Christmas at The Black Pig
Christmas is the most important season of the year for the meat trade and The Black Pig offers its fullest range of produce at this time. The usual options of pork, beef, lamb and poultry are supplemented with turkeys form Appledore Turkeys, geese and ducks from Long Land Farm, venison and game birds from Stour Valley Game and The Savanna Kitchen. An array of hand made Christmas sausages, cocktail sausages, stuffings and cured meats such as gammons and salt beef are also available. There are options such as 'bird in bird roasts', stuffed joints, rolled ribs and sirloins and stuffed saddles of lamb that are all prepared in-house.
Bespoke orders are accomodated and popular seasonal sausage meat recipes such as leek and chestnut, and cranberry, bacon, walnut and orange feature as well. The Black Pig has a tradition of making beautiful Christmas puddings from a unique family recipe that is loved by customers. It includes ingredients such as amaretti biscuits, ground almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, cardamom, ginger, marmalade, brandy, amaretti liqueur, figs, prunes, mango, cranberries, carrots, apples and candied peel.