Wild boar

Sanglier

What it is

The ancestor of every domestic pig, and the animal Obelix hunts — the joke lands in France because boar really was the meat of Gaul. Its diet of acorns and roots gives the fat a nutty, forest note domestic pork lost centuries ago.

In the kitchen

Marinate it overnight in red wine with juniper and bay. Young boar needs less; an old one needs two days.

Goes with

Juniper berry Red wine vinegar Chestnut Bay leaf Thyme Onion Carrot Dark chocolate

Same species

Andouillette Boudin blanc Natural casings Caul fat Chorizo Ciauscolo

Also used with

Bog myrtle Mugwort Wormwood Yerba maté Myrtle

In season alongside

Woodcock Hare Venison Figatellu Goose Lamprey

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