Anak babi

Lechón yang sedang dipanggang di Cadiz, Negros Occidental, Filipina.

Lechón (dalam bahasa Spanyol berarti babi panggang) adalah sejenis masakan yang terbuat dari babi dan dikenal di berbagai belahan dunia, terutama di negara Spanyol serta negara-negara bekas jajahannya. Lechón adalah masakan yang populer di Filipina, Kuba, Puerto Riko, Republik Dominika, provinsi Sulawesi Utara di Indonesia, negara-negara berbahasa Spanyol di Amerika Latin dan Spanyol.^[1] Hidangan ini terdiri dari seekor babi yang dipanggang sambil diputar-putar di atas arang. Hidangan ini dianggap sebagai masakan nasional Filipina^[2] dengan Cebu dianggap memiliki daging babi terbaik menurut koki asal Amerika Serikat Anthony Bourdain^[3] serta juga dianggap sebagai masakan nasional Puerto Riko.^[4]

Di banyak daerah di FIlipina, lechón disajikan sepanjang tahun dalam perayaan apapun seperti festival dan libur panjang. Setelah isi perut dikeluarkan dan dibumbui, babi utuh kemudian dipanggang di atas arang sembari diputar-putar selama beberapa jam sampai matang. Proses memasak akan menghasilkan kulit yang renyah.^[5]

Lihat pula

Babi guling

Masakan Filipina

Referensi

^ Jonathan Deutsch; Megan J. Elias (15 April 2014). Barbecue: A Global History. Reaktion Books. hlm. 90. ISBN 978-1-78023-298-0.
^ Vicky B. Bartlet (17 Desember 2011). "Palmonas: Make 'buko' juice as national drink". Business Mirror. Diakses tanggal 26 January 2012. In his House Resolution 1887, Agham (Science) Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones said the Philippines has already a number of national symbols, such as narra as national tree, sampaguita as national flower, mango as national fruit, milkfish as national fish and lechon (roast pig) as national dish. ^{[pranala nonaktif]}
^ Lara Day (23 April 2009). "Pork Art". Time. Diakses tanggal 13 September 2017. Anthony Bourdain — whose love of all things porcine is famous — visited the Philippine island of Cebu with his show No Reservations and declared that he had found the best pig ever
^ Cohen, Tina; Bernthal, Ron (2006). Puerto Rico Off the Beaten Path, 5th: Volume 5 of OFF THE BEATEN PATH PUERTO RICO. Globe Pequot Press. hlm. xi. ISBN 978-0-7627-4211-0. Diakses tanggal 26 Januari 2012. Lechon asado (roasted suckling pig) is the national dish of Puerto Rico and is festively presented at holidays and family occasions. ^{[pranala nonaktif]}
^ Reynaldo G. Alejandro (8 Desember 2015). Food of the Philippines. Tuttle Publishing. hlm. 10. ISBN 978-1-4629-0545-4.
Customs and Culture of the Philippines. Tuttle Publishing. 15 Juni 1963. hlm. 112–113. ISBN 978-1-4629-1302-2.

Pranala luar

[1] Jonathan Deutsch; Megan J. Elias (15 April 2014). Barbecue: A Global History. Reaktion Books. hlm. 90. ISBN 978-1-78023-298-0.

[2] Vicky B. Bartlet (17 Desember 2011). "Palmonas: Make 'buko' juice as national drink". Business Mirror. Diakses tanggal 26 January 2012. In his House Resolution 1887, Agham (Science) Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones said the Philippines has already a number of national symbols, such as narra as national tree, sampaguita as national flower, mango as national fruit, milkfish as national fish and lechon (roast pig) as national dish. ^{[pranala nonaktif]}

[3] Lara Day (23 April 2009). "Pork Art". Time. Diakses tanggal 13 September 2017. Anthony Bourdain — whose love of all things porcine is famous — visited the Philippine island of Cebu with his show No Reservations and declared that he had found the best pig ever

[4] Cohen, Tina; Bernthal, Ron (2006). Puerto Rico Off the Beaten Path, 5th: Volume 5 of OFF THE BEATEN PATH PUERTO RICO. Globe Pequot Press. hlm. xi. ISBN 978-0-7627-4211-0. Diakses tanggal 26 Januari 2012. Lechon asado (roasted suckling pig) is the national dish of Puerto Rico and is festively presented at holidays and family occasions. ^{[pranala nonaktif]}

[5] Reynaldo G. Alejandro (8 Desember 2015). Food of the Philippines. Tuttle Publishing. hlm. 10. ISBN 978-1-4629-0545-4.
Customs and Culture of the Philippines. Tuttle Publishing. 15 Juni 1963. hlm. 112–113. ISBN 978-1-4629-1302-2.

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