Barbacoa – Piled High Pork
Obsession – Piled High Pork cooked Barbacoa style and changed up. Adding bitter greens, caramelized onion and yam puree.. A Ratatouille moment. Have to give the nod to Nancy Silverton as the muse.
The pork begins in a brine. Water, salt, sugar, bay leaves, thyme, allspice, fennel, clove and rosemary. Bring to the boil and chill . Marinate for 2 days. and keep rotating the pork until it is dizzy. At least 2 days. Sear the pork. Preheat the over to 350. Cook on a bed of onion until done.
Puree of yam
one bite of the sand. the puree of yam is the fall harvest twist
Ingredients
Yam Purre
- 1 Yam Large. 1 1/2 pounder
- 1 butter stick. 4 ounces
- 1 tree of sage
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 1 pinch salt
Notes
Bake the yam until done. 1 1/2 hour @ 350F. Sautee the sage and spices in the butter.
Cook until you have brown butter. Puree the cooled yam, Add the brown butter (strained) into the Yam. Cool.