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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Food Making Porchetta with Viande

Posted by Patrick Alan Coleman on Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:56 PM

Yesterday, I went to City Market and watched in awe as Viande Meats and Sausage butcher, Tom Daly, de-boned, stuffed, and trussed a young pig. He was making porchetta, a classic Italian pork dish with deep historical roots. Viande has been selling this delicacy every Friday for almost a decade.

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Porchetta is essentially a whole, stuffed, roasted pig. After being de-boned, the meat is seasoned with garlic, black pepper, salt and rosemary. Then, it is layered with pork sausage and a butterflied pork loin, before being sewn together again. The end result looks less like a pig and more like a giant, fleshy caterpillar with a pigs head.

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I'll be returning to Viande tomorrow to see the porchetta emerge from the oven, and talk to some of the regular customers. Look for the full story in an upcoming Last Supper.

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