Traditional Pig's Trotters from Catalunya

pig's trotters

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: pork hocks

Chicken thighs are leaner and more accessible.

white wine

🥗Healthier: white grape juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

White grape juice offers sweetness without alcohol.

chorizo

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey sausage is lower in fat.

chicken stock

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories.

Split the pig's trotters.

Add chopped onion, bay leaves, and garlic to a pot with a good amount of salt; simmer gently.

Refrigerate the broth to skim off the fat, or skim regularly as it cooks.

Chop onion and green pepper; add to the pot with olive oil and salt to soften.

Add grated pulp of two tomatoes and continue reducing the mixture.

Once the sofrit meets your standards, add a splash of white wine and reduce.

Add a couple of ladles of trotters broth to the pot, covering the trotters halfway, and simmer for 20 minutes.

Coat the trotters with the sofrit sauce and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.

Grill in a hot oven until golden and crisp on top.

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