Pigs head roasted.

[moikel]

 
Mick, Is this the video......    can't wait to see your version......     Dave

Thanks a million Dave thats it.Makes it so much easier to explain now. Bali is crawling with Aussies but I havent been there yet. I have been to Cuba but I digress.

Its so close to Northern Australia that guys from the mining industry live there then catch a flight back to work in the big mines for 2 weeks then back for a week or so off.

I wont try to spit roast it but I will keep the spicings the same.I figure if I sit it on a rack in the pan in woodfired oven & baste it with that coconut water & just turn it towards the flame & keep moving it around.

The stuffingI have worked out & I can stitch it shut.

I will start a new thread for it.

 

[daveomak]

Mick, If you lived closer, I have a spit that I built that turned a 125 ish # pig....Whole... head, tail and everything in between... I could have loaned it to you...... DARN.....

 

[webowabo]

 
Mick, Is this the video......    can't wait to see your version......     Dave

Thanks a million Dave thats it.Makes it so much easier to explain now. Bali is crawling with Aussies but I havent been there yet. I have been to Cuba but I digress.
Its so close to Northern Australia that guys from the mining industry live there then catch a flight back to work in the big mines for 2 weeks then back for a week or so off.
I wont try to spit roast it but I will keep the spicings the same.I figure if I sit it on a rack in the pan in woodfired oven & baste it with that coconut water & just turn it towards the flame & keep moving it around.
The stuffingI have worked out & I can stitch it shut.
I will start a new thread for it.

That looks great... nice crispy skin.... I watxhed the video but couldn't hear it where im at... I wish I had cable so I could see some of the shows everyone on here talks about... grrr..

 

[moikel]

Spit roast with 2 dogs watching on ,recipe for disaster ! I love a spit roast but can't justify buying one. I may need a practice run on the oven but I can get it done.
Coconut water is interesting touch.Some places in Bali use coconut husk for the fire others coffee wood,mango,tamarind or whatever. I suppose it's just a version of what gets done in Peurto Rico, Italy,Cuba anywhere the pig is king. Anthony Bourdain said its the best pig roast anywhere in the world.Big call but he has eaten a lot of pork & is a great lover of American BBQ.

 

[moikel]

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• moikel
• Sep 5, 2013

About to go in the freezer until next week,butcher used a cleaver because the pigs teeth are the problem for saw blade.

11kg pig had a 2 kg head .I reckon one is a meal but I committed to 2 .

I will experiment with the Balinese flavours as a rub on the cut side & maybe rub the skin with coconut oil with turmeric in it. Let it form a pellicle of sorts then baste it with the coconut water while I have it in the smoker then the oven.

 

[foamheart]

Thats just looks like head cheese waiting to happen from here......... LOL

But I believe you could make 'em stand in line for that coconut basted skin!

 

[moikel]

OK this may happen tonight.I have coconut water just need a few other bits some like salam leaves & kencur may be a bit hard to locate.

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• moikel
• Sep 13, 2013

Confirmed its  dinner for one

 

[foamheart]

Table for Mr. Mongo, Table for one for Mr Mongo....... Women!

 

[snorkelinggirl]

OK this may happen tonight.I have coconut water just need a few other bits some like salam leaves & kencur may be a bit hard to locate.

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• moikel
• Sep 13, 2013

Confirmed its  dinner for one:biggrin:

It's not necessarily a bad thing....more pig head for you!

Really looking forward to seeing the pics! Have fun!
Clarissa

Table for Mr. Mongo, Table for one for Mr Mongo....... Women!

Hey, now. :68:


Just kidding, Foam. We're cool.

Have a great night!
Clarissa

 

[moikel]

OK the recipe I have has 2 ingredients I can't  find.Salam leaf (,Indonesian bay leaf) & ground  kencur(kaempferia galanga).I know where to go to give me the best chance of finding them but its to much of a hassle . Recipe says dont substitute European bay leaf.

So step one salt skin set aside.

Step 2 make spice paste.This would be for a 2.5 kg bit of belly originally that you would roll & tie.I will adjust it for quantity but leave it as per here.

