Old Speckled Hen Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Help I have been given two pigs trotters. What can I do with them? OK what I mean is how can I cook them? Anybody any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 You can make jelly for a pork pie..... Lesley may know other recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Can they be used for pea & ham soup? Lesley will know better! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 My dad eats these. When he got them last i found a recipe for them that involved boiling them up til cooked and soft and then finish them off in the oven. I seem to remember someone once doing them on "come dine with me" Will have a look later. You could then just eat the ham or make soup or whatever. Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Excellent. I love trotters. The problem isn't really cooking them; it's dissecting them. Feet in general contain a huge number of bones, so either you spend a fair while picking out the bones as part of the cooking or you dish them up bones and all and get your diners to share the workload. As far as cooking's concerned, simmering for about 45 minutes will see them done. Obviously, you may well want to do that simmering in something flavoursome, hence treating the trotters like any other meat for stewing (fry up some onions and root vegetables, brown the trotters and then add your liquid and any other ingredients such as beans and spices - you know the kind of thing). When you've done, the liquor you end up with will contain LOTS of gelatine, so will set very firmly if you let it cool. Personally speaking, though, despite how much I like trotters, I'd probably take the opportunity to make a proper pork pie. The meat from the trotters will incorporate very well with the rest of the pork you use and the liquor will set everything solidly enough that it'll all retain its shape nicely when you cut through the raised crust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yum! You've got my mouth watering already! I love pork pie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Exactly as Major says! We only use them for pork pie jelly, adding the cooked meat to the pie meat. You can also use the meat to make potted meat or brawn (along with the head meat) and things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Thanks all. I think it will be pork pie. Never made one I'll google a recipe Will go nicely with the beetroot pickled eggs I made and a glass of Old Speckled Hen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
