Tag: free range pork

Recipe: Vietnamese Lemongrass Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder

Ingredients: 1.5kg pasture fed bone-in half pork shoulder 140g salt, plus extra 140g brown sugar 2 brown onions, sliced into thick rounds 250ml coconut water 50ml rice wine vinegar Lemongrass Paste: Make a double batch of this paste and freeze for next time. 5 lemongrass stalks, white part only, finely sliced 4 eschalots,...

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My Best Ever Pitch

Long-time readers would be aware that a butcher’s November newsletter is prime time for Christmas Ham talk. You know the lines… ‘Nearly Sold Out’, ‘Last Chance’, ‘Early Bird Catches the Worm’, blah, blah, blah. Well this newsletter won’t be like that…until towards the end. Which is soon, because this is a short newsletter,...

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Cooking Tips: Slow Cooked Roast Pork Shoulder

Choose a piece of Pork with a generous covering of fat and rind. Remove Pork from Cryovac packaging (taking note of the weight of the roast) the day/night before you intend to cook it. Pat dry with paper towel to absorb any moisture on the rind. Wrap in a tea towel (or more clean paper towel) and leave in the fridge. Remove...

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How to Choose Ethical, Sustainable and Traceable Food this Christmas

One of the loveliest things about Christmas is getting together with family and friends and enjoying beautiful food. Given our climate in December there’s an increasing trend towards cold dishes like ham and seafood, rather than the traditional roast*. What’s also changing is consumer awareness around food production....

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What Does Free Range Mean to You?

There has been some talk in the media and at the markets recently about Free Range and exactly how ‘free’ is the ‘range’. When we first started the business and we were thinking of a name, we sent out a sample of our top five names to family and friends. The Free Range Butcher was not among them....

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