SOY AND GINGER TROTTERS

If you’ve never had trotters, you’re in for a treat. Pigs feet have lots of bits of tendon, meat and skin that snake each bite a bit different. This simple marinade makes the most of the trotters’ unique texture and gives them a bright, sweet and savoury flavor. Serves 4.

Ingredients:

1 inch ginger, grated

4 garlic cloves, chopped

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 1/2 Tbsp. black pepper

1 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar

1 Tsp toasted sesame oil

1 kg chopped trotters

344 ml (1 can) beer, or water

Toasted sesame seeds, to garnish

Instructions:

1. Combine ginger, garlic, sugar, soy, black pepper, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil and trotters in a bowl and let sit for 30 minutes, or ideally overnight. Place the marinated trotters and beer in a pressure cooker and cook under high pressure for 90 minutes. Let the cooker depressurize naturally.

2. Allow the trotters to cool slightly then serve on steamed white rice topped with sesame seeds. ■