Why it works: Truffle and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,490 recipes. The science ↓
Pigs Feet
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the cooked pig's feet in half lengthwise and remove the bones.
Wrap the pig's feet with forcemeat.
Place a few slices of truffles on each side of the pig's feet, under the caul.
Cook the wrapped pig's feet as you would crepinettes.
Serve with perigueux sauce.
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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Truffle + saucetop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,490 recipes
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