Braised Knuckles Of Pork With Apples
Ingredients
4 sm pork knuckles
4 onions,sliced
3 carrots,sliced
315 ml spoon (3 tb.) vinegar
1 bay leaf
1 clove
25 g (1 oz.) German butter melted
3 cooking apples,peeled, cored & cut,into thick slices
150 ml (1/4 pint) German apple juice
15 ml (1 tb.) cranberry jelly (optional)
Cooking Instructions
Place the pork knuckles in a large saucepan w/ the onions, carrots, vinegar, bay leaf & clove. Cover w/ water & bring to the boil. Cover & simmer very gently for 45 minutes. Drain the meat , retaining the vegetables, bay leaf & clove. Brush the meat w/ butter & place in a
large braising dish. Add the vegetables, herbs, apple slices & apple
juice.
Cover & bake at 180 Celsius / 350 F degrees/ Gas mark 4 for about 2 hours until the pork is very tender. Serve w/ the vegetables & a little of the cooking liquor ( which may mixed w/ cranberry jelly, reheated & poured over the meat), & potatoes dumplings & red cabbage
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