Pork knuckles on braised vegetables

Name: Pork knuckles on braised vegetables
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 small knuckles of pork (about 600 g each); 2 Bay leaves; 4 Juniper berries; 2 Cloves; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 1 bunch of greens; 4 Onions; 1.5 kg Sweet potatoes; 4 TABLESPOONS Sesame seed; 3 TABLESPOONS Mustard; 2 TABLESPOONS liquid honey

AUTHOR
Kristopher Marks

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
180 mins

TOTAL TIME
180 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6

6 small knuckles of pork (about 600 g each)
2 Bay leaves
4 Juniper berries
2 Cloves
7-10 Tbsp Salt
1 bunch of greens
4 Onions
1.5 kg Sweet potatoes
4 TABLESPOONS Sesame seed
3 TABLESPOONS Mustard
2 TABLESPOONS liquid honey

Directions

1
Wash knuckles, pat dry. Boil up plenty of salted water with bay leaf, juniper and cloves. Add the knuckles and cook for about 1 hour
2
Remove the knuckles, drain and place them in the fat pan of the oven. Braise in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ circulating air: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 2 hours
3
Clean or peel and wash the soup greens. Cut carrots into sticks, leek into rings, celery into cubes. Peel onions and cut into slices. Peel and wash sweet potatoes, cut in half lengthwise and cut into slices
4
Spread the vegetables and potatoes around the knuckles for the last approx. 45 minutes. Pour 500 ml of knuckle stock and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Mix mustard and honey. Spread it on the knuckles about 15 minutes before the end of the cooking time
5
Preparation time approx. 3 hours