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Lincolnshire Stuffed Chine & Haslet

Lincolnshire stuffed chine

Lincolnshire Stuffed Chine is a delicacy not widely known elsewhere. "Chine" is an old term for the back of an animal, and stuffed chine is made by curing a pork back in brine, slicing pockets into it and stuffing them with a parsley mixture. The meat is then cooked and served cold, thinly sliced, rather like boiled ham. The pork takes on lots of parsley flavour, and the sliced meat looks quite striking: layers of pink pork alternating with layers of deep green parsley. Traditionally it was served at Christenings but you can eat it on any occassion!

Haslet is another famous Lincolnshire dish.

A delicious savoury, haslet is made from minced pork, bread & an onion, and is seasoned with sage, salt & pepper. It is wrapped in caul fat and roasted, then served cold, thinly sliced. In earlier times it may have been made with offal - there are almost as many recipes for it as there are farmhouses in Lincolnshire!

Haslet (pronounced "haze let" in Lincolnshire) is related to other dishes, like faggots and savoury ducks - perhaps it is even a nod in the direction of Scotland's famous haggis!

 Lincolnshire Haslet
Ham and turkey

Boiled ham and hand carved turkey are other specialities you really should try.

Our cooked meats are provided by John Turners of Cleethorpes. Generations of care and skill are packed into each slice of delicious ham - quite seriously, it's the best boiled ham we have ever tasted. And the hand carved Best Turkey is wonderful, too - moist, tender and very flavoursome.

All of the dishes above are sold already sliced in packs of about 100g, but do contact us if you would like them to be specially prepared for you.