I just inherited a rack of pork from my new years resolution vegan coworker. I'm unfamiliar with the cooking process and all recipes suggest coating it with dijon, then herbs and baking.
Is this the best option? I'm planning on making this to impress a first date and really want to wow her. Any tips / recipes would be greatly appreciated.
bake it a day ahead of time
refrigerate
then grill it with a homemade sauce
>>8435241
>Is this the best option?
That's kind of a subjective question, but it's certainly a good choice IMHO.
>>Any tips
Don't try and do something new and different for a date. That's asking for disaster. Do something you know you can make perfectly. Save the experimentation for a regular evening, not a date.
>>8435252
>Don't try and do something new and different for a date
I hear ya, but I'm broke as fuck (hence cooking as a first date) and this is all I have. Thanks for your input though.
>>8435260
then cut it in half. Do a test-cook in advance with half of it to get your procedure down. Then do the 2nd half for your date.
>>8435271
>impress a date with a quarter rack
don't
>>8435260
Good luck bro, assuming that you are a white heterosexual male.
>>8435241
Baking then grilling would work ok but remember to bake no higher than 225F for around 5 hours so the meat tenderizes. The grilling will just be to caramalize for extra flavor.
But if you have an outside bbq grill, why not set it up to smoke with indirect heat at a temperature @ 225F? You could do that by pushing the coals to one side placing wood chunks soaked in water on the coals and putting the ribs on the side opposite the coals. Granted, you'll have to monitor it to make sure the temp stays around 225F, but it's not rocket science.