Super Bowl cooks/recipes

Here's an easy dip. Make it at least a day ahead.

1 cup mayonnaise

3/4 cup Parmesan, the good stuff

3 cloves garlic, crushed

Mix together at least one day ahead since it'll take overnight for the flavors to become even. If there's insufficient garlic, add a half to a whole clove more, also crushed. Let rest overnight for the flavors to develop.

this is pretty good, needs more lime juice in the mojo and extra limes when serving. seems extreme but you can double the garlic. use blood orange if you can find them, been awhile since ive seen them on the shelves

Pork, Butt, Lechon Asado, Mojo, WDAN, Cuban

As I mentioned during the December holidays, I did a low 'n slow pork butt called Lechon Asado for New Years' Eve. Oh yeah, baby! If you are looking for yet another excuse to do L&S pork butt, but want it different than traditional Carolina pull, try this! My guests loved it and I actually liked it too (I'm my own worst critic).While this is a Cuban Christmas Eve roast-a-whole-pig thing, I approximated it by doing a 9.5 lb pork butt on the egg.


INGREDIENTS:
Marinade (do it for 24 hrs)
12-15 Cloves as many as you're willing to mince) cloves garlic
1 Tbs kosher salt
2 tsp cumin (ground)
2 tsp oregano (dried)
1 1/2 cups fresh lime juice
1/2 cup orange juice
1 Tbs olive oil
It would be best if you can do this in a food processor and get it to turn out like a thick salad dressing...I was lazy and just hand-blended it all in a bowl...but it seemed to work just fine.
After 12- 24 hrs of marinating, egg the pig indirectly at a dome temp of 250-ish until meat internal temp is 200 -- just like you're doing a pull. My 9.5 lb butt needed a little over 20 hrs. I used some peach wood in the lump intead of doing my normal hic
The meat had a decidedly different flavor than the normal fair and was further differentiated by the Mojo sauce:
MOJO SAUCE
1 cup olive oil
12 cloves garlic (sliced thin)
1 cup fresh lime juice
1/3 cup orange juice
2 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp dried oregano
ground black pepper to taste (~1 tsp)




Procedure:
1 Simmer all this in a sauce pan for about 20 minutes or so. Serve as a side dip for the pork.
2 Embellishments:
3 The meat is different than traditional pull, but not overwhelmingly so. The mojo does it right, but as someone mentioned when I first posted my intention of doing this cook, traditional Carolina vinegar sauce would be absolutely outstanding with this meat (refer to legendary Elder Ward documentation).
4 If you're looking for a different kind of pull, try this! The Cuban thing was a smash hit at my Anglo house. Black beans and rice were a perfect complement, not to mention the music!


Recipe Type
Main Dish, Meat

Recipe Source
Author: WDAN

I may add another dish but our duck hunting crew is coming to the house for our annual duckfeast Sunday during the game. Right now the menu is:

Appetizers:

Grilled duck breast with apple bourbon sauce

Duck egg rolls & Thai chili sauce

Pigs in a blanket

Entrees:

Duck & sausage gumbo

Duck camp fajitas

Peanut Butter & Jelly samiches for the kids

Probably too many recipes to post at once but I'm happy to share any of them.