Verified in Reims.
Pied de porc à la Sainte-Menehould is pig's trotter boiled for so long that even the small bones soften, then breadcrumbed and browned in butter, a Marne speciality; in France we have verified places to eat it in Reims. Start with where to eat Pied de porc à la Sainte-Menehould in Reims.
Pied de porc à la Sainte-Menehould is pig's trotter boiled for so long that even the small bones soften, then breadcrumbed and browned in butter, a Marne speciality.
The dish belongs to the Marne town of Sainte-Menehould. Legends say Charles VII ate trotters there in 1435, and that in 1730 a clumsy cook left them to cook all night; a local tradition based on a story by Camille Desmoulins holds that Louis XVI was caught at Varennes because he lingered over them. In 18th-century cookbooks such as Menon's (1739), à la Sainte-Menehould meant a cooking broth or marinade used for poultry, fish and trotters, not a sauce; the long boil is what lets the whole trotter be eaten, bones included.
Where to eat Pied de porc à la Sainte-Menehould in Reims: the editor picks
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