Pork shank is the upper part of the front leg of a pig.
We'll tell you how to cook a pork rudder properly and tasty. To do this, it is best to choose a stick from animal meat breeds with a small layer of fat.
Pork knuckle can be prepared in many ways, but it's best to bake it. In the Czech Republic this is a very popular national dish - pecene veprove koleno (baked knuckle of Veprevo).
Invented many options for cooking pork shank, baked in the oven. You yourself can experiment in inventing new recipes, adhering to the general idea and principles of preparation.
Cooking options
You can cook the rudder whole, in this case it is better to boil a little. Or you can separate the burr from the bone. In this version, to make the pork knuckle tasty, before baking in the oven it is good to marinate it.
Pork knuckle baked in foil
Prepare the first option: cook, spin, bake whole.
Ingredients:
- pork knuckle - 1-2 pieces;
- Bay leaf;
- cloves;
- coriander seed;
- pepper with peas;
- garlic;
- mustard ready;
- greens - a thick bundle.
Preparation
Rolls opalivaem on an open fire, clean with a knife, washed (if necessary, cut into 2 parts at the joint). We put the wheel in a saucepan, pour cold water to cover it completely. Boil the spinach with spices and salt for 20 minutes after boiling on low heat. Slightly cool in broth and remove.
With the help of a sharp knife with a thin tip and a narrow blade, the cooled curled handle is bred by pieces of garlic cut along the cloves. We spread it with mustard.
On a wet leaf of the right size we spread the twigs of greenery, from above we put the wheel and pack it (each piece separately). For reliability, you can pack again. We place the bags with the shank in the oven and bake for at least 1.5 hours at a temperature of about 200 ° C.
It will be much more delicious if the temperature is lowered to a minimum and bake longer.
How to file?
Ready-baked roulk turn and serve on a rough ceramic plate or on a plate. Cut the pieces with a knife in the process of eating, take them by hand.
To the rukke it is good to serve potato dumplings, as a garnish - stewed or sauerkraut and, of course, cool fresh beer in a beautiful mug. Instead of bread - pretzels or salted sticks.
Pork roast baked in beer
Ingredients:
- 1-2 eggs;
- beer classical quality, light or dark (without maltose molasses and other dubious ingredients) - 1.5 liters;
- garlic;
- seed of mustard, caraway and coriander;
- sweet pepper with peas;
- cloves;
- salt;
- greenery.
Preparation
We regrind the stick with fire, clean it with a knife, wash it and make a deep incision along the bone. Gently pruning, we separate the meat from the bone with a single piece and lightly beat off. We put the meat in a marinade, made up of beer and chopped garlic with spices. Marinate meat for a minimum of 5, and preferably 8-12 hours. Periodically turn the meat to marinate evenly.
We decontaminate the pickled garlic (there should not be a residue of garlic), dry it off, wipe it with a clean cloth and pile it with slices of garlic cloves, cut longitudinally from both sides. Fold the meat with a roll, put some twigs of greens in the center and tie the roll in several places with a croissant twine.
We choose a relatively deep refractory shape (ceramic, glass, enamel or from food
Bake for at least 2 hours at a temperature of about 200 ° C. Or at a lower temperature, but longer - the meat will turn out softer. In the baking process, sprinkle 4-5 times, pour the pilau with beer, first sprinkle it in 40-50 minutes after the start of baking. Remove from the finished shank twine. You can cut into slices (on how best to file, read the first recipe, see above).
We serve, of course, with beer.