• 5/6 Int'l No-Diet Day - 3

    From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Sun May 5 18:05:00 2024
    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Southern Fried Deep-Fat Fried Fat Salad
    Categories: Pork, Greens, Breads, Seafood, Citrus
    Yield: 2 Servings

    10 oz Romaine lettuce

    MMMMM--------------------------DRESSING-------------------------------
    6 tb Lemon juice
    1 cl Garlic; minced
    Salt & black pepper
    1 Egg yolk
    2 Anchovies
    1/4 c Fat from the confit; melted
    - but cooled
    1/2 c Oil

    MMMMM----------------------------PORK---------------------------------
    1/2 lb Pork belly confit; * in 1/2"
    - slabs
    Flour for dredging
    2 lg Eggs; mixed well (no white
    - visible)
    Panko for dredging
    Oil for deep frying

    For the dressing: Combine all ingredients except the oil
    in a blender and blend, then slowly drizzle in the oil.
    Taste and adjust for seasoning.

    Heat the oil for deep frying. Dredge pork in flour, then
    in egg, then in panko. Deep fry till golden brown and
    crisp, and meltingly tender inside. Remove to a rack and
    let them drain as you dress the salad.

    Serve simply, on cold crisp romaine lightly dressed with a
    lemony yolky dressing and garnish with excellent cheese.
    The dressing should be very acidic to stand up to all the
    fat!

    Toss whole or cut leaves of romaine with the dressing. Lay
    fried pork belly on top. Drizzle additional dressing on
    top if desired. Garnish with freshly grated reggiano (and
    anchovies if you love them).

    * For easy confited pork belly: salt a slab of belly
    aggressively and season it with quatre epice and smashed
    garlic overnight, then cover it in fat and cook at
    170ºF/77ºC for 10 hours.

    Allow it to cool then refrigerate till completely chilled.

    By Michael Ruhlman | August 14, 2007

    From: http://ruhlman.com

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

    MMMMM

    ... The good news is that the bad news was wrong...
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
    * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)