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Fromage de Porc
Preparation info
- Serves
8 or 9
- Difficulty
Complex
Appears in
By Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd
Published 1957
Pigs’ heads are extremely cheap and make an excellent brawn. Half a head will provide enough brawn for 8 or 9 people. See that the butcher splits it in 3 pieces, or no saucepan will be large enough to contain it.
Ingredients
½ a 2 3
Method
Wash the pig’s head, remove the teeth, singe off any bristles attaching to the skin, and scrape the tongue. Put it in the largest saucepan you have, and add the vegetables, seasoning, wine, vinegar, and water to cover. Simmer the head very gently for at least 3 hours, when all the flesh should leave the bones.
Strain the juice and vegetables through a sieve, remove the fat, and return t