Smoked pork chops and cherry pie

blind99

new butcher shop in town so we picked up a few things to try. These poke chops were seasoned with dizzy pig IPA and smoked over Apple to an IT of 130 and pulled until ready to finish. 

Then they got a nice sear:



I made a BBQ sauce with some rhubarb and brushed some on at the end. Damn that was tasty. (Rhubarb cut into small pieces, simmered w water, sugar, then ketchup, a jalapeño, worstershire, salt, vinegar). 




Dessert was whatever you’d call this. Rustic tart? Fresh Michigan tart cherries, a favorite of mine, worth the time pitting. Macerated in sugar, added salt, vanilla, Cointreau and vanilla. Crust is the wife’s, made with you-know-who’s leaf lard. Liquid motherflipping gold. 





Hope everyone had a great weekend

Ima_good_egg

You had me at leaf lard. Looks like a great meal!

JohnnyTarheel

Great looking meal!!

Mattman3969

Nice !!

Alton

Nice 

Killit_and_Grillit

Well. That’s winning. 

Theophan

Wow!  and I mean Wow!!!  It all looks wonderful!

And as a nostalgic ex-Michigander, the Michigan cherries looked very inviting!

blind99

@Ima_good_egg my wife goes out of her way to find real lard, and leaf lard if she can.  this is the stuff produced by our egghead brothers in the houston area so it's extra special!

@Killit_and_Grillit funny, that's exactly how i felt, sitting on the patio having a cold drink, smoking a pork chop.  doesn't get any better.

@theophan thanks!  i love those cherries.  we're so lucky to get them fresh.

caliking

Holy mother of God. I need a piece of that pie.

Ima_good_egg

@blind99 I have access to some really good leaf lard at a local butcher, it’s pretty spendy, but totally worth it.

blind99

caliking said:

Holy mother of God. I need a piece of that pie.

@caliking you need to make a trip to chicago soon!

@Ima_good_egg yeah my wife can’t find it often... our local grocery at least carries real, regular lard. 

CigarCityEgger

Looks great! I’d happily take a plate 

bluebird66

Most excellent!