Beyond Bacon: Paleo Recipes That Respect the Whole Hog

by Matthew McCarry

Overview

Beyond Bacon pays homage to the humble hog by teaching you how to make more than a hundred recipes featuring cuts from the entire animal. While bacon might be the most popular part of the pig for those following the paleo diet, there is a plethora of other delicious and nutrient dense cuts to enjoy.

Pastured pork is rich in Omega 3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), the "good fats" our doctors want us to eat. Beyond Bacon breaks the myths behind this often eschewed meat and shows you how create delectable dishes that are grain-, legume-, dairy-, and refined sugar-free. Beyond Bacon allows you to improve your health and the environment by focusing on sustainable swine.

Don't let the dried out pork of your youth scare you away. All the recipes in Beyond Bacon are elegant yet approachable, making it the ultimate cookbook for the foodie in you. You'll find:

• Grain-free Pie Crust, made with lard,
• Perfect Pork Chops, better than most restaurant steaks,
• Swedish Meatballs with liver gravy,
• Pho Soup with chitterling "noodles",
• instructions on how to properly BBQ and make your own sauces, and
• a guide to rendering your own CLA-rich lard and how to cook with it.

Beyond Bacon delivers mouth-watering photos for each delicious recipe. With a rustic aesthetic and appreciation for tradition, Beyond Bacon recreates the rich and wonderful food perfected generations ago in a healthful way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936608232
Publisher:	Victory Belt Publishing
Publication date:	07/02/2013
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Stacy Toth and Matthew McCarry are the couple behind the popular blog PaleoParents.com. They offer award-winning recipes and detail their successes with the paleo diet. Together they lost 200 pounds and, along with their three active boys, recovered from various health issues simply by lifestyle change.

Part of their journey has led them to an appreciation for the environmental and health benefits of sustainably raised, pastured animals. Their second book, Beyond Bacon, is a love letter to pork and intends to show you exactly how they cook every cut of the whole hog.

Stacy and Matt also authored, Eat Like a Dinosaur, a bestselling allergen-friendly paleo cookbook. You can find them on their top rated podcast, The Paleo View.

Table of Contents

Foreword Joel Salatin 6

Preface Stacy Matt 9

Why We Wrote this Love Letter to Pork

Why the Focus on Pastured Pork? 13

How to Find & Afford Pastured Pork 21

History of Pig Cultivation 29

The Science of Pork and Saturated Fat 33

Does Pork Affect Your Blood? 37

Out with The New and In with The Old 41

Will Pink Pork Kill Me? 45

What We Mean by "Quality" Ingredients 47

What Tools Do I Use? 50

How do I Get Started?

Smoking 54

Deep Frying 56

Sausage Stuffing 58

Recipes

The Basics: Lard, Stock, Sausages & Cured Meats 60

Play with Fire: Grilled & Smoked Recipes 88

Soups & Stews 110

Braised & Roasted Pork 122

Conventional Preparations 148

Fried Lard Goodness 184

Veggies & Sides 202

Sauces & Dressings 242

Sweet Thangs 260

Index 295

Resources 299

References 301