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Pork Confit with Grilled Halloumi and Pickled Onions

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Pork Confit with Grilled Halloumi and Pickled Onions

Pork Confit with Grilled Halloumi and Pickled Onions



Preparation time

00:30 30min


Cooking time

00:480 480min


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Sandra Foodie Créative

Sandra Foodie Créative

Sandra is an amateur chef with a passion for cooking and local ingredients who is tearing it up on social media. She's known for her original take on recipes and exquisite presentation.

ingredients

  • 1 Olymel pork shoulder
  • About 1 litre (4 cups) duck fat
  • Salt and pepper
  • A few sprigs of thyme
  • 5 cloves garlic, roughly chopped

Pickled onions

  • 1 red onion
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp.) sugar
  • 5 ml (1 tsp.) coarse salt
  • 310 ml (1¼ cups) water
  • 180 ml (¾ cup) vinegar

Cheese and garnish

  • 2 blocks halloumi (grilling cheese)
  • Sprouts
  • Quebec honey
  • Crispy onions (optional)

instructions

  1. The day before serving, place pork shoulder in the slow cooker with the duck fat, salt, pepper, thyme and garlic. Cook on low at least 8 hours.
  2. In a saucepan, bring water, vinegar salt and sugar to a boil. Meanwhile, thinly slice the onion with a knife or mandoline.
  3. Pour boiling mixture over onions and refrigerate. Pickled onions keep about 6 months.
  4. The next day, remove meat from slow cooker and let cool. Preserve cooking fat for reuse.
  5. Pull the pork apart using two forks.
  6. Preheat griddle or BBQ. Slice the halloumi and grill until well browned on both sides.
  7. Salt and pepper to taste.

Suggestion

Arrange halloumi slices on a presentation board and top with the pork, pickled onions, crispy onions if desired, a few sprouts and a drizzle of honey.