Broiled Pigs' Feet, a LA Barnum
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wrap each pigs' foot in a cotton bandage, winding it 2 or 3 times around and securing it with twine.
Cook
Boil the wrapped pigs' feet for 4 hours.
Keep the feet in the bandage until ready to broil, fry, or pickle.
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
- Pigs' feet
- Provide the main body of the dish, with skin and connective tissue that turn tender and gelatinous after long cooking.
“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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