Porchetta | PBS Food

Porchetta | PBS Food

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Lidia Celebrates America - Jon & Tara Darling sent this recipe for the Porchetta that they made with Lidia, as she filmed her Special, Homegrown Heroes.

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Cooking tools:

  • Mortar and pestle
  • Grill
  • Spit
  • Microplane
  • Instant-read thermometer
  • Butcher's twine
  • Needle
  • Oven
  • Roasting pan
  • Baking sheet
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Serving platter

Ingredients

  • 1 suckling pig 30-40 lbs
  • 1 lb small pork tenderloin with nice fat
  • 2 lbs ground pork (at least 20% fat)
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Sea salt + fresh cracked pepper to taste
  • 1 head of garlic
  • 6 branches rosemary
  • Handful of fennel seed gently crushed with mortar & pestle
  • Handful of fresh thyme
  • Several pinches of fennel pollen
  • Several pinches of nutmeg
  • Freshly grated orange zest
  • Trussing twine + needle

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