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The Original TD World's Best EVER Hog's Head Cheese Recipe Thread!
Posted on 6/6/13 at 9:41 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 9:41 am
From the Recipe Thread above and Mecca, home to one of the world's greatest HHC stirrers, taste testers and all around experts, Ole Geauxt:
Hogs Head Cheese
Ingredients:
2 Boston butt roasts
4 pigs’ feet
4 pigs’ ears
4 bay leaves
1 onion, diced
8 cloves garlic
2 sticks celery, chopped
1 cup vinegar
water to cover
Method for first cooking:
Bing all ingredients to a rapid boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook 2 hours until the meat is about to fall off the bone. Remove the meat from the pot, cool, and debone. Chop meat into 1 inch chunks and refrigerate. Continue to reduce broth to 1/4 volume over medium heat. Cool over night, skim and discard fat from gelatin the next day,
Second cooking:
New ingredients:
2onion,diced
1 bell pepper, diced
4 stalks celery, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
6 jalapeno peppers, chopped
2 bunches green onions
1 bunch parsley
2 large jar stuffed green olives, sliced
2 small jars pimentos
salt and pepper to taste(I use Tony's)
1 T. each dried Thyme, Oregano, and Basil
1/4 cup each Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice
reserved meat and stock
2 packets of gelatin
Method:
Add meat and gelatin to the pot with all chopped vegetables. Cook until most liquid is gone, stirring often to prevent sticking. Add all other ingredients and cook until the mixture is very thick and most liquid is evaporated. Pour into bowls or loaf pans and cool overnight.
Tips: It's a two day job. Use cold weather. Taste along the way....add more seasoning than you think you'll need. Dice the ends of the ears and add back to the second cooking. Nice texture and appearance. Adjust everything to your taste. I do this for Christmas gifts each year for those who love it.
Hogs Head Cheese
Ingredients:
2 Boston butt roasts
4 pigs’ feet
4 pigs’ ears
4 bay leaves
1 onion, diced
8 cloves garlic
2 sticks celery, chopped
1 cup vinegar
water to cover
Method for first cooking:
Bing all ingredients to a rapid boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook 2 hours until the meat is about to fall off the bone. Remove the meat from the pot, cool, and debone. Chop meat into 1 inch chunks and refrigerate. Continue to reduce broth to 1/4 volume over medium heat. Cool over night, skim and discard fat from gelatin the next day,
Second cooking:
New ingredients:
2onion,diced
1 bell pepper, diced
4 stalks celery, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
6 jalapeno peppers, chopped
2 bunches green onions
1 bunch parsley
2 large jar stuffed green olives, sliced
2 small jars pimentos
salt and pepper to taste(I use Tony's)
1 T. each dried Thyme, Oregano, and Basil
1/4 cup each Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice
reserved meat and stock
2 packets of gelatin
Method:
Add meat and gelatin to the pot with all chopped vegetables. Cook until most liquid is gone, stirring often to prevent sticking. Add all other ingredients and cook until the mixture is very thick and most liquid is evaporated. Pour into bowls or loaf pans and cool overnight.
Tips: It's a two day job. Use cold weather. Taste along the way....add more seasoning than you think you'll need. Dice the ends of the ears and add back to the second cooking. Nice texture and appearance. Adjust everything to your taste. I do this for Christmas gifts each year for those who love it.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 9:44 am to OTIS2
That's hog shoulder and olive cheese.....except for some ears....just sayin'....
This post was edited on 6/6/13 at 9:59 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 9:46 am to puse01
quote:Butthurt...lol. I use whole heads "but" it's a pain in the arse. Product is better without.
That's hog shoulder cheese

Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:15 am to OTIS2
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This post was edited on 6/6/13 at 10:17 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:22 am to OTIS2
quote:
From the Recipe Thread above and Mecca, home to one of the world's greatest HHC stirrers, taste testers and all around experts, Ole Geauxt:

The pics of Geauxt's batch in every type and size of container in the house was priceless. Thankfully, no chamber pots, or spittoons in pics.

Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:24 am to Good Times
quote:That's for Geauxt's private stash.
spittoons
This post was edited on 6/6/13 at 10:32 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:35 am to OTIS2
[quote] spittoons
That's for Geauxt's private stash.
My Bucket List includes eating some of Geauxt's HHC and sippin a lot of his Shine.
That's for Geauxt's private stash.

My Bucket List includes eating some of Geauxt's HHC and sippin a lot of his Shine.

Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:38 am to Good Times
quote:Last time we did this, Mrs Otis got fiesty...in a bad sort of way...
eating some of Geauxt's HHC and sippin a lot of his Shine
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:55 am to Good Times
Dupe
This post was edited on 6/7/13 at 4:36 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:56 am to OTIS2
[quote]Last time we did this, Mrs Otis got fiesty...in a bad sort of way...
Mrs GT will have other things to do when I start my journey.

Mrs GT will have other things to do when I start my journey.

Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:58 am to Good Times
Where are you in Tenn.? Wayward family members are all over the place.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 11:07 am to Ole Geauxt
editing post to stay on 30k,,, was a great batch!!

This post was edited on 6/6/13 at 11:18 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 11:14 am to OTIS2
quote:
Where are you in Tenn.?
Countryside outside of Gallatin, 30 min NE of Nashvegas.
[quote] Wayward family members are all over the place.
Might explain why I'm here.

Posted on 6/6/13 at 11:16 am to OTIS2
quote:
Fitting for 3000th.
That's 30,000. OG is a habitual poster.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 11:16 am to Good Times
quote:Most of our hillbillies are east of there, though the kids are drifting to Nashville. They're all still a cut above me since Louisiana was the only state that would have me. I'm the blackest sheep.
Gallatin

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