Sophisticated gourmet dishes are best prepared according to recipes. But some dishes are so simple that they seem familiar and completely understandable. But in cooking there are no trifles. For example, do you know how boiled pork is cooked? Many recipes contain this ingredient, but how to cook it? If you have any doubts, be sure to use our tips.
Cooking Application
Where is boiled pork used, the recipes for which may seem simple and uncomplicated? It is used to prepare the filling for pies and dumplings, added to various salads and soups, and also served as a main dish to the side dishes. The range of applications is very wide. And the most important thing is that the method and time of boiling the meat depends on the dish.
Secrets of cooking broth
If you are preparing a hearty first course, the basis of which will be a hearty rich broth, you can use both tenderloin and meat on the bone. Perfect for broth and ribs.
If you are not afraid of calories, before you cook pork, do not cut off the fat. By the way, many people like its taste. The meat is loaded into cold water in a whole piece and cooked over low heat, regularly removing pop-up foam. Boiling time depends on the volume of water and the size of the meat piece. On average, you will spend about 2 hours on this process. And to make the broth beautiful and cloudy, before turning off, load a couple of ice cubes into the pan, wait until it boils and turn off the heat.
Boiled pork meat
If you cook meat for adding to salads, casseroles, pies, you need a slightly different tactic. You need to load it in cool boiling water. This ensures that all tastes and vitamins do not go into the broth, but remain in the meat. So you get the most delicious boiled pork.
The recipes for its preparation are largely similar. During boiling, spices, salt, aromatic herbs, fresh herbs, vegetables and roots are added to the broth. Cut into pieces of pork before boiling is not necessary to keep it juicy. The meat is cooked on average in an hour and a half.
Jelly
This sumptuous festive meal deserves special mention, because it also has boiled pork.
Jellied recipes are very numerous, but the general principles are the same. For this dish use the most different parts of pork carcass: tenderloin, neck, shoulder blade, knuckle, back. For the richness and density of the broth, even hooves are put. Prepared (thoroughly washed) meat is loaded into cold water, into which onions, celery or parsnip root, bay leaf, peas are immediately added.
Jellied cooked for a long time. The meat must be cooked over medium heat, covered with a lid. Foam, as in other cases, must be removed regularly. Many housewives use a small life hack, thanks to which the broth becomes transparent - they put the shell of a raw egg in it.
Boiling meat for aspic will take at least seven hours. But the result is worth it!
Storage of boiled pork
It is important to know one more thing that concerns the storage of cooked meat. The fatter it is, the faster you need to use it. In the refrigerator, boiled meat (pork, for example, was cooked a lot) can be stored in airtight dishes for 4-6 days. And if it is frozen, the permissible shelf life will increase to a month. But the most delicious, of course, will be pork, which was prepared immediately before serving.