Crubeens and Cabbage

Name: Crubeens and Cabbage
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 strips thick cut bacon, chopped; 3 bay leaves; 12 black peppercorns; 473 milliliters medium carrots, coarsely chopped (about; 59 milliliters cream; 5 teaspoons medium garlic cloves, coarsely chopped (about; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 473 milliliters medium onions, coarsely chopped (about; 4 mediums russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces; 2 pigs trotters with hocks attached, split lengthwise

Crubeens and Cabbage might be just the side dish you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 435 calories, 12g of protein, and 15g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. If you have bay leaves, kosher salt and pepper, 2 cabbage, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 5 hours.

Instructions

Place the trotter halves together and wrap tightly with cheese cloth.

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Cheese

Wrap

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Cheesecloth

Place trotters in a large stock pot with bay leaves, carrots, onions, garlic and peppercorns. Cover with water then bring to a simmer skimming foam off the top of the pot until trotters are tender (test with a knife) 2-3 hours.

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Peppercorns

Bay Leaves

Carrot

Garlic

Onion

Stock

Water

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Pot

Knife

Remove trotters then strain liquid through a strainer. Reserve liquid.

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Sieve

Cover potatoes with water and bring to a simmer, cook until tender, then drain and mash.

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Potato

Water

Add cream then season to taste with salt and pepper. Allow to cool to room temperature.

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Salt And Pepper

Cream

When trotters are still warm but cool enough to handle, unwrap the cheese cloth and gently separate the halves.

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Cheese

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Cheesecloth

Remove all the bones from the trotter, trying to keep each half as intact as possible. If any bits of trotter fall off, reserve them. Season both sides of each trotter half with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Preheat oven to 425°F. Carefully unroll caul fat so that the thin sheets are separated and easy to handle.

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Oven

Place each trotter half skin side down on a cutting board then divide potatoes evenly between trotters.

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Potato

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Cutting Board

Roll trotter around potatoes, then gently wrap each trotter half with caul fat. Repeat with remaining trotters.

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Potato

Roll

Wrap

Place wrapped trotter halves on rack in baking pan and roast until deep golden brown, about an hour.

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Baking Pan

In a large skillet cook bacon over medium high heat until fat is rendered and bacon is crisp, about 6 minutes.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Add any bits of trotter that fell off while the bones were being removed and cook until beginning to brown.

Add cabbage and cook until wilted, adding some of the pork stock leftover from cooking the trotters if anything begins to stick. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Once trotters are roasted serve alongside cabbage with plenty of dark beer.

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Salt And Pepper

Pork Stock

Dark Beer