Grattons ou Gratterons

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
French Country Kitchen

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1987

  • About

These are the French equivalent of scratchings, small pieces of pork skin cooked until crisp and golden. We like them, served hot from the oven, sprinkled with a few crushed dried herbes de Provence to go with beer, cider or a country wine after an autumn morning of gardening or hill-walking.

Method

Cut the skin from a piece of belly pork or a joint of loin of pork. It can be from any piece of the pig. Leave a layer of fat under the skin about 2 cm(