Christmas at The Black Pig
Christmas is the most important season of the year for the meat trade and The Black Pig offers its most extensive range of cuts to meet the demand at this time. The usual options of pork, beef, lamb and poultry are supplemented by turkeys form @Appledore.Turkeys. Geese and duck come from @LongLandFarm, venison and game birds from @StourValleyGame and @TheSavannaKitchen, and an array of hand made Christmas sausages, cocktail sausages, stuffings and cured meats such as gammons and salt beef. 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.
Any order is undertaken and popular seasonal 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.