Recipe by Connie DeSousa from Top Chef Canada Episode 13.
ingredients
Brined Pork Tenderloin
Smoked Pork Tenderloin
Smoked Pork Hock Terrine
Rhubarb Compote
Pickled Vegetable Salad
Assembly
directions
Place all ingredients in a large pot, except for pork tenderloin over medium-high heat.
Bring to a boil and remove from heat to cool.
Add pork tenderloin to cooled Brine, place in fridge for 12 hours.
Remove pork tenderloin from Brine, pat dry and place on a cooling rack. Place in fridge to chill for Smoked Pork Tenderloin recipe, approximately 1 hour.
Soak 1 cup of wood chips in water for 10 minutes and prepare an ice bath.
Preheat oven to 200F.
Place another cup of dry wood chips in a foil packet. Place directly over the flame of a stove (or over the hot coals of a barbeque).
Once wood chips begin to smoke, poke holes in packet, add soaked wood chips, place in a Le Creuset Roasting Pan and immediately place in bottom of oven to retain smoke.
Fill a roasting pan with ice. Place cooling rack with Brined Pork Tenderloin over roasting pan and place in oven.
Cold smoke in oven until Brined Pork Tenderloin is tender and has reached an internal temperature of 145F, approximately 1 – 1½ hours.
Line a Le Creuset Terrine Mould with parchment paper.
In a bowl, mix ground pork and back fat, place in fridge to chill for 1 hour.
In a bowl, whisk cream and eggs together. Add breadcrumbs to make a panache and mix. Set aside until breadcrumbs absorb custard, approximately 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 300F.
Add diced pork hock and panache to bowl with ground pork. Add salt, spices and rosemary, mix to incorporate.
Place ½ of mixture along bottom of terrine, leaving a trench along centre.
Sprinkle gelatin on Brined and Smoked Pork Tenderloin. Place in the trench of the terrine.
Place remaining mixture on top of Brined and Smoked Pork Tenderloin.
Pour boiling water in a large stainless steel roasting pan 1/3 full to create a bain- marie to cook Smoked Pork Hock Terrine evenly. Cover terrine mould with lid and place in roasting pan with bain- marie.
Cook in oven until terrine reaches an internal temperature to 145F.
Chill Smoked Pork Hock Terrine in fridge for 24 hours before serving.
Place all ingredients in a bowl and set aside to macerate, approximately 1 hour.
Heat all ingredients in a medium Le Creuset Saucepan over medium heat.
Cook until liquid reduces and rhubarb becomes tender, approximately 10 minutes. Set aside for assembly.
Boil vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a small Le Creuset Saucepan over medium high heat.
Place red beets in a bowl. Place yellow beets and carrots in separate bowls. Divide liquid over vegetables and toss. Add caraway seeds to carrots and yellow beets.
Place bowls in fridge to chill, approximately 30 minutes.
Strain pickling liquid, place beets and carrots in a small bowl.
Add remaining ingredients, except for edible flowers, toss and set aside for assembly.
Place a piece of Smoked Pork Hock Terrine on one side of each plate
Spoon 1½ tablespoons of Rhubarb Compote in the centre of each plate.
Place equal amounts of Pickled Vegetable Salad beside Rhubarb Compote.
Garnish with edible flowers.
Place 2 pieces of toasted baguette beside Smoked Pork Hock Terrine and serve.