Mortadella with Pistachio and Black Pepper

Adapted by StarChefs.com
May 2014
Yield: 3 kilograms

INGREDIENTS:

450 grams pork jowl
1.2 kilograms PII (mixture marbled pork muscle and stringy fat)
1.05 kilograms 50/50 pork (muscle with 1:1 meat:fat ratio)
54 grams kosher salt
6 grams Insta Cure #1
9 grams sugar
300 grams ice bran flakes
6 grams cracked black pepper
3 grams ground coriander seeds
shelled pistachios
3 synthetic casings, soaked in water 10 minutes

METHOD:

Mortadella with Pistachio and Black Pepper

In a bowl of simmering watering, poach jowl 5 minutes. Submerge in an ice bath to chill; then pat dry. Mix together PII and 50/50 pork. Through a meat grinder fitted with a 3/8-inch die, grind meat. Starting with the meat mixture at 32ºF, bowl-chop meat with kosher salt, Instacure, and sugar and cure until the mixture reaches 40ºF, gradually incorporating ice. Continue to bowl-chop until mixture reaches 53ºF, building a smooth paste as you go. Add pepper, coriander, and pistachios and combine. Pipe mixture into casings, tie off, and hang 4 days to cure and dry. Prepare and heat an electric smoker to 170ºF with a water bath but no wood chips. Cook mortadella in smoker until the internal temperature reaches 150ºF. Remove from smoker and cool.