Pork Knuckle

beccyleigh
beccyleigh Posts: 846 Member
edited October 2024 in Recipes
just bought one, no idea how you cook it or what to serve with it. jut looked interesting & was cheap. lol

any ideas ?

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  • farfalledibaciodinotte
    farfalledibaciodinotte Posts: 181 Member
    pigs have knuckles? lol
  • DiabeticAlien
    DiabeticAlien Posts: 240 Member
    Not sure what others do with them, but I cook them in a pot of beans. They're mainly used for flavoring other foods, as there truly is not a lot of meat on them.
  • shezza737
    shezza737 Posts: 95 Member
    pigs have knuckles? lol


    God this made me laugh out loud !! Thank you ;o)
  • beccyleigh
    beccyleigh Posts: 846 Member
    this thing is huge, it's a cured gammon knuckle, got a ton of meat on it, i googled & the common idea is to boil it then just serve the meat with veg & potatoes. going to do more googling. thanks
  • Laura_beau
    Laura_beau Posts: 1,029 Member
    Germans cook with pork knuckles all the time, check out recipes for Schweinshaxe. These are slow roasted and served usually with german sauteed potatoes, dumplings or mustard mash.
  • beccyleigh
    beccyleigh Posts: 846 Member
    slow roasted sounds good, will check out the site. thanks
  • beccyleigh
    beccyleigh Posts: 846 Member
    So I did some more googling, like the german way of cooking in the oven but as I have t go out today didn't have time to boil it before hand, which is recoomended to soften the meat. So hubby seasoned & softened the knuckle overnight & I have just put it in the slow cooker with some celery, onion, garlic, herbs & sweet potato. will slow cook it for 7-8 hrs on high then plan on finishing it off in the oven using the blended juices from the veg, rapeseed oil, beer & a dab of salt to get the crackling nice & crispy. Will post back on how it comes out. (fingers crossed)
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