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Hind Quarter of Sucking Pig
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Cut off the skin of the hind quarter.
Cover it with paper.
Roast and serve
Roast in a 400°F (200°C) oven for about 45 minutes.
Ten minutes before it's done, remove the paper and baste the pig.
Serve with gravy underneath, along with mint sauce and salad.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Mint + saucetop 32% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together568 recipes
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What each ingredient does
- Suckling pig hind quarter
- The main meat, whose fat moistens the flesh as it roasts.
- Gravy
- Adds moisture and savoury flavour beneath the carved meat.
- Mint sauce
- Its sharp, herbal acidity contrasts with the rich pork.
The step that matters
Remove the paper and baste the pig ten minutes before it's done. The paper shields the meat while it cooks. Removing it near the end lets the surface brown and crisp, and basting spreads the rendered fat and juices over the meat, adding colour and moisture.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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