Okay so I’m sure you’ve all enjoyed a great roast pork
sandwich from time to time over the years. Unless you’re a vegetarian, which in
my eyes is a tearful travesty. (no offense veggies) If your British, it usually comprises of a soft bread roll
filled full of moist pork with beautifully crisp crackling and smothered in apple
sauce, sounds amazing eh? Yes, I would whole heartedly agree, but after
experiencing what I have to say is the best pork sandwich of my life in Orvieto
recently, I realised there was no going back. My experience began when we visited
a busy looking little eatery called “L’oste del re” in the heart of Orvieto one
hot August afternoon. The menu was sparse but I didn’t mind, all I wanted to
try was one of these Porchetta pork panini’s that I had been reading about for
months before our trip, which was a specialty of the area. We were not disappointed;
the customers seemed to be ordering nothing but the stuff. We ordered a Porchetta
panini each, which arrived in a simply prepared flatbread. The meat had been
stuffed with fresh fennel, thyme and rosemary and slow cooked for many hours
leaving it beautifully moist and unctuous. The sandwich was finished off with a
light spattering of the meats cooking juices and a handful of the finest and
thinnest pork crackling I have ever had. This really is as good as it gets,
you’ve not had a pork sandwich until you’ve tried one of these, oh my dear god
it was good!
The Italians are known for their Porchetta and in
this part of Southern Italy you can see it sold in abundance on most street
corners and out of many local food vans. Italians really know their stuff when
it comes to meat, that’s for sure. If you’re ever in this part of Italy you really
must try one, they are not to be missed!
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