Rillettes

Name: Rillettes
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1kg pork shoulder, cubed; 200g pork fat; Bay leaves and thyme; Salt and pepper

Rillettes/ree-YET/

Also known as: French Pork Spread

About this dish

Slow-cooked pork shredded and preserved in its own fat, spread cold on toast or bread.

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Ingredients

🐖1kg pork shoulder, cubed

🧈200g pork fat

🌿Bay leaves and thyme

🧂Salt and pepper

Method

Serves 3

Cook the pork very slowly with pork fat and herbs for several hours until falling apart.

Remove the herbs and shred the meat with two forks.

Mix the shredded meat with its cooking fat until spreadable.

Season with salt and pepper.

Pack into jars and chill; serve cold spread on toasted bread.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Rillettes is a traditional French preserved meat spread, historically made to store pork through the winter.

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