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Cracked Black Pepper is a culinary standard for prime cuts
of meat all over the world as well as throughout history.
Black pepper begins to show up in recorder history about
327 B.C., read more below.
Knox's All Natural Cracked
Pepper dry rub is superior for creating steak marinades
with a gourmet flair. Our blend of quality black pepper
adds peppery bite to fragrant oregano, garlic and other
herbs and spices. Balanced flavor and aroma enhances the
natural flavor of steak and other choice cuts of meat. Do
you buy spice blends to season your food? Are they
full of salt? Our dry rubs are NOT
mostly salt and the salt we use is a gourmet flake sea salt.
Only enough to reserve the succulence of your food.
Our recipe is derived from a traditional Brazilian preparation
of grilling meat called Churrasco. We had the opportunity
to taste home made Churrasco in Botiva, Brazil several years
ago and luckily wrote down a recipe. We were told traditional
Churrasco could be as simple as packing meat in salt before
grilling. More adventurous barbecue chef's balance aromatic
herbs and intensely flavorful spices to bring out natural
flavor. Our recipe follows this line of thought, well balanced,
flavorful and aromatic. A Brazilian barbecue rub that is fit
for steak and other choice cuts of meat. Knox's Cracked
Pepper barbecue rub is an excellent all around condiment that
could replace your table ground pepper. We use it to make
a light and slightly salad
dressing that doubles as an excellent vegetable dip
or even a sandwich sauce. It is great sprinkled on salad
adding a bite with a little crunch or in mashed potatoes
or even sausage gravy.
How to use Knox's Cracked Pepper rub
Sprinkle liberal amounts of Knox's Cracked Pepper dry rub
over meat and massage. Rubbing infuses the flavors directly
into the surface and helps release the flavor in the rub.
For easy clean up, place meat in a zip lock bag. Sprinkle
with liberal amounts of Knox's Cracked Pepper rub and rub
from outside the bag. If you are going to use a meat hammer
to tenderize your steak, sprinkle dry rub on prior to tenderizing.
Rub by hand after you have finished.
Apply several hours before grilling and refrigerated until
ready or directly before barbecuing.
Wet Cracked Pepper Rub - Steak Marinades
Mixing Knox's Cracked Pepper rub with oil, melted butter,
vinegar or citrus is an excellent way to personalize a wet
rub to be used on a brisket, roast or whole poultry. Mix Knox's
Cracked Pepper Dry Rub with a couple of tablespoons of melted
butter, extra virgin olive oil or your favorite steak sauce
to make succulent steak marinades. Also a peppery condiment
for potatoes and salad.
• 1/2 stick melted butter or 1/4 cup olive oil (1/2
cup *citrus juice for chicken and pork).
• 1 tablespoon Knox's Cracked Pepper rub
* We prefer 50% orange juice - 50% lemon juice. But feel
free to experiment with whatever you like. Different types
of oil can also make your wet rub deliciously unique. A
teaspoon of toasted sesame seed oil or chili oil can add
depth to the flavor and personalize your wet rub. Mixtures
of oil and citrus, such as 1/4 cup of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon
of chili oil and 1 tablespoon of Cracked Pepper rub also
create an equally delicious marinade.
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Mix together melted butter or oil and Cracked Pepper rub.
Spoon over steak, chicken or pork and rub into surface or
place contents in a zip lock bag and massage. If you use
butter, make sure butter is melted but not hot.
Barbecue immediately or place in refrigerator until ready
to cook.
Knox's Cracked Pepper rub can also be used as a sprinkle
to spice up salads.
A brief history of Cracked Pepper
dry rub
Salt and pepper have been used hand in hand throughout
recorded history. We have known this as Brazilian Barbecue,
where you take a roast, pack it with cracked pepper and
salt and slowly grill it. We have known it as a standard
preparation for beef steaks, quickly seared and served medium
rare.
Possibly the oldest and most commonly used spice in the
world. Pepper begins to surface in history around 327 B.C.
from India, probably from some unscrupulous invader. Used
to pay ransoms (3000 pounds of pepper for Rome) and at times
worth its weight in gold (1488 A.D.). The only history we
can provide for the first human to use cracked black pepper
and salt as a dry rub is that they enjoyed grilling out.
Cracked Pepper
Cracked pepper has many culinary uses, from salad to steak
and every possible combination in between. Black pepper
is found in almost every cuisine on our planet and highly
prized for the mildly spicy flavor and aroma. You will find
it in dry rubs as well as pickling spices and seafood boils.
Knox's Cracked Pepper dry rub uses high quality black peppercorns,
herbs ,spices and gourmet mill grind sea salt. Quality salt
aids in bonding with the fats in meat to retain the natural
moistness. Aromatic herbs finish our Cracked Pepper dry
rub as a well rounded aromatic and flavorful spice blend
perfect for choice cuts of meat.
Cracked Pepper Dry Rub, at your service.
More information:
Encyclopedia
of Spices: Pepper, Piper Nigrum
Health
Benefits: Black Pepper
Black
pepper history from Plant Cultures
Cracked
Pepper Dressing
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