👨🍳 Science Genial kitchen Ep 0️⃣1️⃣
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Leeks and sage braised pork leg chunk 🐖🥬
Find below: ingredients, then step-by-step recipe! 👇
INGREDIENTS:
- Porc leg chunk 🐽
- Oinions, garlic 🧅
- Pepper, cloves, laurel and sage 🍃
- Leeks 🥬
- White wine 🍷
- Animal fat (I used beef tallow) 🛢️
- Butter 🧈
- Grey salt 🧂
Optional : mustard, heavy cream, maple sirup, apple cider vinegar
STEP-BY-STEP RECIPE:
FIRST THING you gotta do :
Pet this meat dry.
The worst enemy for crust when searing is wet 💦
Cuz yes you gona sear it 😈
So first put some fat in a cast iron pot.
You want to let it melt, but you want the pot to be screaming hot as well so be patient ⏳
Once your pot is screaming hot, don't be shy, bring that fat baby inside and make sure the whole surface is in contact with that singing cast iron
❌ NO SALT AT THIS POINT
Salt will extract moisture.
Moisture is enemy of crust, remember?
GREAT SUCCESS
Look at that crust! 🤩
Now you can throw the salt on this face. Be generous and especially on the fatty parts 🤤
In the mean time, you're building the nice crust of the other side
Get your oven on also, 180 degree celcius 🌡️
Why the crust?
Maillard reaction. It tastes better cuz it forces the amino acids & sugars caramelizing and beings flavor to the top 🥵
Also, it will create a sort of wall to avoid juices to leak. Juicier meat! 🏰
Now put your pig on the side and throw salt to this side as well
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See that brows crust at the bottom of the pot? 👀
Same thing it's gold you want to keep it
Throw onions in the fat and scratch these brown bits with a wooden spoon 👨🍳
Fasten your belt
As soon as your onions change color, throw the leeks inside with a good healthy chunk of better 🧈
Then put half of the garlic, cloves, pepper, laurel and sage 2 pinches of salt as well
AND YOU MIX (optional: half a tbs of apple cider vinegar)
Okay, now, you gona deglaze it.
Throw that white wine in, and drink a glass for yourself.
Once done bring back that piggy bad boy and put the other half of the garlic, pepper, cloves, sage and laurel
You're going to top up a bit if necessary with pork broth, or water.
THROW IT IN THE OVEN
Forget about it for 30-45mins
Look at that beauty!
Check the level of liquid. You want it to be like half a centimeter or less before stopping the oven
OPTIONAL: when out of the oven, you can add a mix of mustard, heavy cream and maple sirup.1 full tablespoon of cream 1/2 tablespoon of mustard 1/2 tablespoon of maple sirupJust to bring creaminess to the veggies ya know
And there you have it
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Pork leg tends to be dry, eat the skin and fat with the meat. Good for health, in mouth, and to taste!
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