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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: harry on May 24, 2012, 03:58:46 pm

Title: trotters
Post by: harry on May 24, 2012, 03:58:46 pm

anyone tried roasted trotters....i  thought trotters were dog feed... do they BBQ well

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: robert waddell on May 24, 2012, 04:14:09 pm

the Chinese like them  :farmer:

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: JulieS on May 24, 2012, 04:20:44 pm

They are supposed to be the 'latest' thing on London restaurant menus.


Personally I make brawn with them, or if the dogs have been good they get them  :)

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: nelson on May 24, 2012, 04:29:15 pm

I made HFW's Chinese-style pig's trotters - okay for me but the kids did a yuk! I use them for the jelly in pork pie too. There is a French sausage using the trotter for a skin - haven't tried that yet.

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: harry on May 24, 2012, 04:38:16 pm

the butcher where i saw them said roast them and they crackle up nicely

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: nelson on May 24, 2012, 04:51:12 pm

Might try that then - loads in the freezer - I have roasted the hocks.

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Post by: JulieS on May 24, 2012, 04:57:53 pm

Yes, the hocks are beautiful slow roasted  :)

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: Billy Rhomboid on May 24, 2012, 05:01:36 pm

Excellent in any soup or stock to thicken it up - rich in gelatine, or you can make zampone, or pig's trotter Pierre Kaufmann. A very versatile part of the pig.

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: redborneschoolfarm on May 24, 2012, 07:54:31 pm

The restaurant we supply to bones them out and stuffs them with a mix of various things and they are delicious when roasted, all crispy and moorish.

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: manian on May 24, 2012, 09:38:24 pm

my mum has alwaysloved trotters.... :P  yuk from me i'm afraid...... a bit squeemish-we still have the ears in the freezer waiting for me do do a nigela with them!!! :D :D

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: Sylvia on May 25, 2012, 08:12:59 am

We ate trotters when I was a child. They stick your lips together ;D ;D

Title: Re: trotters
Post by: YorkshireLass on May 25, 2012, 08:32:06 am

Quote from: Billy Rhomboid on May 24, 2012, 05:01:36 pm

Excellent in any soup or stock to thicken it up - rich in gelatine, or you can make zampone, or pig's trotter Pierre Kaufmann. A very versatile part of the pig.

Ooo I love a trotter to make a stew or soup more.... rich?


Found the HFW recipe disappointing actually, didn't taste of much to me.


Collagen/gelatine extremely good for you too  :thumbsup: