WILD BOAR FEET AND SHANK RECIPES
Did you know that you can make the old-school staple known as hog headcheese without actually using the head? Hog headcheese is truly a versatile dish. I was in awe the first time I saw my uncle pull a whole pig’s head from his rusty old large pot. It was a summer afternoon in North Carolina, where even the air feels sticky, […]
The meal possibilities that you have with this Slow Cooker Beer Braised Wild Hog Shank recipe are virtually endless. You can use this pork filling as is or to make tacos, nachos, enchiladas, tortas or burritos. There’s very little hands-on food prep going on here and you’re letting the slow cooker do most of the
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Finding your favorite cut of meat on a wild hog can sometimes be a challenge. Most parts have a decent amount of fat which make them excellent for smoking, braising or grinding for sausage. To me, it’s hard to beat a fork tender crispy shank. When they are slow cooked all of that connective tissue
CRISPY WILD BOAR SHANKS, WARM HOMINY SALAD, CHIPOTLE LIME VINAIGRETTE Read More »
There aren’t many times you hear of a food recipe being inspired by a drink, especially one of this nature. What is this drink I speak of? The Southern classic combination of Coca-Cola and peanuts. According to The National Peanut Board the drink was created sometime around the 1920’s when packaged shelled peanuts began showing
COCA-COLA BRAISED WILD BOAR SHOULDER W/ TOASTED PEANUT GREMOLATA Read More »
This is one of those late August dishes that helps transition your mind from Summer to Fall. Its hearty in the sense that it consists of components that remind you of cooler weather, like crispy pork and a warm gravy. But yet its light and pretty vegetable forward, so it won’t have you skipping out
WILD BOAR SHANKS w/ SMOKY TOMATO & OKRA GRAVY OVER ROASTED GARLIC RICE Read More »