Braised Knuckles Of Pork With Apples -

Braised Knuckles Of Pork With Apples

Ingredients

4 small pork knuckles
4 onions, sliced
3 carrots, sliced
3 x 15 ml spoons (3 tablespoons) vinegar
1 bay leaf
1 clove
25 g (1 oz.) german butter melted
3 cooking apples, peeled, cored & cut into thick slices
150 ml (¼ pint) German apple juice
15 ml (1 tb.) cranberry jelly (optional)

Method

Place the pork knuckles in a large saucepan with the onions, carrots, vinegar, bay leaf and clove. Cover with water and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer very gently for 45 minutes.

Drain the meat, retaining the vegetables, bay leaf and clove. Brush the meat with butter and place in a large braising dish. Add the vegetables, herbs, apple slices and apple juice. Cover & bake at 180ºC/ 350ºF/ Gas mark 4 for about 2 hours until the pork is very tender.

Serve with the vegetables and a little of the cooking liquor (which may be mixed with cranberry jelly, reheated and poured over the meat) potatoes, dumplings and red cabbage.

Related food category:

• Pork