Prosciutto is not your average ham. Dry-cured and served sliced paper thin, prosciutto crudo takes anywhere from 9 months to two years to prepare. This is not a ham that you will be studding with cloves and decorating with pineapple rings and cherries, but an elegant, traditional Italian delicacy that is most often served cold, as antipasto, often with fresh fruit such as melons and cantaloupes, or wrapped around breadsticks (grissini). Continue »
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Not Your Average Ham
Where the Wild Things Are
The wild boar I recently picked up at Fiesta Farms isn’t actually ‘wild’, that’s just it’s name. The wild boar is related to the common pigs we’re used to but is a much richer meat.
After buying some wild boar bacon and shanks I decided to do a whole day of wild boar meals.
Starting off with a breakfast of thick, meaty bacon, toast and eggs scrambled in brown butter garnished with the last of the chervil from the garden. The most local, organic chervil I could find!
wild boar bacon and eggs with organic, local chervil
