Pepper Crusted Mortadella

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5 from 6 votes

Mortadella

Elegant and delicious

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time2 hours hrs

Total Time2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

How much do you want to make? 1000 grams

Ingredients

Metric – US Customary

• 750 g lean pork
• 150 g back fat
• 100 g blanched cubed back fat
• 20 g kosher salt
• 2.5 g Insta Cure #1
• 30 g potato starch
• 5 g non flavor gelatin
• 2 g white pepper
• .5 g coriander
• 1.5 g garlic powder
• 1 g mace
• ¼ cup red wine
• ¼ cup cold Ice water

Optional Ingredients

• 4 g whole peppercorns
• 25 g pistachios
• 25 g olives

Instructions

• Dice backfat into small cubes and blanch for 3 minutes
• Grind the lean pork and the fat separately twice. First time through a 6 mm plate, partially refreeze then grind again through a 3 mm plate.
• mix the gelatin with your wine until fully dissolved.
• Mix the salt and the cure in with the ground lean pork and place in your food processor. Chop for 3 minutes adding half the chilled wine. Try to keep the temperature between 35-39F
• After meat has been chopped add the fat and the rest of your seasonings. Emulsify in your food processor. Add the rest of the wine and the ice water while chopping. Chop till the temperature reaches 57F.
• Dust your whole ingredients (blanched fat, pistachios, etc.) with potato starch to help them adhere better to the meat.
• Mix your meat batter with whatever whole ingredients you plan on adding (cubed fat, pistachios, etc.)
• Stuff into your casings and let rest in the fridge over night.
• If you plan on smoking your mortadella then smoke low and slow. Start at 110F and slowly work the temp up to 175F (over a 10 hour period) until the internal temp reaches 150F
• If you plan on poaching then place the mortadella in 176F water and cook till the internal temp reaches 155F.
• After it's cooks cool it down in an ice water bath and refrigerate overnight. Enjoy

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