Pork

Porc

What it is

“Everything is good in the pig, from head to tail,” says the French proverb — and charcuterie is the proof: centuries of salting, smoking and patience invented to waste nothing. Every farm once measured winter by its pig.

In the kitchen

Modern pork is lean and unforgiving: brine chops an hour before cooking, and pull them off the heat while still blushing at the bone.

Goes with

Apple Sage Mustard Maple syrup Fennel Clove Lentils Chestnut

Same species

Andouillette Boudin blanc Natural casings Caul fat Chorizo Ciauscolo

Also used with

Aka miso Alaea red Hawaiian salt Annatto Bagnoli truffle Banana leaf Barley koji

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