Veprevo knee in Czech

Original, incomparably delicious, for a festive table! Baked boar knee in Czech is a pork knuckle baked in the oven, which is pre-brewed in dark beer with spices. It takes a lot of time, but it's better to cook it on holidays. And serve - with horseradish, mustard, stewed cabbage!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 37 % 10 g
Fats 48 % 13 g
Carbohydrates 15 % 4 g
189 kcal
GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 3 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to bake a boar knee in Czech? Prepare the products according to the list. Choose a medium-sized pork knuckle for this dish. And make sure that there is more meat on it, not fat. Wash and dry the carrots.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the pork knuckle thoroughly under running water. Clean the skin with a brush from all dirt. If there are hairs left on it, burn them over the gas burner. Peel the onion and carrot and cut into four pieces. Peel the garlic cloves. Put the pork leg in a large saucepan. Add chopped vegetables, bay leaf, spices and spices, salt. Pour the beer. The knuckle should be half in the liquid. If there is not enough beer, you can add some water.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the pot with the knuckle to cook on a small fire. Bring to a boil, cover with a lid. Cook the knuckle for about 1 hour on low heat (focus on your stove).

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    After an hour, open the lid and turn the knuckle over to the other side so that it cooks evenly. Cover the pan again with a lid. Leave to cook for another hour.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Prepare the products for the glaze.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Mix honey and mustard in a separate bowl.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Take a baking dish, put the boiled knuckle into it. Pour a little broth from the pan in which the meat was cooked on the bottom of the mold.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Using a brush, lubricate the top of the boiled knuckle with honey-mustard glaze.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Bake the knuckle in the oven at about 180°C until nicely browned for about one hour. Focus on the features of your oven. Periodically check the meat and smear it with honey-mustard glaze twice during baking.

The knuckle turned out very tasty! Spicy, fragrant, the meat is well cooked, the crust is ruddy and crispy!
Boiled potatoes or stewed cabbage are served as a side dish to the boar's knee. Mustard, horseradish, tomato sauces are used as additives. And be sure to have a glass of cold beer!
If you have free time, then the knuckle can be pre-marinated in beer before boiling. To do this, the prepared knuckle is not put to cook, but sent to the refrigerator for several hours. Previously, you can stuff the meat with garlic.
When boiling, you can add sour apples and celery root, various herbs, seasonings and spices, ginger root.

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use the useful information about the features of ovens !

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Honey - 400   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Light beer - 50   kcal/100g
  • Non-alcoholic beer - 33   kcal/100g
  • Strong beer - 150   kcal/100g
  • Dark beer - 74   kcal/100g
  • Beer - 50   kcal/100g
  • Carnation - 323   kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313   kcal/100g
  • Mustard canteen - 417   kcal/100g
  • Mustard - 417   kcal/100g
  • Black pepper peas - 255   kcal/100g
  • Hot capsicum - 40   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Allspice - 263   kcal/100g
  • Pork knuckle - 294   kcal/100g

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