Pork-skin aspic

Pork-skin aspic is a set savory jelly made by extracting gelatin from pork skin and cooling the cooking liquid.

About Pork-skin aspic

Pork-skin aspic is a set savory preparation made by cooking pork skin, usually with water and seasonings, then cooling the strained or unstrained liquid until it forms a sliceable jelly. The setting material comes from gelatin released during cooking; the finished product may retain finely cut skin, meat, aromatics, or suspended pieces depending on the preparation.

Its flavour is savory and pork-like, shaped by the cooking liquid and seasonings rather than by the skin alone. The texture is soft and quivering when chilled, becoming firmer as the aspic sets and varying with the amount of retained skin, meat, or other solids.

It is served cold, sliced, molded, or used as a component of composed dishes. Appearance ranges from clear or lightly cloudy to opaque, with the degree of clarity and visible pieces changing according to whether the liquid is strained and what the recipe retains.

Ingredient type: derived ingredient

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Pork-skin aspic nutrition & diet

Pork-skin aspic nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Beef, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories: 154kcal
Protein: 22.1g
Carbs: 0.0g
Fat: 7.2g

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Portions & preparation

Use a reference for savory aspic made by extracting pork skin gelatin, not plain skin, powdered gelatin, or a meat jelly with a different recipe. Account for the edible set jelly and any retained meat, fat, broth, salt, vegetables, seasonings, or garnishes included in the serving.

Compare the right form: Match to pork-skin aspic as a cooled savory jelly, with recipe details showing broth, meat, fat, seasonings, and added setting agents.

Diet considerations

Pork-skin aspic is animal-derived and is not compatible with vegetarian or vegan diets. Recipe compatibility changes with added meat, stock, eggs, dairy, sweeteners, cereal garnishes, or commercial gelatin. Plain aspic is distinct from molded salads or pâtés, and carbohydrate patterns depend on additions and portion.

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Dietary compatibility

Vegan
Typically incompatible
Vegetarian
Typically incompatible
Pescatarian
Typically incompatible
Keto
Not established
Paleo
Not established
Low-carb
Not established
Halal
Typically incompatible
Kosher
Typically incompatible

What these diet assessments mean

Vegan · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork skin. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork skin. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork skin. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
Keto · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established: The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork skin. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.
Kosher · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork skin. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.2.2.1_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: 26 September 2026.