The pork on your fork is a truly succulent meat able to hold its own against any red-meat rival. Words like rashers gammon chops belly & bacon have a poetry savoured by all who know this wonderful animal well. Yet pork can be a tricky meat to cook: it can easily become tough & dry
- & achieving the perfect crackling is even harder! But when you know the experts secrets you realise that pork is a fantastic meat. Its healthy inexpensive & incredibly versatile
- & the various types of pork offer up wonderfully diverse flavours aromas & textures. In Pig charismatic chef Johnnie Mountain demystifies cooking with pork. With more than 100 delicious recipes as well as information tips & QR codes for your smart phone that take you to how-to video footage throughout this book shows you how to cook pork brilliantly. Pig is divided into four chapters. Chapter One Home Favourites gives you simple recipes for the whole family
- for example Grilled Garlic & Sage Pork Chops & Pork & Apricot Tagine. In Chapter Two Cured Dried Preserved & Smoked youll find amazing tastes & textures such as Pea & Ham Terrine & Ham Steaks with Caramelized Apple. Chapter Three Aromatic & Spicy shows you how to infuse fiery flavours into dishes like Vietnamese Pork Salad & Char Siu Pork. & Chapter Four Slow-Cooked reveals the secret to truly succulent pork with recipes such as Slow-Roast Belly of Pork & Pork Loin in a Fennel-Salt Crust. Special practical features throughout the book explain the different cuts of meat & how to smoke preserve cure & braise. This book celebrates the pig in all its glory!