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Pepperberry and Wattleseed Smoked Pork Loin, Lardo, Fennel, Apple, Cucumber and Yoghurt

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Ingredients

Pork Loin

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    300g pork loin
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    15g murray river sea salt
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    5g wattleseed
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    1g pepperberry
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    1g cracked black pepper
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    10g Vegetable oil

Dressing

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    20g Good quality extra virgin olive oil
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    10g lemon juice
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    10g whey (from the yoghurt)

Green Apple

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    2 x green apple
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    40g verjuice

Yoghurt

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    300g Good quality Greek yoghurt
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    1g table salt

Garnish

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    2 x Bulbs of finely sliced baby fennel
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    80g finely shaved lardo
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    15 Mexican cucumbers cut in half
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    Fennel fronds picked and washed
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    16 society garlic flowers

Method

  1. 1.
    Pork Loin: Trim the pork loin of all sinew and fat. Coat in the vegetable oil and roll in the wattleseed, pepperberry salt mix. Regulate your smoker at 110C and add your hickory wood to the coals. Place the loin in the smoker. Using an internal digital probe, wait until the temperature reaches 60C, approximately 40 minutes. Remove and rest wrapped in foil for 30 minutes before slicing.
  2. 2.
    Hung Yoghurt: Mix yoghurt and salt, wrap in cheese cloth and hang for 6 hours keeping the whey.
  3. 3.
    Green Apple: Slice the cheeks of the apple 1mm fine using a mandolin and compress in a vacuum bag with verjuice.
  4. 4.
    To Serve: Toss the shaved pork loin, lardo, apple fennel and Mexican cucumbers with dressing and arrange on a plate. Finish with fennel fronds, garlic flowers and hung yoghurt.