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Pork

31 recipes · Meat

31 pork recipes from the “Big Cookbook,” in the meat category. From Henriette Schønberg Erken's original text to a modernized version for today's kitchen.

  • Stuffed Pork Loin (carré de porc)

    Stuffed pork loin from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): boned loin filled with prunes and apple, roasted, with mustard sauce and Brussels sprouts.

  • Glazed Bayonne ham (jambon de Bayonne glacé)

    Glazed Bayonne ham from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): sugar-cured ham roasted 3–4 hours with red wine and broth, glazed with rusk crumbs and sugar.

  • Whole roasted suckling pig

    Whole roasted suckling pig from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): pig soaked and roasted 3–4 hours for crisp crackling, with red wine sauce and prunes.

  • Boiled smoked ham in aspic (jambon à la gelée)

    Boiled smoked ham in aspic (jambon à la gelée) from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): ham glazed with meat aspic and decorated, served cold with Madeira sauce.

  • Prague Ham I

    Prague ham I from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): lightly smoked ham encased in rye dough and baked 3 hours, served with sauerkraut and fried potatoes.

  • Roast Pork Belly (Ribbe)

    Roast pork belly (ribbe) from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): 3 kg belly rubbed with salt and pepper, roasted 2 hours in a hot oven, sauce as for ham.

  • Smoked Pig's Head, Boiled

    Boiled smoked pig's head from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): head salted, smoked and boiled in a cloth, served cold with butter and parsley.

  • Ham with Truffles (jambon aux truffes)

    Ham with truffles from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): festive ham poached in wine, larded with truffle, gratinéed, with truffle sauce.

  • Roast Pork Leg

    Roast pork leg from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): leg with scored rind roasted 3 hours, red wine pan sauce, red cabbage and pickles.

  • Stuffed suckling pig

    Stuffed suckling pig from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): pig filled with rusk, apples and prunes, sewn shut and roasted about 2 hours in a pan of bouillon.

  • Fried Pork

    Fried pork from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): salted pork slices with scored rind fried slowly golden, with brown beans and potato purée.

  • Pork steak

    A short recipe for pork steak: sliced pork fried like an ordinary steak in butter or lard, with onion, salt, and pepper.

  • Pork tenderloin with parsley

    Pork tenderloin with parsley from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): larded and marinated in red wine, steamed tender, with cream sauce and pea purée.

  • Pork tenderloin with parsley (filet de porc)

    Pork tenderloin with parsley from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): filled with parsley, browned and braised in sour cream and stock for the sauce.

  • Pork loin à la Florentine (carré de porc à la Florentine)

    Pork loin à la Florentine from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): boneless loin marinated in red wine and cooked slowly, sliced, with Brussels sprouts.

  • Pork loin with cabbage

    Pork loin with cabbage from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): smoked loin boiled half-tender, layered with browned cabbage, cooked 1–1.5 hours.

  • Pork loin with Brussels sprouts

    Erken's pork loin roasted in the oven with stock and finished with half-boiled Brussels sprouts in the pan juices, served in the same dish.

  • Pork loin, smoked, boiled

    Erken's recipe for smoked, boiled pork loin: cured for 1 week, soaked, cold-smoked at 37–38 °C for 8 hours, and simmered 2–2.5 hours. Served with red cabbage.

  • Pork loin, cured (côte de cochon à l'anglaise)

    Cured pork loin (côte de cochon à l'anglaise) from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): loin salted 8 days and poached, served with creamed swede and potato purée.

  • Pork in puff pastry

    Pork and veal marinated overnight, laid in puff pastry and baked for about 3/4 to 1 hour. Served with tomato or brown sauce. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949).

  • Pork chops

    Pork chops fried simply in a hot pan or breaded in egg and rusk crumbs and fried in browned butter, ideally with sour cream in the pan juices.

  • Pork Chops à la Dystingbo

    Pork chops à la Dystingbo from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): half-fried chops finished in the oven over apple slices, with fried potatoes.

  • Pork Chops à la Flamande

    Breaded pork chops marinated in lemon and fried in butter, served with slow-baked red cabbage with vinegar and apples plus a sauce made from meat stock.

  • Pork Chops with Robert Sauce

    Pork chops with Robert sauce from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): chops marinated in oil and vinegar, fried, with Robert sauce and sauerkraut.

  • Pork Chops with Tomato Sauce

    Pork chops with tomato sauce from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): breaded chops around a macaroni ragout with cheese, ham and truffle.

  • Pork Chops, Stuffed

    Stuffed pork chops from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): chops with an apple and prune pocket, fried in butter, with sauerkraut or apple sauce.

  • Pig's Trotters, Syltelabber

    Syltelabber (pig's trotters) from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): trotters boiled tender and brined, cold with vinegar and beets or breaded and fried.

  • Pork Tenderloin (Filet de Porc)

    Pork tenderloin from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): browned, breaded in egg and rusk, finished with stock, Spanish or mustard sauce.

  • Pig's Ears (Oreilles de Porc)

    Pig's ears (oreilles de porc) from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): ears boiled, stuffed with veal forcemeat, wrapped in pork, baked, with brown sauce.

  • Pork Shank

    Pork shank from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): shank tied in a cloth, simmered 2 hours, with tomato or Madeira sauce and beans.

  • Pig's Tongue

    Pig's tongue from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): prepared like veal or sheep's tongue, with a spiced sauce, preferably Robert.