347. Sucking Pig

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

for the pig

Sucking Pig
veal stuffing ↝ Veal, ground, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]

for the sauce

the brains ↝ Brains [Liver and organ meats]
a little brown sauce
white melted butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

to serve with

apple sauce ↝ Applesauce, regular [Apples]

Instructions (4)

Before putting the pig upon the spit, it requires to be floured and rubbed very dry, otherwise the skin would not eat crisp.
The usual method of serving it is to cut off the head, and divide the body and head of the pig in halves lengthwise.
Pour over some sauce made of the brains and a little brown sauce, or of white melted butter, nicely seasoned with salt, pepper, and sugar.
Serve apple sauce separate in a boat, if approved of.

Original Text

347. Sucking Pig is merely plain roasted, stuffed with veal stuffing, but before putting it upon the spit it requires to be floured and rubbed very dry, otherwise the skin would not eat crisp; the usual method of serving it is to cut off the head, and divide the body and head of the pig in halves lengthwise; pour over some sauce made of the brains and a little brown sauce, or of white melted butter, nicely seasoned with salt, pepper, and sugar; serve apple sauce separate in a boat, if approved of.

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