONS AND APPLE

Steps:

• Season the pork with fennel, salt, and pepper, and dredge in flour. Heat a few tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, a couple turns of the pan, in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the pork and brown the meat. Do this in 2 batches if your pot size demands it. Use a little extra oil if necessary for a second batch. Remove the browned meat to a plate and add the butter to the pan. Reduce the heat a bit and add the onions, apples, bay leaves, and sage. Season with salt and pepper and cover the pan to sweat the onions for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover the pot and raise the heat a bit. When the onions start to brown, add the calvados to the pot. Add the stock, slide the pork back in, and simmer to cook through a few minutes more. Serve from the hot pot.

RILLETTES DE PORC (POTTED PORK)

Steps:

• 1- Prepare all your ingredient. (Préparer tous les ingrédients).
• 2- Remove the skin from a fresh pork belly. (Retirer la couanne de la poitrine de porc).
• 3- Cut the meat into 2 cm squares. (Coupé la poitrine de porc en carré d'environ 2cm).
• 4- Add the pork belly into a heavy pot (i.e. enameled cast iron works well). (Mettre les morceau de poitrine de porc dans une cocotte en fonte).
• 5- Add two good glassful of water. (Ajouter environ 2 verres plein d'eau).
• 6- Add a tea spoon of pepper. (Ajouter une cuillère à café de poivre).
• 7- Add a table spoon of salt. (Ajouter une cuillere à soupe de sel).
• 8- Add the two Garlic cloves. (Ajoutere deux gousses d'ail).
• 9- Add one bay leaf. (Ajouter la feuille de laurier).
• 10- Add the dried thyme. (Ajouter du thym).
• 11- Add the dried sage. (Ajouter de la sauge).
• 12- Check that you have all the ingredient inches. (Vérifier que vous n'avez oublier aucun ingredient).
• 13- Cover, bring to the boil, and simmer the mixture for 3h00 / 2h30, checking occasionally to make sure the mixture does not become too dry (add more boiling water if this happens). (Couvrir et portez a l'ébullition, puis laisser cuire à feu doux pour 3h00 / 3h30, Verifier durant la cuisson que la
• poirine ne se desséche pas, si c'est le cas rajouter un peu d'eau).
• 14- Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaf et move the piece of pork to a dish. (Retirer la feuille de laurier et transferer les morceaux de porc dans un plat).
• 15- Strain off the remaining juices from the casserol, much of which will be pork fat, and set aside. (Tranferer tous le jus de cuisson).
• 16- Use your fingersto shred the meat finely. (Utiliser vos doigt pour émincer les morceaux tres finement - triturer).
• 17- place the meat in a terrine. (Transferre la pâte émincée dans des terrines).
• 18- Pushdown and compact. (Presser et compacter).
• 19- Strain the reserved juice over the meat. (Verser le jus reccuperé précèdement au dessus).
• 20- The juice should stand above the meet. (Le jus devrait se maintenir au dessus).
• 21- Chill the rillettes in the refrigerator for at least 180 minutes until set. (Mettre au frigidaire toute la nuit).
• 22- In the morning get the rillettes from the fridge. (Dans la matinée sortir les rillettes du frigidaire).
• 23- Ready to serve with crusty bread and gurkins. Enjoy also with some wine before to start the Lunch or the dinner). (Deguster avec du pain et des cornichons. A midi ou dans la soirée avec un petit coup de rouge ou de blanc comme Graioun).

SMOKY CHIPOTLE BBQ POTTED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Season the pork cubes with salt, pepper, and paprika. Dredge in the flour. Heat a Dutch oven with 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, 3 turns of the pan, over high heat. Brown the pork on all sides. Remove to a plate, reduce the heat, and add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the onions, peppers, celery, and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cover and sweat for 8 minutes or so. Uncover and stir for 1 to 2 minutes, and then deglaze the pot with the beer and let the liquid reduce, 1 minute more. Add the tomatoes, chipotle and adobo sauce, thyme, and cilantro and heat through. Add the pork back to the pot and simmer over medium-low heat until ready to serve. Char the tortillas or prepare quick-cooking polenta. Serve with lime wedges for topping.