Cook the Book: Boston Butt Cooked Like Ham

Name: Cook the Book: Boston Butt Cooked Like Ham
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters dark brown sugar; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 118 milliliters kosher salt; 1 kilograms pastured pork shoulder (Boston butt); 8 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter; 118 milliliters sweet red vermouth

Cook the Book: Boston Butt Cooked Like Ham might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 17g of protein, 10g of fat, and If you have butter, vermouth, kosher salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Rinse the meat, blot it dry, and bring it to room temperature. Take a good look at the meat, and if it is not compact and even, tie it into a neat bundle using kitchen twine. Set it aside. Choose a lidded container large enough to hold the pork and the brine inside.

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Brine

Meat

Pork

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Kitchen Twine

Mix together the kosher salt, brown sugar, cloves, and just enough hot tap water to dissolve the salt and sugar.

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Brown Sugar

Salt

Clove

Sugar

Water

Pour that liquid over the meat in the container, and add cold water to cover.

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Water

Meat

Let the meat sit, refrigerated, all day or overnight. When you are ready to cook, remove the meat from the brine, rinse it well, and blot it dry. Lightly salt and pepper the meat and place it on a rack in a roasting pan, fat side up.

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Salt And Pepper

Brine

Meat

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Roasting Pan

Melt the butter over low heat and gently cook the garlic until fragrant, but not colored.

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Butter

Garlic

Pour this over the meat and let it sit at room temperature for 1 hour.

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Meat

Heat the oven to 350°F. Roast the meat for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 300°F and begin basting the meat with the vermouth every 20 minutes or so. The meat should cook for at least 20 minutes per pound, about 1 additional hour, or until it registers an internal temperature of 150°F on an instant-read thermometer.

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Vermouth