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Pig's trotters are the feet of pigs. The cuts are used in various dishes around the world, and have increased in popularity since the late-2000s financial crisis.[1]
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Prior to sale the trotters are cleaned and typically have the hairs removed by the use of a hot tank and beaters.[2] They are often used in cooking to make stocks, as they add thickness to gravy, although they are also served much as a normal cut of meat.[2]
Chef Marco Pierre White has long served trotters at his restaurants,[3] based on the original recipe of mentor Pierre Koffmann.[4] In the New York restaurant Hakata Tonton, 33 of the 39 dishes served contain pig's trotters[5].
Following the late-2000s financial crisis, there has been a boom in popularity of pig's trotters in the United Kingdom as a revival in cheap meat recipes occurred.[1] In 2008, British supermarket Waitrose reintroduced trotters to its stores,[3] and found that they quickly became popular.[1] In 2009, Pierre Koffmann set up a pop-up restaurant, and found that diners ate an entire month's stock of 500 pig's trotters in less than a week.[1]
Recipes and combinations
- Bean crock/les pais au fou, in Jersey, Channel Islands
- Cappello da prete in Modena, Italy
- Cotechino in Modena, Italy
- Crubeens in Ireland
- Pezinhos de coentrada (trotters with coriander), in Alentejo, Portugal
- Pied de cochon in Sainte-Menehould, France
- Tebichi, in Okinawa, Japan
- Tom tin moo in Laos
- Zampone in Modena, Italy
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Carmichael, Sri (21 October 2009). "Pig's trotters fly off the shelves as customers seek cheap meat cuts". The Evening Standard. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23758922-pigs-trotters-fly-off-the-shelves-as-customers-seek-cheap-meat-cuts.do.
- ^ a b Heath, Adrian (30 October 2009). "A modern bargain: Pig's Trotters". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8332000/8332186.stm.
- ^ a b Wallop, Henry (21 September 2008). "Credit crunch sees Bath chaps, ox cheek and pigs trotters return". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3041958/Credit-crunch-sees-Bath-chaps-ox-cheek-and-pigs-trotters-return.html.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (20 June 2010). "Pierre Koffmann: 'Not enough British chefs cook from the heart'". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/20/pierre-koffmann-chef-interview.
- ^ MacDonald Smith, Fiona (3 March 2008). "Pigs' feet: the new superfood". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3353631/Pigs-feet-the-new-superfood.html.
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