Homemade aspic
Description
A tasty appetizer for any gathering. Simple homemade aspic recipe: 1. Buy a couple of pig’s trotters (legs)—pork only, beef only, or better a mix of beef and pork. You can add a small piece of meat. 2. Rinse the ingredients; you can chop them up. Put them in a large pot and cover with water about 2 cm above the meat. Bring to a boil, then cook on very low heat, covered, for 5 hours. 3. After 5 hours, without taking the pot off the heat, add salt to taste, a whole onion and carrot, parsley root, 2–3 black peppercorns, and a bay leaf. Simmer for another hour. 4. After cooking, you can pick the meat apart when the aspic has cooled slightly. Cut all the meat from the legs and any extra meat into small pieces, or simply mash with a fork. Put everything in a bowl. 5. Peel the garlic, chop finely, add to the meat, and mix. Spread the meat in an even layer in molds, about 1.5 cm thick. Bring the broth to a boil, strain through cheesecloth, and pour into the molds. That’s basically it. This aspic always sets; no gelatin needed. Serve warm or chilled.