Friday 16 February 2024

Inspiration Failure

 Now i have a problem in life , its an enquiring mind thay doesnt stop . So i called in the butchers for a couple of slices of stuffed chine a well known expensive local delicacy and the young lad doing the slicing says would you like the bone ?  he charged me £3 for the damned thing that was a bag that heavy i could barely lift it . Now the chine is a huge lump of fatty back pork from a pig that has slices cut into it that are stuffed with a parsley mix and roasted , being a posh butchers they only cut the perfect slices off it leaving far more on the bone  than they use. it took ages to strip the meat which is basically ham from the rest of it 6 bags later thst will make amazing pies and sandwiches for the fishing season , but it also left a huge chunk of fat from the underside of the joint that i decided i would render to make flaky pastry . My gran always did this in the wash copper . Somewhere i had seen that it could be done in the slow cooker so i popped it in on the lowest setting and waited patiently it does take its time overnight and all the next day . Then himself said he could smell something burning , you guessed it had finally rendered and scorched a big lump of skin  ..AARRRGGHHHH still trying to decide if i can use it or the birds will benefit ..ho hum you have to try these things and theres still the actual bones to boil up yet . So £3 spent and an interesting experimental kitchen trial .

8 comments:

  1. Oooh, I love stuffed chine, but as we live in Cheshire it's a rare treat which I get only when we're in Lincolnshire. We have friends who live in Kirkby Green, so whenever we visit them, I pop into the butchers in Woodhall Spa to get my 'fix'! My husband dislikes it, so it's just my treat!
    I may not have attempted to render the fat down, but I'm still very jealous of you getting the bone to strip the meat off, that was a very good price for something that you can use for plenty of meals in the future!

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  2. When I rendered fat I put some water in pan the fat rises to the top and you lift it off the water, cannot remember if I strained the so,ids off it is a long time since I did it.

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    1. Just checked google you strain the solids off, also the butcher minced the fat for me. I used to buy a hind quarter of beef and the fat was included, great for making pastry

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  3. Would it make a moisturising foot balm - just sit with your feet in a bowl of it for a while x

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  4. Said by Flis the vegan!

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    1. Oh dear Kate - seems anon has followed me from John's blog x

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    2. im no vegan dip it in gravy and we will have it for tea?

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