Leg of Pork
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the leg of pork in cold water for 1 hour.
Place the pork in a pot with cold water.
Cook and serve
Bring to a gentle boil and cook for 2 hours.
Serve garnished with pea pudding.
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
- Leg of pork
- Provides the main meat, which becomes tender as its connective tissue slowly breaks down in moist heat.
The step that matters
Bring to a gentle boil. Keeping the water at a gentle simmer cooks the meat evenly. A hard, rapid boil toughens the surface fibres and can break the joint apart.
“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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