Boiled Stuffed Suckling Pig
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- suckling pig
- pepper
- lovage
- oregano
- liquamen (fermented fish sauce)
- brains
- eggs
- sausages
Instructions
- Remove the pig's belly and brown it; then wash it with liquamen.
- Grind pepper, lovage, oregano; moisten with liquamen; add cooked brains, beaten eggs, and cut-up cooked sausages; temper with liquamen.
- Stuff the pig, pin it, and boil it in a basket in a pot. Sponge it clean and serve without pepper.