The subtleties of cooking pork knuckle baked in the oven

Pork knuckle baked in the oven has a surprisingly delicate taste. This is achieved thanks to a special cooking technology, when the meat is completely saturated with its own fat and spices. Any housewife can pamper her household with such a product, the main thing is to have a suitable recipe on note.

The best raw material for the dish is the back of the leg, which is located above the knee. In addition, the animal must be no more than 2 years old.

Easy option for beginners

Often, inexperienced chefs have a fear of preparing a new dish. Tips from good friends or step-by-step recipes can help relieve stress. Let's consider one of the simplest options.

To cook a pork knuckle baked in the oven, first collect the necessary set of products:

• meat;
• large onion;
• carrot;
• salt.

Then they get down to business:

1. Water is poured into a large pan. Bring to a boil and dissolve salt in it, then remove from heat.
2. Prepare vegetables by removing their hulls and skins.
3. When the brine cools down, dip the shank, onion, carrot into it. Cover and leave for 2 hours. Then the liquid, in which the meat was, is drained, replacing it with a clean one. After that, it is boiled over low heat in clean salted water for about 4 hours. 
4. Before baking the knuckle, preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with fat and spread the meat on it. Bake for about 45 minutes. When the marked time has passed, the oven is turned off and the meat is left for another 25 minutes.

To obtain an excellent taste, the boiled leg is dried and then fired with a gas burner. Thanks to this, it smells slightly of smoke, which is the highlight of this dish.

Pork shank baked in the oven with potatoes or stewed cabbage is served.

Flavored meat with garlic

Fans of spicy food prefer to cook the knuckle baked in the oven with various spices that are at hand. Most often it is pepper, garlic or mustard... Even if you take just one ingredient, you get an excellent dish. To prepare it you will need the following components:

• pork shank;
• black pepper in powder form;
• a set of spices for meat;
• vegetable oil;
• mayonnaise;
• garlic;
• salt.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a dish:

1. The pork knuckle is thoroughly washed in warm water. If the remains of bristles are visible on the skin, it is treated with fire. Residents of apartments do this over the included gas stove burner.
2. The meat is placed on a kitchen board and a deep incision is made along the bone to gently remove it. They perform this action slowly so that as little meat as possible remains on the bone. Next, the knuckle is unfolded and rubbed with active finger movements, salt and spices.
3. Peel the garlic. They are washed under running water and passed through a special press. Then the meat is rubbed on all sides.
4. The next step is to spread the shank abundantly with mayonnaise both outside and inside. The outside is additionally sprinkled with salt and seasonings. To get a delicious oven baked pork knuckle, the recipe involves a pickling process. For this, the meat is left for 3 hours. It is placed in a closed container, sent to the cold.
5. After this period, the meat is taken out of the refrigerator. Prepare two strips of foil and spread the knuckle in the center.Then sprinkle with sunflower oil, wrap and place on a baking sheet.
6. The oven is preheated to about 200 degrees. Place the mold in it and bake for 2 hours. 15 minutes before the dish is ready, the knuckle is removed, the foil is opened and sent back to the oven until a golden crust forms.

To the dining table, pork knuckle in foil baked in the oven is served with potatoes or rice. It is also important to season it with tomato sauce, mustard and fresh herbs.

An excellent dish with a touch of ancient Prague

Those who are lucky enough to visit the old part of the capital of the Czech Republic know firsthand what delicacies are prepared there for tourists. I would especially like to mention the baked "Boar Knee". Its aroma and juiciness cannot be confused with anything, but you can cook it at home. In principle, this is the most common shank in beer, baked in the oven. To prepare it, take a simple set of ingredients:

• beer (preferably dark);
• pork (shank);
• carrot;
• garlic;
• celery;
• laurel leaves;
• cloves;
• pepper;
• caraway;
• mustard seeds (in French);
• coriander;
• honey;
• salt.

