The trotters (feet) are the most gelatinous part of the hog, and so broth made from them is thick, nourishing and especially high in digestible protein. This broth is made from the fresh (unsmoked) trotters from Marin Sun Farms pasture-raised pigs, with a splash of Bernie's apple cider vinegar to help draw out minerals, and is gently cooked for 12-16 hours..
To accommodate the needs of those on low- or no-salt diets or with other food sensitivities, we don't add anything else.
You can simply heat the broth with a little salt and pepper, or tamari, fish sauce, coconut aminos, miso or any flavoring of your choice. Add it to enrich soups and stews (or use it as a base for your own soups), cook your rice or any starches in it, or braise a chop, boneless cut or stew meat and vegetables for dinner. Add a little cold broth to deglaze a frying pan with a spatula and capture all that stuck-on flavor from grilled meats to use in a sauce or gravy.
Pork broth is traditionally valued by nursing mothers for increasing milk flow, and has been reputed to prevent wrinkles because it is so rich in bioavailable collagen! It also makes a delicious base for bean dishes, is great for cooking greens, and is perfect for Asian-style soups flavored with ginger and soy sauce.
According to Dr. Thomas Cowan, co-founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation, "In healthy, traditional cultures, when an animal was slaughtered, all the parts were put to use, including the bones, to make mineral-rich broth. Our modern diet, having largely forgotten the use of broth as the basis of our cooking, is estimated to have less than half the mineral content of more traditional diets. This rich mineral content and the fact that soup broths greatly aid digestion are just two of the many reasons why everyone should make soup broth a part of their daily diet."
The term "broth" does not always mean the same thing to everyone. In the most commonly accepted usage, what we make is called "Bone Broth." It is the most gelatin-rich (meaning protein-rich) and mineral-rich of these variations, and cooked the longest. The term "broth" on its own (or "chicken broth" or "beef broth," etc.) usually means it was made with meat and little or no bones, cooked for a shorter time, less than 6 hours, and serves more as a flavoring base than a nutritional vehicle. "Stock" most often refers to bones simmered with vegetables and possibly herbs or whole spices, perhaps some meat, and is also usually cooked for less than 6 hours.
Ingredients: pastured pork trotters, filtered water, apple cider vinegar* (*=organic)
Recipe is Low Carb/Ketogenic, Paleo- and GAPS-Diet friendly, free of dairy, gluten and black pepper.
