Mar 16 2014
Spring time yesterday, I put my long johns back on today! It
was a cold windy 28 deg. day. The kids were having a day out so dropped the
grandson off at 8:30 am.
I baked a loaf of peasant bread from my fourth batch of
Bread in 5 dough this morning. It has some rye and wheat flour added to the
white flour. The loaf turned out pretty good.
After lunch I smoked a specialty loaf of meat for my Tuesday
night supper. My son had requested it. It took me an hour 45 minutes to do.
The wife and I were hungry for pork chops; I had three nice
center cut chops from my butcher. We usually have fried potatoes and applesauce
with chops. One of my favorite blogs “Cowgirls Country Life” always does hers
by rubbing on Morton Tender Quick then rinses it off after an hour. I wanted to
try that but she never told how much to use.
I looked on the Morton site and they had a recipe for chops
and called them Gepockelte, German style cured pork chops. It said to use ½ to ¾
inch pork chops, 1 Tbs. Tender Quick per pound. Rub on and wrap or place in a
plastic bag then in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours then rinse well. Brown up chops
then place in a covered dish with ¼ cup of water in a 350 deg. oven for 45min.
to an hour. After I rinsed the chops I lightly sprinkled on some Mo Rockin
chicken rub. I have cooked chops that way for a long time without the cure and
that works well to.
I already had my smoker uncovered so I wanted to try and
sear the chops on my grill grates. I had my Traeger a steady 379 deg. so put
the chops on for 8 minutes then turned for another 8 minutes. I got them in the
oven and then heated a skillet with olive oil and butter and browned up some
Ore Ida frozen hash browns. The chops were in the oven for 40 minutes. I didn’t
get the sear I wanted but they turned out good. Next time I will try 400 deg.
on the smoker or use my gas grill.
Peasant bread
Seasoned w/Mo Rockin after the cure
Bread sliced
After 40 min. in the oven
My supper
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