Menu for Whole Hog Dinners 2010
“The Granddaddy of Pig Feasts”
ANTIPASTI
Whole Cuts
Wild boar prosciutto, lonza, spallacia, and lardo
platter for two
Sweet Meats
Pâté capriccioso, pork liver/sour cherry pâté, cicciolata, coppa di testa, mortadella, and salame cotto
platter for two
Dry-Cured Salumi
Soppressata, felino, Basque, finocchiona, Genoa, nostrano, piccante, and salametto
platter for two
Offal and End Cuts
Fried pork trotter with ancient Roman oenogarum
Terrina of pork ears with horseradish, celery heart, and frisée
Warm antipasto of pork tongue, artichokes, and black truffles
Sardinian pork tripe braised with saffron and mint; aged provolone
and Red Flint corn polenta
Spiedino of pork liver, Meyer lemon, crostini,
and pancetta with garlic-hazelnut butter
Pork kidneys sauté trifolati
Bruschetta of pork belly rillettes and Firebrand rye bread
with avocado and pickled carrots
Blood pudding with Guru Ram Das Farm dried pear
and plum mostarda and walnuts
Sobressada and sbriciolona: traditional Catalonian spreadable spicy salame and Tuscan wild fennel salsiccia cruda with lard
piadina and wild arugula
Boudin blanc “Wellington” with Barhi dates and cress
Carpaccio of salted pork loin with roasted beets, Gaeta olives, capers
SOUPS AND PASTAS
Soup: passatelli with rich pork broth and pea greens
Wild nettle lasagne alla bolognese
Canederli: Friulian bread and pork dumplings with pork and date sugo
Butternut squash gnocchi with spiced pork ragù and aged aceto balsamico
Pegai: Modenese hazelnut ravioli with wild boar spezzatino
Spaghetti with pork coppa confit, Calabrian hot peppers,
breadcrumbs, and oregano
Cannelloni of pork, Chanterelle mushrooms, green garlic,
and Fontina Val d’ Aosta cheese
Ravioli cerchie of Savoy cabbage and prosciutto cotto
with sugo di maiale, and lardo
Riso with Piedmontese sweet sausage and rum ragù
Pappardelle nere with pork heart and wild mushroom ragù
HOT SPECIALTIES
Tofeja del Canavese: Piedmontese peasant braise of pork shoulder, little cotechino sausages, wild boar spare ribs, and pork skin rollatini with Borlotti beans
Spit-roasted acorn-fed porchetta with Sicilian nero d’avola gelatina, chestnut honey, Castelvetrano olives, and almonds
Smoked ham with kumquat-clove gravy
Wild boar scaloppine alla Count Pavel Stroganov with Chanterelle mushrooms, caramelized onions, sour cream, and riso nero
Zampone braised in saba with lentil crema
Choucroute garni with spit-roasted pork “pastrami,” belly rib,
and grilled classic frankfurter
Charcoal-grilled wild boar bacon chops with blood oranges and
shaved vegetable salad
VEGETABLE SIDE DISHES
Roasted beets and blood oranges
Fresh-milled Red Flint corn polenta
Potatoes fried in pork renderings
Shaved fennel and puntarella
Chicories with aceto balsamico
Shaved Brussels sprouts
Garden lettuces vinaigrette
SWEETS
Bergamot-Prosecco sorbetto
Valhrona chocolate-caramel tart with candy-
coated pancetta and vanilla sea salt
Larded puff pastry cornucopia filled with Seville
orange ice cream and kumquat-pomegranate compôte
Candy Cap mushroom flan with Derrie date
confetti and bacon-covered chocolate honeycomb candy
Warm beignets fried in lard with California bay
laurel crème anglaise
Tete’s polvorone cookies
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With special thanks to Paul Willis and the farmers of Niman Ranch; Magruder Ranch; Devil’s Gulch Ranch; Jude Becker; and Heritage Foods USA




