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My mouth watered and my stomach panged when Stephanie at Momofukufor2.com conjured up Bacon Dashi.  Another tantalizing treat on her culinary quest to make every recipe in the Momofuku cookbook.

A long time Baconaholic, Steph proudly professes her undying love for real bacon and how her addiction started as a child.  I can relate to that…but you have to cook the bacon before you eat it….

Bacon Dashi is made with steeped konbu and simmered bacon, pure and simple…

…the fat is strained and the bacon broth is served with ramen noodles, fresh shiitakes and green onions…

Bacon Dashi Recipe

…and what’s this?  A bacon bowl to conserve and reanimate the precious boiled bacon…

…adding Potatoes & Clams to the Bacon Dashi (and of course more bacon) for an extraordinary combination of flavors…

Potatoes and Clams in Bacon Dashi Recipe

“What bacony recipes are coming up?” I asked my foodie friend, and she said “the book is full of bacony bits and almost bacony-bits, including Pork Belly Ssäm coming up in the near future, that I think will be real fun.”

That will be fun indeed, I’m definately hungry for more original and Momofuku recipes!

Thank you for reading my blog. 

Brad

Pork shoulder slowly braised in coffee and spices until fall off the bone tender and full of enticing familiar flavors, pulled into luscious tender morsels ….

Fresh juicy pineapple and spicy red onion, simmered slowly with a touch of cinnamon, then blended to create a crisp sweet sauce just perfect for the rich pulled pork…

Fluffy fresh King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls, the perfect size for a slider, ready to stuff full of pulled pork and pineapple sauce…

Put them together and you’ll have Pineapple Upsidedown Pulled Pork Sliders.

Easy to prepare on a day that requires more attention to NASCAR than cooking.

To prepare the Pineapple Upsidedown Pulled Pork Sliders you will need:

• 3 1/2 to 4 Lb Bone-in pork shoulder
• 1 cup hot coffee (I used coffeesofhawaii.com)
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 Tbsp Kosher Salt
• 1 tsp ground white pepper
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground allspice
• 1/4 tsp ground cumin
• 2-3 dashes Tabasco Sauce (Send them spicy gifts from the TABASCO(R) Country Store. Click to shop online.)
• 2 packages of 12 King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
• Pineapple Upsidown Sauce (recipe follows)

Preheat the oven to 225° F.  Place the pork shoulder in a dutch oven with a lid.

Whisk the brown sugar into the hot coffee until dissolved, then whisk in the water and spices.

Pour the mixture over the pork roast, cover and place it in the oven. 

Braise for 7 hours undisturbed until the pork roast is just falling apart.

Remove the pork from the liquid and allow it to cool in a separate bowl.  Once cooled shred by hand discarding any bones and large pieces of fat.

Strain the braising liquid into a saucepan and simmer on medium low heat for 1 hour until the liquid is reduced by at least half.

Reheat the pork in the saucepan with the reduced braising liquid.

To make the Pineapple Upsidedown Sauce you will need:

• 1 medium sized fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, and chopped into small pieces
• 1 small red onion, chopped
• 1 cup water
• dash ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp Kosher Salt
• 1 tsp corn starch

Combine the pineapple, red onion, water, cinnamon, and salt in a saucepan.  Simmer on medium heat 25-30  minutes until most of the water has evaporated.

Remove from heat and stir in the corn starch.  Blend well with a food processor or blender until smooth.  Cool completely before serving.

To assemble the slider:

Slice the King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls in half and spoon a generous helping of Pineapple Upsidedown Sauce on the bottom of the bun.

Top with the coffee braised pulled pork.

(Servings= 20-24, Prep Time= 15 mins, Cook Time= 8 hours)

PRINT RECIPE HERE

To eat the Pineapple Upsidedown Pulled Pork Slider:

Lounge in front of the TV and watch the end of the race, only getting up to make another slider.

The girls had a lazy day of NASCAR too (I think Kelli is an Earnhardt Jr. fan and Morgan likes Harvick)… 

Thank you for reading my blog. 

Brad

Braised Pork Shoulder

Pulled Pork