80gm fresh turmeric,,12 birdseye chilli,8 red or golden shallots 5 garlic cloves 2 stalks of lemongrass 10gm bit of ginger  2 tabs coriander seed 2 tabs oil,1 tabs black peppercorns 1 tab galangal.

Chop all the chopables,crush the spices then process into a paste.

Mix 50gm of finely grated fresh turmeric or 1 tabs dried with 125ml water,here I am going to sub coconut water. This gets rubbed over skin so it looks like a sort of a bad spray tan

.Then leave in coool draughty place to dry for 30 mins or so.

If this was a 2.5 kg bit of belly you would rub spice paste over the meat sprinkle with finely sliced kaffir lime leaves & salam leaves then roll up & tie. Or stuff the cavity of small pig sew it up.

I will rub cut surfaces of head & sit it on a rack in the pan so paste doesn't burn. I will baste it with more coconut water.

 

[moikel]

OK  I have this close to ready to go .

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• moikel
• Sep 14, 2013

I will just let a bit of a pellicle form from the liquid on the left.

I added some cilantro root to the spice paste I will shred a few lime leaves to sprinkle on meat.I think I will put spice paste on it then let it rest in frig. I have seen curry leaf in some recipes & also blechan that fermented fish or shrimp paste but I am going to stick with this.The shrimp paste in the jars is a bit more user friendly.The stuff that comes in old school blocks is a bit hard core for me & thats all I  could find without going back to the city.

 

[moikel]

OK its cooking & the football finals are on.Boys night in.

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• moikel
• Sep 14, 2013

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• moikel
• Sep 14, 2013

I gave it a bit of a rub with some coconut oil,& a little more salt. Hope that crisps the skin.

The paste isnt a big jump from a lot of stuff I do already,coconut water I have used in other things.

Just wait & see.

 

[moikel]

Half way had to make up a set of ear guards so they didn't burn.Going crisp ,smells brilliant ,coconut water & oil giving it some great flavour.I am unsure about turning it 

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• moikel
• Sep 14, 2013

 

[moikel]

How does never eat anything bigger than your head fit here? Half was a meal.lots of of fun digging around for tasty bits & you get an ear & half a tongue. Brain had fallen out & was over cooked anyway. Photos I a bit.

 

[moikel]

Verdict ? Really special. Its not babi guling but its not a bad tune up game. 

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• moikel
• Sep 14, 2013

Dressed it with pan juices after this photo.

Lovely flavours

,bit of tinkering won't hurt.I will have to look for this kencur stuff.I can see some shrimp paste in that mix.I have left over spice paste I will add some shrimp paste & do a whole roast chicken for sunday night dinner to get a feel for it.I have leftover coconut water so it will be a do over but just different meat.

Lovely meat in the jowl & collar

,way back deep at rear of tongue it was still a little underdone but I was full after eating all that skin.

That was fun

.I think some sort of flat bread would have been nice with it.

Thanks for watching.

 

[webowabo]

Hey Mick... looks great.! I thought of you at the market yesterday when I saw a whole basket of pig heads frozen. .lol.
but your heads look great .. (or halved head pieces I should say) I agree with the collar meat being the best. .. I think my favorite on the pig. ..
Cheers!

 

[foamheart]

So did it smell good enough to tempt the Misses? She decide to have am ear sandwich after seeing how great it looked?

All joking aside, it does look great Moikel. You can send me her share.........

 

[foamheart]

How does never eat anything bigger than your head fit here? Half was a meal.lots of of fun digging around for tasty bits & you get an ear & half a tongue. Brain had fallen out & was over cooked anyway. Photos I a bit.

You reminded me of an old joke which can not be retold on a PG site, it involved making sure it didn't eat anything bigger than could pass thru the other end  though.......LOL

 

[moikel]

I will get the butchers daughter to eat suckling pig but head ain't going to happen

My butcher throws the heads off these small pigs away,not enough jowl to cure.

Nice flavours here that coconut water is a good ingredient,got natural sugar in it nothing added.

I will bust out a whole pig next time out.

 

[snorkelinggirl]

Gorgeous plated shot, I love the color on the head. Thanks for posting and sharing your meal with the rest of us!