Hi, there's a store that has pork shoulder butt roasts which look sort of like a thick chuck roast. Kind of like they took the whole butt and sliced it up.
Anyway is there a name that distinguishes this from a regular pork butt ?
I'll post some pics from my phone in a minute.
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Last edited by zzdocxx; September 12, 2020, 04:39 PM.
They just cut it into smaller roasts. Local store near my house will have butts for sale at $0.98/lb and limit two per family. Trick is they cut the butts in half and place in tray packs, so all the butts you buy are about 2.5-3.5 pounds. Takes a lot of trips when cooking for a fundraiser.
My local grocery calls these just a pork shoulder roast. I buy them all the time because they are smaller than a full butt and I usually cook for just two.
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I can't tell for sure from the picture, but it looks like it could be pork collar (AKA pork neck, AKA coppa, AKA Money Muscle). The collar is cut from the upper portion of the pork shoulder butt. I almost always liberate it from the butt prior to cooking the remainder into pulled pork. Below is a picture of one I liberated. Makes great smoked pork for slicing when smoked to IT about 145-150º.
SRF sells them for a fortune, but I've never tried their's.
Get this all the time in Argentina. Called "Bondiola" top half of the boston that also includes the money muscle. Perfect for smoking or slicing into steaks.
I cut meat for HEB here in Texas and we take a whole pork shoulder and cut it in half. One is bone in, the other boneless. They’re labeled as Boston butts.
Referring to the pics above: The round part on the far end, it is next to the bone and that is the piece that gave me trouble. When the whole near end was perfect, that part was still very firm to probage. Also the temp didn't seem to want to come up.
What I did was to cut off the part that was done and to leave that round piece with the bone on the grill for a while. The temp just didn't come up and even seemed to drop. I finally thought it was getting a little ridic and just pulled it off. Cut of a bit with a knife and it was OK. Not falling apart to the same degree as the close end though.
Which is the money part ? Is that round part typically more tough than the rest of the cut ?
Thanks everyone !
PS that round part is tucked alongside the bone if that helps.
Last edited by zzdocxx; September 12, 2020, 09:30 PM.
NO, the "money" is tender and does not seem to be present in that photo. On a typical butt it gets tougher the lower you get on the roast, as it pertains to its position on miss piggy. Higher up= less work, and that is where the money muscle is located.
That is the shoulder butt from the rare basselope - most of these have been assigned to the Trump 'Super Duper' missile program, but some do survive in the wild.
Get this all the time in Argentina. Called "Bondiola" top half of the boston that also includes the money muscle. Perfect for smoking or slicing into steaks.
From the internet:
La Bondiola is a particular cut of pork, unique in its dimensions and presentation, that can be found at any typical restaurant in Buenos Aires. Taken from the shoulder and neck, its nearest North American equivalent would be the Boston Butt, but Porteños usually don’t cook it as an entire roast like the yanquis. You can find bondiola in fiambre (lunchmeat) form or ready for the asador at your local carnicerÃa.
The sandwich de bondiola, with luscious, thick slices of pork and salsa bondiolacriolla or chimichurri or even barbacoa (if your tastes lie that way) is one of the flavors you can’t miss when you come to Buenos Aires. Head down to Costanera Sur in Puerto Madero to sample this reasonably priced delicacy made by a professional. With an array of fresh veggies and salsas to choose from, you can’t go wrong. Order it completo if you want them to add ham, cheese and a fried egg on top of all that delicious pork. Your vegetarian friends can order a provoleta sandwich if they are unfortunate enough to be trying to eat in BA.
For the gourmet experience, try the bondiola rellena at your favorite BA steakhouse. Imagine tender, exquisite pork stuffed with plums, mushrooms, or even bacon if you are a glutton for porkishment. The bondiola mechada con panceta at La Cabrera comes highly recommended, if not a little pricey. No matter how you slice it, bondiola is a savory delight you can’t pass up when you visit Buenos Aires.
La Bondiola is a particular cut of pork, unique in its dimensions and presentation, that can be found at any typical restaurant in Buenos Aires. Discover More.
zzdocxx Last one I did was a 7 lb, bone in roast. I cut it so one half had the bone, and one half didn't. By the end, the bone just pulled out. Both sides were delicious.
Thing is, the whole butts at Costco Biz Ctr, the bones are removed.
Without the bone, I would need to rethink the geometry as far as cutting them in two. In the first crisis of the pandemic, I just wanted to get some stuff in the freezer. Not knowing any better, I just cut the boneless butts crosswise in three pieces. Not realizing also how much they shrink. Also with bone out they tend to unravel, probably need twine.
Hmmm...got to think about that.
Last edited by zzdocxx; September 14, 2020, 03:28 PM.
OK today I cooked one pork butt shoulder which I had previously cut in half and vak packed and frozen, and one of those flat pork roasts as pictured above. The reason being that there weren't enough leftovers last time. So I am talking three pieces of pork.
I have some pics.
It came out perfect and awesome, I am getting the hang of this. We are calling it "carnitas".
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