vervialle Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Not very french I suppose, but with the abundance of cooked beans in Jars to be had in France, I think it makes a nice tasty meal.I happen to live in Essex near a very old traditional farm, that rears a few animals and grows organic vegetables,for those of us chosen few, we scribble a name in an old exercise book in the farm shop and when your name comes to the top of the list,you are offered 1/4 of a cow. half a pig or half a lamb.When the phonecall comes it is like winning the lottery as the meat is wonderful, the animals are cared for like pets, all have names and you can taste the happiness in the meat.Well I got my phonecall 4 weeks ago and I now have a large amount of gloucester old spot,a breed of pig with a wonderful flavour.The recipe is for belly of pork.Place the slices in a casserole dish or slow cooker and cook for about 4hours slowly, with an onnion chopped carrot and salt and pepper, when tender remove from the stock and cook in a hot oven on a rack, this will turn them crispy and get rid of any excess fat. Meanwhile reduce the stock by continuous boiling to about one pint and add your beans, canneloni, haricots any will do, whilst they are cooking, mix 2 tablespoons of wine vinegar with three tablespoons of olive oil,and a hanful of fresh basil or pesto if you have not got the basil, cook in a pan until a nice thick sauce develops.When the slices of belly pork are crispy, serve on top of your beans with the basil salsa or sauce drizzled all over them.I have noticed in France Belly pork is much more expensive than in England, which leads me to believe the french do not consider it to be a cheap cut.I still cannot bring myself to do anything with the trotters, I think it stems from my childhood of seing my grandmother disecting them along with a pigs head and big bowlfuls of brawn.UGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Paragraphs please[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgy Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I saw that one of the large UK Supermarkets had been selling I think it was sausage with the LabelGloucester Old Spot therby giving it a bit of clout. It had been crossed with other piggies and was not agenuine Old Spot. When challenged they said it is mentioned on the rear of the packaging. CHEATS I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vervialle Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 It really is lovely tasting pork, I have never seen them in France, will check it out next time I am down.Perhaps the old breeds are comming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TefkaC Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 HelloYou can get GOS's in france (Pigs in france website), I am still trying to convince my misses that we need 2, even if I did manage it, the killing would be another thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 And there is an excellent organic pig farm in Campagne (24) owned by Brits who rear GoS and Saddlebacks and sell the meat, sausages, gammon and bacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Tony,Do you have any contact details for them please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Send me a pm and I'll reply with their details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 have sent you a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petra Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I mentioned earlier we used to run a farm and we too reared our pigs like pets really. My kid's adored them and played with them, gave them names!Then come the day they had to go to slaughter....We had Gloucester old spot, Welsh whites and Tamworth's. After a few years, we had a mixed herd of Gloucester, Tamworth and Welsh....the meat won True Taste awards twice, and we were on the map for a bit. Then hubby got bored with it and we came here, for an adventure and warmer summers. *sigh*I miss having hens too, I thought I'd have found a free-range egg farm hereabouts.I think the reason the meat tasted so good was because they were treated so well and were never stressed...except when they arrived at the slaughter house. But we made sure they didn't have to wait. Off the trailer and straight to their deaths! Blimey! Sounds rather melodramatic eh? Sorry!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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