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Baked Pio

A whole pig baked in an oven, coated with beaten egg white.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Baked Pio

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare the pig as for roasting.

  2. Place it in a baking dish.

Coat and bake

  1. Thoroughly coat the pig with the beaten egg white.

  2. Bake in the oven without basting or further attention until crisp.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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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What each ingredient does

Pig
Is the main cooked item, providing all the meat and the skin that becomes crisp.
Egg white
Forms a thin coating that dries and helps the skin turn crisp and golden in the oven.

“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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