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German Pork Knuckle (Schweinshaxe) - Slow Roasted with Crispy crackling!
- Makes
- 2
- Ingredients
- 19
- Rating
- 5.0 out of 5, from 53 ratings on RecipeTin Eats
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Ingredients
- 1 x 1.25kg / 2.5lb pork knuckle ((Note 1))
- 2 tbsp white vinegar ((Note 2))
- 3 garlic cloves (, cut into 4 - 6 slivers (Note 3))
- 2 tsp salt (, kosher / cooking salt NOT table salt (Note 4))
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp juniper berries ((Note 5))
- 1 tsp caraway seeds
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 2 cups dark German beer ((Note 6))
- 2 cups chicken stock / broth (, low sodium)
- 1 carrot (, unpeeled, sliced 2cm / 0.8" thick)
- 1 onion (, unpeeled, halved, cut into 1.25cm / 1/2" thick slices)
- 1 head garlic (, cut in two halves horizontally)
- 5 juniper berries ((Note 5))
- 2 bay leaves (, preferably fresh otherwise dried)
- 2 tsp cornflour/cornstarch
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt (, kosher / cooking salt NOT table salt (Note 4))
Nutrition · per serving
- Calories
- 633 kcal
- Fat
- 20 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 3504 mg
- Protein
- 65 g
- Trans fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 180 mg
- Carbohydrate
- 32 g
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
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