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Baked Pork Knuckle with Sauerkraut and Bread Dumplings

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Baked Pork Knuckle with Sauerkraut and Bread Dumplings

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For the baked pork knuckles

  • 2 Cured Eisbeine
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 6 Allspice grains

For the sauerkraut

  • 500 g Sauerkraut
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Smaller Apple
  • 1 Tbsp. Lard
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 8 Juniper berries
  • 5 Allspice grains
  • 1 Bay leaf

For the bread dumplings

  • 6 Rolls
  • 3 Eggs
  • 300 ml. Milk
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 tbsp Parsley frozen
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Nutmeg
  1. Boil the pork knuckles with the spices in water for about 90 minutes.
  2. For the sauerkraut, peel and dice the onion and sauté with the diced apple in the lard. Add the sauerkraut, the spices and half a coffee mug of water and simmer for about 90 minutes over a low heat.
  3. For the bread dumplings, pluck the rolls into small pieces, peel the onions, dice them finely and sauté in the butter until translucent, add the milk, heat a little and add everything with the spices and eggs to the rolls, knead everything well, approx. 30 Let rest for a few minutes, form dumplings and add them to the boiling salted water, turn down the temperature and let the dumplings stand for about 15 minutes.
  4. Place the pork knuckles on a baking sheet, brush the rind with honey and grill in the oven under the grill for about 45 minutes until crispy and brown.
  5. Serve the pork knuckles with the sauerkraut and bread dumplings.
Dinner
European
baked pork knuckle with sauerkraut and bread dumplings

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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