French Cracklings
3 hours Recipe Yield:
4 servings Difficulty:
Medium recipe
French cracklings - a recipe for French cuisine, a wonderful appetizer, greaves can be cooked in advance, and then cool and serve cold with fresh vegetables and crispy bread. Cracklings are cooked from the thick edge of the pork belly, this part of the carcass has a good content of meat and fat. French cracklings are a very easy recipe to cook, which includes a minimum of products and a minimum of effort.
Recipe Ingredients
Cooking Recipe
To cook the recipe of French cuisine cracklings, wash the pork belly and cut into small pieces, about 4x4 cm. Peel and crush the garlic, it is not necessary to cut it.
In a heated frying pan, melt the lard, put the chopped pork and fry until golden brown on all sides. Season the fried pork with salt and pepper.
Transfer the pork pieces to a deep baking sheet, add garlic, thyme, pour in the melted lard. Then add wine, water and bring to a boil.
Place the prepared cracklings in an oven preheated to 180°С (355°F) and cook for 2 hours. When the cracklings are ready, transfer them without liquid to a bowl and cool. Put cooled cracklings on fresh crispy bread, put fresh cucumbers on top and serve.