Kitchen appliances and utensils
- containers for ingredients;
- Bowl
- a bowl;
- knife;
- plate;
- board;
- pan;
- oven;
- foil.
Ingredients
- Knuckle - 1.5 kg
- Garlic - 4 cloves
- Salt to taste
- Ginger to taste
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Dry garlic - 2 tsp.
- Dry onion - 2 tsp.
- Peppercorns - 5-6 pcs.
- Star anise - 2 amount.
- Cardamom to taste
- Sugar - 1-2 tsp.
- Mustard - 3 tsp.
- Honey - 3 tsp
Step cooking
- We rinse the knuckle.
- Peel the garlic and cut it in half along. Add salt to the garlic slice. We make punctures with a knife in the knuckle and insert garlic there. Cut the ginger and also insert the ginger into the garlic holes.
- We send the knuckle to boil to boiling water.
- Do not forget to salt the shank in water. Add half the onion. Add the garlic to the pan. Add dry garlic, dry onion, star anise and cardamom. Add some sugar. Cook the shank 1.5-2 hours. It should be soft.
- Spread foil on a baking sheet. Put the shank there. In a separate bowl, mix honey and mustard. Mix.
- Lubricate the knuckle with this mixture.
- We put the shank in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees. Bake the shank for 30 minutes. We get it, pour mustard with honey, and you're done!
Cooking variations
Pork knuckle is cooked long enough. Due to the fact that it is cooked for a couple of hours, and then baked for some time, you have a little free time to make a tasty side dish to the knuckle. Traditionally, shank is served with sauerkraut or stewed cabbage. Since the cabbage is stewed for a long time, you can start cooking it immediately after you put the boil on the boil.
In addition to cabbage, shank can be served with mashed potatoes. Along with this, on the festive table, on which there is a pork knuckle, there must be various pickles. It can be pickles, pickled tomatoes or pickled mushrooms. You can also make a fresh vegetable salad, and it will also be delicious. In any case, the shank itself is a delicious meat dish that will surely appeal to both men and women.
Video recipe
Watch this video to learn how to cook a pork knuckle. The author of the video will tell you in detail how to properly bake a pork knuckle. Enjoy watching!