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Suckling pig

Suckling pig: what it is and where to eat it

Cochinillo

A young pig that has been milk-fed, typically roasted until the skin is crispy and the meat is tender.

9 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Italian

Typical ingredients

  • suckling pig
  • salt
  • rosemary
  • garlic

History of the dish

suckling pig
© Joan Sebastián Araújo Arena from Venezuela · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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A sucking-pig (BrE) or suckling pig (AmE) is a piglet fed on its mother's milk (i.e., a piglet which is still being "suckled"). In culinary contexts, a sucking-pig is slaughtered before the end of its second month.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Suckling pig” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

Bologna

Las Palmas

Düsseldorf

Milan

Alicante

Geneva

Rijeka

Dresden

Palma

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