Roast Milk Piglet

⏳ Time

1 hour 30 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

It is best to serve the finished piglet with a side dish made of buckwheat mixed with rice, quail eggs, and carrots sautéed with onions. Enjoy your meal!

Ingredients

Dressed Milk Piglet - 6 lbs
Red Grape Juice - 3 fl oz
Mustard Greens - 2 tablespoons
Malt Vinegar - 2 tablespoons
Soy Sauce - 2 tablespoons
Olive Oil - to taste
Cinnamon - ½ teaspoon
Paprika - 1 teaspoon
Green peppercorns - to taste
Fresh basil leaves - a pinch
Ground Nutmeg - a pinch
Butter - to taste
Salt - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

To prepare the milk piglet, first make a marinade that will make the meat juicy, tender, and aromatic. For this, crush the black peppercorns, nutmeg, paprika, and cinnamon in a mortar. Mix the crushed spices with salt and mustard seeds, then pour in the red wine, soy sauce, and vinegar. Stir the mixture well and let it steep for a while. We will use this marinade to coat the piglet later.

Step 2

Thoroughly wash and dry the dressed piglet. Make small incisions inside with a sharp knife (but do not pierce through!). Generously coat the piglet inside and out with the marinade. Place a suitably sized glass jar or bottle wrapped in food foil inside the piglet. This will help the carcass maintain its shape during cooking.

Step 3

Place celery stalks in a baking dish along with the marinated piglet and let it marinate for 40 minutes. Put the marinated piglet in the oven and roast for 1.5 hours at a temperature of 180–392°F. Before this, it is recommended to generously coat the tail, ears, and snout with butter and wrap them in foil.