Shaved Ham Salad With Pickled Fennel, Spelt, Spring Vegetables And Smoked Lard Vinaigrette

• 5 pounds pork knuckle and top round
• 3 cups equilibrium brine with TCM #1*
• 1/2 cup fish sauce
• 6 turnips blanched
• 8 radishes blanched
• fava beans As needed, blanched
• 2 cups champagne vinegar
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 3 tablespoons red miso
• 2 bulbs fennel shaved thin
• 2 cups spelt
• 4 cups water
• 2 cups veal stock
• salt To taste
• 1/2 pound butter
• 1/8 cup pork stock from cooking ham
• 2 pounds fresh pork fat scraped from the skin
• water As needed
• 1 bulb garlic
• 1 onions
• 2 shallots
• fresh thyme As needed
• 1/2 cup Balsamico Bianco
• 2 lemon juice
• salt To taste

1. 1. For the Ham: Sous vide in equilibrium brine and fish sauce at 85u0b0C for 12-16 hours. When finished strain and reserve cooking liquid, chill, smoke and freeze ham. Then shave thinly on a meat slicer
2. 2. For the Pickled Fennel: Combine all ingredients except fennel and bring to boil. Pour over fennel, vacuum-seal and boil in bag until tender
3. 3. For the Spelt: Soak overnight in water, then cook with water, veal stock and salt to taste
4. 4. For the Spring Vegetables: Cook vegetables in Beurre Monte
5. 5. For the Smoked Lard Vinaigrette: In a pot, add fat and water. Cook with garlic, onion, shallots and fresh thyme until it renders. Once rendered, strain, smoke and mix with vinegar, garlic and lemon juice, salt to taste
6. 6. To serve: Combine Pickled Fennel, Spelt, and Spring Vegetables and toss with Smoked Lard Vinaigrette until coated; add to bottom of bowl. Top with Shaved Ham and Garnish. Drizzle with additional vinaigrette if desired

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Shaved-Ham-Salad-with-Pickled-Fennel_-Spelt_-Spring-Vegetables-and-Smoked-Lard-Vinaigrette-2255204 (may not work)