The secret of cooking consists of such simple operations. First, the meat is thoroughly washed and the remaining bristles are removed. Then they are cut into small pieces, after which they are placed in a saucepan, poured with beer and put on fire.

When the meat boils, remove the foam as it appears. Then celery, garlic cloves, laurel and spices are added to the broth. Cook for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Simultaneously prepare the sauce: dissolve 1 tablespoon of honey in a small amount of broth. Then add mustard, coriander, cumin. Mix everything thoroughly.

The boiled pork is removed from the pan to dry and cool slightly. After that, spread on a baking sheet, pour abundantly with sauce and send to a preheated oven.

To make the meat juicy, every 30 minutes, it is poured with beer broth and spicy sauce.

The knuckle prepared according to this recipe, baked in the oven, is decorated with herbs. Served as a main course with mashed potatoes, buckwheat or rice porridge. You can emphasize its taste with dry wine or vodka.

Let's consider another option for preparing this dish using beer.

Ingredient List:

• pork shank;
• several bulbs;
• carrot;
• beer for the marinade;
• spice;
• laurel;
• chili sauce;
• salt.

It was noticed that step-by-step recipes for a shank baked in the oven with a photo help beginners to easily create masterpieces with their own hands.

The cooking process consists of simple steps:

1. The washed shank is placed in a saucepan. Pour cold water so that it covers the meat. Then add 0.5 liters of beer, spices, salt, laurel, carrots, onions and cook for 60 minutes.
2. When the pork is ready, it is laid out on a baking sheet, and then put in the oven for another hour. The optimum temperature should not exceed 180 degrees.
3. While the shank is baked, a glass of broth is poured into the pan, where the meat was boiling. Add Chili sauce to it, mix and boil over low heat until you get a thick mass.
4. The dish is served with lettuce leaves, pouring over the prepared sauce.

Appetizing pork knuckle baked in the sleeve

Any housewife wants to please her household with a delicious dish. And for this it is not necessary to wait for the holiday. Appetizing juicy meat with a crispy brown crust is sure to please adults and children who gather for a family meal. It's about oven-baked pork knuckle in a sleeve. Simple ingredients are taken for the dish:

• pork (shank);
• a few cloves of garlic;
• mustard;
• turmeric;
• soy sauce;
• pepper different types;
• Bay leaf;
• salt.

Traditional cooking method:

1. First, wash the shank thoroughly. Then deep cuts are made, where the chives are laid.
2. Prepare the marinade. To do this, put mustard, pepper and turmeric in soy sauce.Next, thoroughly lubricate the entire surface of the shank, leaving it for half an hour.
3. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. The meat is packed in a sleeve, after which it is placed in the oven. Bake for an hour and a half.
4. To make a crispy crust on the shank, cut the sleeve and bake for another 15 minutes.
5. The dish is served chilled with French fries. To make the meat better absorbed, they offer greens and vegetable salads.

Check the readiness of the pork with a sharp knife. If a clear liquid flows out of the meat during a puncture, it is time to turn off the oven.

Video recipe for shank in Czech

Pork knuckle with vegetables

Many would agree that meat goes well with vegetables. Even in the wintertime, enterprising chefs use them frozen. And they prepare a dish from the following products:

• small knuckle size;
• carrot;
• broccoli;
• pumpkin;
• beans;
• spice;
• salt;
• vegetable fat.

The cooking option consists of simple operations. First of all, the meat is rubbed with seasonings mixed with salt. Wrap in a sheet of foil, spread on a baking sheet. In order to bake a knuckle in foil with high quality in the oven, it is heated to a temperature of 200 degrees, and only then the meat is laid.

After 2 hours, the baking sheet is taken out of the oven, the foil is cut and sent back to the fire. When the crust forms, after about 15 minutes, the meat is taken out again, but now vegetables are laid out around it. Bake for another 20 minutes. It is better to serve the finished dish while it is warm, otherwise, it will lose its exquisite taste and aroma.

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