Pork Pot Roasted in Milk

Name: Pork Pot Roasted in Milk (Maiale al Latte)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 5 tiny sprigs rosemary; salt and pepper; 1¾ pints (1 litre) milk; 18 fl oz (500 ml) dry white wine; 2 lb (1 kg) leg of pork, boned; 2 oz (50 g) butter; 5 sage leaves

Maiale al Latte

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Regional Cookery

By Valentina Harris

Published 1990

About

This is a very unusual way of cooking pork from Friuli, but the finished effect is deliciously tender and tasty. It is another classic dish of my childhood. Serve with potatoes and a cooked vegetable such as carrots.

Ingredients

2 lb (1 kg) leg of pork, boned
18 fl oz (500

Europe
Italy
Friuli
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Put the meat in a non-metallic bowl, cover with the wine and leave to marinate in a cool place for between 6 hours and 2 days. The longer you leave it, the better the flavour and the more tender the meat will be. Remove the meat, dry it carefully with kitchen paper and brown it all over in a deep flameproof casserole with the butter and herbs. Season with salt and pepper, cover with the milk an