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: 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: 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 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: 8 appetizer servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 0 minutes Total Time: 36 hours (including curing) Quick Ingredients 2 lb (900 g) skin-on salmon fillet, center-cut, pin bones removed 1/3 cup kosher salt + 1/3 cup granulated sugar + 2 tbsp light brown sugar Zest of 1 lemon and […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 servings (appetizer portions) Prep Time: 45 minutes (active) Cook Time: 0 minutes Total Time: 6–8 weeks (including curing and drying) Quick Ingredients 1 kg (2.2 lb) beef eye of round, well trimmed 30 g kosher salt (about 2 tbsp) 5 g sugar (1 tsp) 2.5 g Prague Powder #2 […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: About 1 kg sausage (roughly 16 servings of 60–65 g each) Prep Time: 45 minutes active Cook Time: 0 minutes (plus 14–30 days curing and drying) Total Time: 14–30 days (mostly inactive) Quick Ingredients 700 g pork shoulder, well chilled, in 2–3 cm cubes 300 g firm pork back fat, […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 10–12 servings (about two 9 x 5 in / 23 x 13 cm loaves) Prep Time: 45 minutes Cook Time: 3 hours 30 minutes Total Time: 16 hours (including overnight chilling) Quick Ingredients 4 lb (1.8 kg) mixed pork head, hocks, trotters, or skin-on shoulder 1 large onion, 2 carrots, […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 appetizer servings Prep Time: 30 minutes (plus chilling) Cook Time: 2 hours 15 minutes Total Time: 26 hours 45 minutes (includes 24-hour pickling) Quick Ingredients 2 fresh pork tongues (about 2.5–3 lb / 1.1–1.3 kg total) Simmering: 3 qt water, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 celery stalk, 6 garlic […]
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: About 1.3–1.5 kg cured coppa (20–25 charcuterie servings) Prep Time: 40 minutes active (plus a few short check-ins) Cook Time: 0 minutes (no cooking; dry-cured) Total Time: 6–10 weeks (curing + drying) Quick Ingredients 1 whole pork coppa/neck muscle, about 2 kg (4.4 lb), boneless 56 g natural sea salt […]