Specialty: Roast pig
Name: Casa Duque Restaurant
Address: Cervantes Street 12, Segovia.
Province: Segovia
Phone: 921462486
Website: www.restauranteduque.es
One of the best suckling pigs in Castilla
In all Castilla y Leon you have a good barbecue. Without a doubt, they are the masters of the oven. In Segovia in particular he takes good roast pig in many places and in the restaurant Duque House it cooks exceptional. Perhaps it is because they have been cooking them for more than 120 years in the beautiful World Heritage city.
El Casa Duque restaurant is in full historic center of Segovia one step away from Cathedral and the magnificent aqueduct. It is a traditional place where you can taste roast suckling pig as a specialty but also lamb and the traditional cochifrito. As a good establishment, it has other dishes meat and fish. We should also forget about the beans from La Granja, A must try them in honor of the local cuisine.
In addition, the place has a good cellar as an essential element to make a good pairing with the pig. The one that is roasted in wood oven. Once the pig is clean and coated with the animal's own butter, it is placed in the oven in a clay pot with a little water at the base. It should be about two and a half hours, at 180º. The pig should be done and with the crispy crust. It is very important to have a good oven and, if possible, a wood-fired one.
Exquisite product at Casa Duque restaurant
El pig roast it is also called toston. A piglet It is usually between 2 and 3 weeks old and weighs between 4,5 and 6,5 Kg. To guarantee the quality of the product, the mothers' diet must be very careful. Well the quality of their milk marks a lot that of the meat of the suckling pig. The meat should be white on the outside and slightly rosy inside.
To guarantee this quality, a warranty mark. Its regulatory council is the association for the promotion of suckling pig from Segovia. The animals are marked with their quality seals on the ears and paw.
