Pigs’ Trotters Bourguignon

This dish is one I dream of becoming the ultimate ‘new classic’. Trotters are just amazing to eat. They need some care and attention, and a fair bit of work is involved, but the results merit all that – and more.

Eating pigs’ trotters is a very British thing to do. They became part of ‘street eating’ in the eighteenth century and, in Ireland, used to be a traditional pub food until not so long ago. Crubeens, salted pigs’ trotters, are a speciality of Cork.

This trotter dish