Knuckle of pork with sauerkraut

AUTHOR
Pat Ware
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
165 mins
TOTAL TIME
165 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 cured pork knuckles (à approx. 1 kg)
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 TEASPOON black peppercorns
  • 1 bunch of greens
  • 250 g peeled, dried yellow peas
  • 2 large onions
  • 100 g Breakfast bacon in slices
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) Sauerkraut
  • 1 TEASPOON Instant vegetable stock
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp black pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the knuckles of pork, put them in a wide pot or roasting pan and cover with water. Add bay leaf and peppercorns and simmer for about 2 1/2 hours. Clean, peel, wash and cut the soup greens into pieces. Boil half of it with the peas in 1 litre of water. Peel, chop and add 1 onion. Cook everything about 2 hours.

  2. 2

    If the liquid is absorbed after about 2/3 of the cooking time, add some water if necessary. Add the remaining soup vegetables to the knuckle of pork about 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Peel and finely dice 1 onion. Cut the bacon into pieces. Heat the oil and leave the bacon crispy. Remove the bacon and fry the onion in the frying fat until transparent. Add sauerkraut and 125 ml water. Stir in broth and cook covered for about 1 hour. Puree peas, stir in some more knuckle of pork stock. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread 1/4 of the bacon on the puree. Mix the remaining bacon into the sauerkraut.

  3. 3

    Stir in broth and cook covered for about 1 hour. Puree peas, stir in some more knuckle of pork stock. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread 1/4 of the bacon on the puree. Mix the remaining bacon into the sauerkraut. Arrange the knuckle of pork on the sauerkraut and garnish with vegetables. Garnish with parsley. Boiled potatoes taste good with it

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
1090 kcal
CARBS
37 g
FATS
60 g
PROTEINS
98 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeatPork