Ingredients
1 pork butt (blade pork roast)
2 quarts water
1/4 cup liquor (corn, moonshine)
3/4 cup honey (Blue Lake)
1/2 cup salt
4 quarts water
1 ham bone
2 carrots (rough chop)
3 onions (rough chop)
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (fresh)
1 cup cocoa
1 cup pecans
8 ounces jelly (wt Scumpernong)
16 ounces fig preserves
16 ounces butter (wt sweet potato)
2 onions
1 cup garlic (peeled)
1/4 cup chipotle chiles
2 tablespoons cayenne
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 cup apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup malt vinegar
1/2 cup rice vinegar
2 cups molasses (blackstrap)
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons garlic (pureed)
1 pound butter
1 teaspoon ginger (fresh ground)
1 teaspoon cloves (fresh ground)
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons ancho chiles (chopped)
1 tablespoon dry mustard
3 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper (fresh ground)
1/2 onion (juiced)
2 jalapeno chile (fresh)
3 lemon juiced
1 lime juiced
4 sardines
Instructions
- Debone butt, roast bone and reserve for broth
- Cut butt in a spiral formation ending in a long, wide “hanger steak” looking piece of meat.
- Brine meat and cure for 24 hours
- With roasted bone, combine broth ingredients and simmer for one hour and strain
- Combine all ingredients of the mole and process into a thick paste
- Remove pork butt from brine, smother with mole’ and smoke for 3 hours at 250 degrees F (approx.)
- Combine
- Pull from smoker and transfer to grill. Cook till colored and tender, marinating with broth and mop.