Mrs Beetons Meat Recipes Revisited

Pig’s Pettitoes

Pigs Trotters
Pigs Liver
Pigs Heart
600ml (1 pint) Gravy
1 Thin Slice Bacon
1 Onion
1 Blade Mace
6 Peppercorns
3-4 Sprigs Thyme
Butter and Flour, to thicken
Salt and Pepper, to taste

Put the liver, heart and trotters into a saucepan with the bacon, mace, peppercorns, thyme, onion and gravy and simmer gently for 15 minutes
Then take out the heart and liver and mince them very finely.
Keep stewing the trotters until quite tender, which will be in from 20 to 30 minutes.
Then return the minced liver, thicken the gravy with a little butter and flour, season with salt and pepper.
Simmer over a low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Dish the mince, split the feet and arrange them round alternately with sippets (triangles) of toasted bread and pour the gravy in the middle.

Time: Altogether 40 minutes.
Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons.
Seasonable from September to March.

PIG’S PETTITOES

832. INGREDIENTS - A thin slice of bacon, 1 onion, 1 blade of mace, 6 peppercorns, 3 or 4 sprigs of thyme, 1 pint of gravy, pepper and salt to taste, thickening of butter and flour.

Mode - Put the liver, heart, and pettitoes into a stewpan with the bacon, mace, peppercorns, thyme, onion, and gravy, and simmer these gently for 1/4 hour; then take out the heart and liver, and mince them very fine. Keep stewing the feet until quite tender, which will be in from 20 minutes to 1/2 hour, reckoning from the time that they boiled up first; then put back the minced liver, thicken the gravy with a little butter and flour, season with pepper and salt, and simmer over a gentle fire for 5 minutes, occasionally stirring the contents. Dish the mince, split the feet, and arrange them round alternately with sippets of toasted bread, and pour the gravy in the middle.

Time - Altogether 40 minutes.

Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons.

Seasonable from September to March.

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Mrs Beetons Meat Recipes Revisited

Pig’s Pettitoes

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