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First of all, a word of warning:
This is NOT your typical American-or Latin –style, super-long cooked roast pork.
This is German / Bavarian-style roast pork, very juicy (no need to drown it in sauce to be able to swallow it), very delicious pork with a wonderful texture, more like a perfectly cooked steak than a stringy mess that falls apart when you barely touch it.
While I enjoy both versions (as you know from previous posts), today´s version is by far my favorite one. Assuming you have pork of perfect quality, roasting it this way outshines the “cooked-to-death” variation by a mile. 🙂
While the pictures seem to show pork which is still a bit undercooked, I can assure you it was fully cooked, extremely juicy, had the texture of a very tender steak and, surprise surprise, had a pure, unadulterated pork taste which was further enhanced with the slightly thickened pork jus which collected during the cooking in the drip pan beneath the roast and was enhanced with a generous jug of good quality Merlot.
In other words – Pork Nirvana. 🙂
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Bon Appétit ! Life is Good !
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Preparation :
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- cut the knuckle off the butt, use for another dish (see link on this pge)
- remove the meat from the bone towards the middle of the butt
- turn to the other side of the butt, repeat.; pull out the bone, roast together with the butt for the jus
- boneless butt without the knuckle
- score the skin halfway through the fat, either lenghtwise or cross wise
- season liberally with kosher salt, and white pepper to taste
- place on a rack over a drip pan filled with 2 cup water
- cook the pork at 375 F until an instant thermometer reads 155 F at the center / thickest part of the roast , remove the roast to a clean rack to rest for 15 to 30 minutes before carving: (the carry-over heat should take the temperature to 162 F in about 15 minutes; (162 F is my personal preference for pork to be served)
- please note that at this point, there is still un-rendered fat between the meat and the crisp skin (again, this is a personal preference)
- there should be about 1 cup of pork jus at this point (adjust with more stock or by reducing the jus at this point)
- add red wine or white wine according to your taste (I used 1 cup jus to 1 cup wine)
- strain, then thicken LIGHTLY with a cornstarch slurry, check / adjust the seasoning
- cut the roast as thick as you prefer, serve each portion with a few strips of crisp skin (chicharon)
- oh my………..
- nice and juicy………………
- drizzle with a bit of jus, serve with potato salad and mustard of your choice and / or grated horseradish
- Schweinebraten Mit Kartoffelsalat & Bratensaft – “Roast Pork With Potato Salad & Jus”
- Schweinebraten Mit Kartoffelsalat & Bratensaft – “Roast Pork With Potato Salad & Jus”
- Schweinebraten Mit Kartoffelsalat & Bratensaft – “Roast Pork With Potato Salad & Jus”
- Schweinebraten Mit Kartoffelsalat & Bratensaft – “Roast Pork With Potato Salad & Jus”
- Schweinebraten Mit Kartoffelsalat & Bratensaft – “Roast Pork With Potato Salad & Jus”
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I agree they do have better pork over there.
REALLY good!
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Hi Anneli,
IF ! properly cooked, it can all be good.
However, personal preference rules 🙂
Cheers!
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