Pork Jowl Confit

[Peter Gallagher]

Did some pig face - I had been up at the Seattle office, and my boss hit me up with a Cryovac of 5 jowls. Honestly, I wasn't sure what to do with them. I had a bunch of fat in my freezer, so I decided to do some rendering and confit them -

They seemed harmless enough. I started out by dry brining them in in sugar and salt for about 12 hours. Next up was some good old fashion lard rendering:

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[td]I had about 6 lbs of bacon trimmings and fat back saved up in the freezer[/td]
[td]after cutting up the fat, it went into the dutch oven and then outside[/td]
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[td]It started to render after about an hour. I took about 3 hours total[/td]
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[td] Jowls go into the Dutch oven, and covered with the lard[/td]
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After they were done in the smoker, we put them in a pan and covered them with the fat. We weighted them down under some plastic wrap with some brick. We stuck them in the fridge over night. the next day we sauteed them fat side down and baked them in the Weber gasser for about 20 minutes. Then served with grilled scallops:

 

[Wolgast]

What can i say?...Stunning...Perfect...Or...a Simple...OUTSTANDING! love the way you roll mate!

 

[John Solak]

Very nice!!!!

 

[Bill W. Michigan]

You can't go wrong with pork fat. I bet those jowls were like little pork pillows.

 

[Mike Coffman]

Fantastic!

 

[Mike P.]

I've heard of them. Looks like you've Mastered them!

 

[Jim Lampe]

VERY Cool!!!
Peter, how did you get your photos side-by-side like that with the horizontal scroll bar?

 

[Chris Allingham]

Peter, how did you get your photos side-by-side like that with the horizontal scroll bar?

I'm guessing he used the WYSIWIG editor. You can use it to create tables for complex formatting of posts. You can switch to it by clicking "Settings" then "General Settings". You'll find it down under "Miscellaneous Options".

Regards,
Chris

 

[Jim Lampe]

That is Slick!

 

[Peter Gallagher]

I'm guessing he used the WYSIWIG editor. You can use it to create tables for complex formatting of posts. You can switch to it by clicking "Settings" then "General Settings". You'll find it down under "Miscellaneous Options".

I did use tables (keeps things tidy, and more effective use of space on the page). I believe they are part of the basic editor. I think they are only available when creating a 'New Thread' (not on replies)

 

[Rolf Jacobsen]

Peter I'm not sure how you came up with it but it is indeed, outstanding. That's just............ well, great!

 

[Gary H. NJ]

Woot! Pork lardons with scallops. Fantastic.

 

[JimK]

Those jowls look a lot like scallops.

I'm in awe - excellent cook.

 

[Morgan C.]

You guys lost me at WYSY...something, Needless to say! Fabulous cooking Peter!

 

[Chris Allingham]

I did use tables...

Sure enough...I had not noticed that tables are part of the standard editor. And if you are posting a reply and click "Go Advanced", you also get the table icon in the editing controls.

Regards,
Chris

 

[Bob Correll]

Super looking porkness Peter!

 

[Jon Des.]

Awesome cook, and a special gold star for being the first to use the table feature!