When Mr Jones contacted Hog Roast Horley, he was enquiring about the possibility of us catering his wife’s 50th birthday party at home in their back garden. He wanted to wow his wife and their guests with a traditional centrepiece hog roast, prepared on-site and cooked for hours and hours until we produced a tender inner, with mouthwatering morsels of pork, and a crunchy outer, full of salty, crispy crackling. He said he wanted us to make our famous pigs in buns from the meat and crackling, as his wife had always wanted to try them.
However, Mr Jones told us he also required a gluten-free option for himself and was so happy to hear that we could enjoy our pigs in buns too, just like everyone else, but with his own suitable bread rolls that we would bring along. When it comes to providing various options for all kinds of special diets and personal preferences, Hog Roast Horley is well-experienced and our chefs ensure that everyone invited can eat our delicious food, just as long as we know in advance, so that we can prepare for it.
On the day of the milestone birthday celebration, our Hog Roast Horley team set up our equipment at the family home early in the afternoon. The weather was somewhat dreary but that never means you can’t have an outdoors hog roast with us if you like – we even cook in the winter snow if needed! Once our gazebo and serving table were up, our chef cracked on with preparing the meat to be roasted – a medium-sized, locally-sourced, high-quality pig. We did this by scoring it, covering it in lots of water and then massaging in plenty of salt, and then it was time to turn the hog roast machine on and set the temperature to low, and then keep an eye on the roasting meat for the next few hours.
By 5pm, the hog was resting and we were busy arranging the pigs in buns ingredients, including our own apple sauce and stuffing and floury bread rolls, with the additional ones for Mr Jones, which we kept separately. Once the guests had all arrived, it was time for our chef to get the carving knives out.