Jellied pigs feet

Jellied pigs feet

by Nora Sat May 24 2003 at 3:55:18

Yes you read it right leave it to the Hungarians to find anything off an animal to use!

I know everyone is dying to try this so I'll get straight to the recipe - my family loves this and it's a very popular dish in Hungary and various Hungarian events. I do not like this dish. But lots of people do so give it a try and let me know what ya think!

What you'll need:

* 2 1/2 or 3 lbs. pigs feet, scrubbed clean and cut-in-half
* 2 onions medium, peeled not sliced
* 2 tsp. of good Hungarian paprika
* 3 cloves of peeled whole garlic
* 2 large carrots, sliced
* 2 tsp. of salt
* 1 Tbs. of mixed spices (you can purchase this, in the states it's called Mrs. Dash

Now what to do with the ingredients:

* Put pigs feet in water and bring to a boil remove and discard water.
* rinse off feet in cold water.
* In the large pot of pigs feet add 2 quarts of cold water - add in onions, carrots, garlic, paprika, salt and mixed spice.
* Cook until feet are tender (approx. 3.5 hours) - skim the grease off of the top or any other debris making sure the broth stays clear.
* Into a corning ware dish (best type for this) put the pig feet - drain the broth so it's spice free (clear) and then pour the cleared broth on top of the pig feet and refrigerate overnight - your result will be jellied broth around pigs feet, at least that's what you want!

This is best served with a meal as the salad along with a good fresh Italian bread and a dark beer.

Find this recipe at:

http://everything2.com/e2node/Jellied%2520pigs%2520feet