Barbacued Pig

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (18)
Forcemeat
Roasting
Sauce finishing
Garnish
Instructions (11)
  1. Prepare a pig about ten weeks old as for roasting.
  2. Make a forcemeat of two anchovies, six sage leaves, and the liver of the pig, all chopped very small.
  3. Put them into a mortar, with the crumb of half a penny loaf, four ounces of butter, half a tea-spoonful of chyan pepper, and half a pint of red wine.
  4. Beat them all together to a paste, put it in the pig's belly, and sew it up.
  5. Lay your pig down at a good distance before a large brisk fire, singe it well.
  6. Put into your dripping-pan three bottles of red wine, and baste it well with this all the time it is roasting.
  7. When it is half done, put under the pig two penny loaves, and if you find your wine too much reduced, add more.
  8. When your pig is near enough, take the loaves and sauce out of your dripping-pan, and put to the sauce one anchovy chopped small, a bundle of sweet herbs, and half a lemon.
  9. Boil it a few minutes, then draw your pig, put a small lemon or apple in the pig's mouth, and a leaf on each side.
  10. Strain your sauce, and pour it on boiling hot.
  11. Send it up whole to table, and garnish with barberies and sliced lemon.
Original Text
Barbacued Pig. PREPARE a pig about ten weeks old as for roast- ing. Make a forcemeat of two anchovies, six sage leaves, and the liver of the pig, all chopped very small; then put them into a mortar, with the crumb of half a penny loaf, four ounces of butter, half a tea-spoonful of chyan pepper, and half a pint of red wine. Beat them all to- gether to a paste, put it in the pig's belly, and sew it up. Lay your pig down at a good distance before a large brisk fire, singe it well, put into your dripping-pan three bottles of red wine, and baste it well with this all the time it is roasting. When it is half done, put under the pig two penny loaves, and if you find your wine too much reduced, add more. When your pig is near enough, take the loaves and sauce out of your dripping-pan, and put to the sauce one anchovy chopped small, a bundle of sweet herbs, and half a lemon. Boil it a few minutes, then draw your pig, put a small lemon or apple in the pig's mouth, and a leaf on each side. Strain your sauce, and pour it on boiling hot. Send it up whole to table, and garnish with barberies and sliced lemon.
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