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Servings: 2 persons

Schweinhaxe

This dish is truly delicious and flavorful, and it takes care of itself most of the time. The vegetables from the dish can be used in a tasty vegetable sauce, it tastes good, and you avoid discarding them as food waste.
Author: Anette Søstrøm Asmussen
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: German
Keyword: Dinner, Food For Guests, Germany, Pork, Pork Shank
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Metric - US Customary

Ingredients

  • 1 pcs. Pork Shank
  • Spices salt and pepper
  • 150 gram White Wine
  • 2 pcs. Carrots
  • 0.25 pcs. Celery
  • 1 pcs. Leek

Instructions

  • Score the pork knuckle and place it in an ovenproof dish.
  • Peel the vegetables and cut them into large pieces.
  • Add white wine, salt, and pepper along with the chopped vegetables.
  • Place the dish in the oven at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit) for 3 hours. After each hour, drizzle some of the liquid from the dish over the crackling.
  • Finally, cook the meat for 20 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit) with fan.
  • After 20 minutes, the crackling was still not crispy in many places, so I tried using a blowtorch - with little success!
  • The meat was incredibly flavorful and juicy - so it definitely compensated for the lack of crispy crackling.
  • Next time, I will probably cook the crackling separately, as it is usually easier to get it crispy that way.
  • The vegetables and liquid from the ovenproof dish were used to make a delicious vegetable sauce.