Roast Suckling Pig

Name: Roast Suckling Pig (Lechón Asado)
Yield: Serves 6-8, but cook 2 or 3 for a party
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cold water; 1 suckling pig, weighing about 3kg (6½lb); 4 bay leaves; 4 cloves of garlic, crushed; 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary; 4 sprigs of fresh thyme; 100g (4oz) lard; 2 tablespoons salt; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2-3 tablespoons dry white wine; Freshly ground black pepper

Lechón Asado

Preparation info

Serves
6-8
, but cook 2 or 3 for a party

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Floyd on Spain

By Keith Floyd

Published 1992

About

The way the Spanish serve suckling pig is not for the squeamish and faint-hearted because they do have a liking for very, very small suckling pigs probably weighing only 2kg (4lb) or so.

But, believe me, one of those split in half and rubbed with salt and sprinkled with thyme and rosemary

Ingredients

Europe
Spain
Main course
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Part of

Meat

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