Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 10–12 servings (as a cold cut / charcuterie) Prep Time: 30 minutes (active, plus 25 hours brining & drying) Cook Time: 6 hours Total Time: About 2 days (including brining, smoking, and chilling) Quick Ingredients 1 boneless lamb shoulder (4–5 lb / 1.8–2.3 kg), trimmed 12 cups (2.8 L) water […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: About 16 servings (roughly 1 oz sliced guanciale per serving) Prep Time: 30 minutes active Cook Time: 35 days (hands-off curing and drying) Total Time: 35 days 30 minutes Quick Ingredients 2–2.5 lb (900 g–1.1 kg) fresh pork jowl, skin on 3 tbsp (about 36 g) kosher salt (roughly 3% […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 10 servings Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes (plus chilling) Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Total Time: about 10 hours (including chilling) Quick Ingredients 2 1/2 cups (300 g) all-purpose flour 1 tsp fine sea salt + 1 tsp sugar 1 cup (225 g) cold unsalted butter 3 large […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: About 8 appetizer servings (roughly 1.5–2 lb finished cold-smoked whitefish) Prep Time: 30 minutes active (plus 12–14 hours brining, drying & chilling) Cook Time: 4–6 hours cold-smoking Total Time: About 16–18 hours, mostly unattended Quick Ingredients 2 lb (900 g) skin-on whitefish fillets, pin bones removed 6 cups (1.4 L) […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: About 16 servings (2–3 slices each) Prep Time: 30 minutes active (plus 7–10 days curing) Cook Time: 2–3 hours Total Time: 7–10 days 3 hours Quick Ingredients 1 boneless pork loin, about 1.8 kg / 4 lb 36 g kosher salt (about 3 tbsp) 4.5 g pink curing salt (Prague […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 10–12 appetizer servings Prep Time: 40 minutes (plus 4–12 hours marinating and 8–24 hours chilling) Cook Time: 1 hour 20–40 minutes Total Time: About 14–36 hours including marinating and chilling Quick Ingredients 450 g (1 lb) boneless pork shoulder, half diced, half for grinding 225 g (1/2 lb) thick-cut bacon, […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: About 8 appetizer servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 35 minutes active + 2 hours chilling Quick Ingredients 1 lb (450 g) chicken livers, trimmed 8 Tbsp (115 g) unsalted butter, divided 2 medium shallots, minced 2 garlic cloves, sliced 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 10–12 appetizer servings (about 3 cups / 700–750 g) Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 3 hours 30 minutes Total Time: 12 hours (includes chilling) Quick Ingredients 1.5 kg (3 1/3 lb) boneless pork shoulder, cut in 5 cm (2 in) chunks 600 g (1 1/3 lb) pork lard, duck […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 10–12 servings Prep Time: 45 minutes (plus 12–24 hours chilling) Cook Time: 3 hours 15 minutes Total Time: About 4 hours (plus chilling) Quick Ingredients 1 skin-on pork belly, 4–4.5 lb (1.8–2 kg), boneless 1 boneless pork loin, 2.5–3 lb (1.1–1.4 kg) 3 tbsp fennel seeds, toasted and crushed 2 […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings (4 duck legs) Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 12–24 hours curing) Cook Time: 3 hours Total Time: About 15 hours (mostly inactive) Quick Ingredients 4 duck legs, bone-in, skin-on (about 2–2.5 lb / 900 g–1.1 kg total) 3 tbsp (27 g) coarse kosher salt 4 garlic cloves, smashed […]