Well
Hellloooo there!
Let
me start off with a big thanks to Marie for allowing me to bring my
ridiculousness to her lovely blog! This is my first guest post and I'm at
a complete loss over what to say. Before that, I was at a complete loss over
what to make. Fortunately but unfortunately, I made these pulled pork
sandwiches yesterday. This is fortunate, because it gave me something delicious
to use for this post. This is unfortunate, because in the process of devouring
my sandwich, there was an incident, a mishap of spilled BBQ sauce on my favorite
light blue dress.
My
favorite light blue dress that I purchased at full price from Anthropologie
during a moment of insanity. At the time the purchase didn't seem crazy...
No, no.. American Express gives you 30 days to come to that realization. So now
I have a cute little blue dress with an abstract painting of BBQ sauce on it. But the tender, juicy, tangy-sweet tastes of these sandwiches were so worth it.
These
pulled pork sandwiches, are everything that I love about food and BBQ... minus
Bourbon. There
should have been Bourbon.
Instead,
there is Cane syrup mixed in with your basic ingredients for BBQ sauce, and
what you have is a succulent piece of pulled pork that can barely be contained
by 2 pieces of bread.
Cane
Syrup is a sweetener, made from the concentration of cane juice that's been
cooked in open kettles. It was often incorporated into a lot of dishes growing
up. For as long as my memory serves me, the distinctive yellow Steen Brothers
label was constantly sitting on the counter. Waiting its turn to be poured into
the marinades, the cake mixes, the gingerbreads and sometimes even the
cocktails.
It's
truly a southern staple... sorta like Duke's mayo.
With Marie being in Texas and I in the great state of Georgia, we share a love of BBQ. So let's have a cookout, a backyard soiree. I'll bring these little beauties, Marie will bring her Coconut Banana Cream Pie, and y'all bring some napkins. Better yet -- bibs, cause this could get messy.
Cane Syrup Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Prep
Time- 20 mins Cook Time- 6 hours Yield- 12 servings
Ingredients:
1
pork roast, preferably shoulder or Boston butt
2
tbsp paprika
1
tbsp garlic powder
1
tbsp light brown sugar
1
tbsp dry mustard
2
tbsp kosher salt
Cane Syrup BBQ Sauce:
½
cup cane syrup (I use Steen Brothers)
3
cup ketchup
2
tbsp yellow mustard
1tbsp
Worcestershire sauce
1
tsp hot sauce
2
garlic cloves, smashed
1
tsp salt
1
tsp cayenne
½
tsp freshly ground pepper
Hamburger
buns
Directions:
In
a small bowl, mix paprika, garlic powder, brown sugar, dry mustard, and
salt. Rub spice blend all over pork roast. Place roast in bowl or
container, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
When
ready to cook, whisk together all ingredients for the sauce in a separate bowl
until well combined. Place pork roast in slow cooker. Pour prepared sauce over
the meat, set slow cooker to high and cook for about 6 hours.
Remove
the roast from slow cooker and shred with a fork. Return the shredded meat to
the slow cooker mixing in with the sauce. Let sit in slow cooker on low until
ready to serve.
Serve
piled on a bun topped with slaw if you like.
Adapted
from Food Network