The first thing you’ll notice is the smell when it hits a hot skillet. Let the pork sit long enough to brown and you’ll get those crisp, golden bits around the edges, with rich, juicy meat underneath. That’s the flavor we love about our heritage pork, and it comes through just as well in a simple weeknight skillet as it does in a pot of Sunday sauce.
Our pigs spend their lives outdoors, rooting through the soil, foraging in the fields and woods, and finding a good spot to wallow when it’s hot. What they find changes with the seasons. We supplement what they forage with a balanced organic feed made without corn or soy.
We give our heritage breed pigs room to roam and time to grow, and we raise them without antibiotics, hormones or vaccines. Their pork has a deep, savory flavor that stands on its own, even with just a little salt in the pan.
Mix it with our grass-fed ground beef for tender meatballs that soak up tomato sauce, or season it with rubbed sage and black pepper for breakfast patties with browned edges. For a quick supper, brown it with garlic and ginger, add sliced cabbage, and spoon it over rice with plenty of scallions.
We leave it unseasoned so the same pound of pork can go into whatever sounds good tonight.
Ingredients · Ground pork