Image: Tonight's stew thickener - a pig's trotter (as recommended by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall)

Description: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, in his "Meat" book says that thickening stews using flour robs them of flavour and a pig's trotter does a similar thickening job and also adds more flavour. So here we are, then: my stew is about to come up to a simmer in preparation for three hours' slow cooking with a pig's trotter inside it. I'm pretty interested in how it's going to turn out and also very happy that we have an excellent local butcher that sells stuff like this.
Title: Tonight's stew thickener - a pig's trotter (as recommended by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall)
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Author: Francis Storr
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