Meat Kit
Subscriptions
Now available for pick up at both locations!
Butcher-curated meals featuring our
exceptional meats and hand-picked dry goods.
Monthly Meat Kits
By popular demand, we are thrilled to offer a curated monthly meat kit program at PBC. Each month, you can expect a handcrafted printed recipe and expertly written insights from one of our very own butchers. Dive deeper into our premium meats, learn about the farms we source from, and discover the exceptional quality dry goods that grace our shelves. With enough meat and dry goods to feed a family of four, this monthly kit is a culinary adventure waiting to happen.
How it Works
All meat kits will be made available for pickup on the second Thursday of every month at the shop of your choosing (Greenpoint or Prospect Heights). Choose between a 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month subscription.
Your kit will include meat and dry goods from PBC along with a printed recipe card. You’ll also receive an email newsletter with a write-up about the meats and dry goods included and maybe a story or two from the butcher that curated the recipe. This email also includes a digital version of the recipe, so if you lose the card, no sweat!
Designed to give you a much-needed break from meal planning, these kits will not only save you time but also inspire you with delicious dinner ideas. Whether you're treating yourself or surprising someone special, our meat kits make the perfect gift. Experience the joy of effortless meal preparation and let your culinary creativity flourish. Elevate your dining adventures with the finest quality meats in our meticulously curated kits.
A preview of the monthly newsletter accompanying your meat kit…
We bring to you this month one of my favourite tacos, lamb barbacoa. Traditional barbacoa, which is popular in both Mexico and the Caribbean, would be cooked with hot rocks in a pit dug into fresh earth – we’re not gonna do this. Not just because it’s difficult and time consuming, but also because any earth you’re gonna find in Brooklyn will most certainly not be fresh, and we don’t like our meat seasoned with heavy metals and rat leavings. No, we’re gonna do this the modern way, where the meat is steamed in a delicious broth in the oven (stovetop works too).
You can tackle this dish a variety of ways – dutch oven, roasting pan, or slow cooker. This is one of the rare times where I won’t fully recommend a slow cooker as they don’t reduce the liquid enough. That said, if you’re in a pinch or just want to use a crock, go crazy, the police aren’t gonna come. Have some fun with it. A blender or food processor of some kind is also highly recommended. If you don’t have one, don’t worry! You can still cook everything just as before, just skip the blending. If you only have an immersion blender, this will still work, just blend at the end of the cook (with the meat removed, natch), instead of before.
As always with these traditional recipes (and PBC’s house style) you’re gonna want to go a little off-piste with it, and that’s rad as hell. Throw whatever you want in there, make it your own. There are very few wrong answers, and the ones that do exist aren’t even all that wrong…
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Greg Brockman, co-founder & meat kit curator