Jelly -Jelly made of knuckle and pork legs

A great snack for the holiday - jelly from the knuckle and legs. It is very easy to cook pork legs and knuckle jelly - it is enough to purchase the necessary parts of pork carcass and put them to cook. The next 3-4 hours can be free, because cooking jelly does not require any further intervention. Then the jelly remains to be disassembled, twist the meat and pour it on plates. That's all! It is customary to serve jelly with mustard, horseradish, hot sauces, pickles and marinades.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 52 % 12 g
Fats 48 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 0 % 0 g
144 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 8 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Take the products from the list. Wash the legs and knuckle well and scrape with a knife - I have from the supermarket, so there is practically no fuss. Ask your husband to cut the tubular bones. Fill the meat products with water and bring to a boil.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Add an onion, a piece of carrot, celery, stalks of greens. Cook under the lid at a slow boil for 3 hours. Then add salt to taste, add bay leaf and pepper, cook for about an hour.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Then turn off the stove, let the jelly stand for an hour. Remove the meat from the broth, discard the roots.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Carefully ice the meat from the bones with your hands, wearing gloves.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Part of the pulp can simply be divided into fibers and put in a jelly.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Scroll the rest of the meat with the skin with a combine or meat grinder. Just this is what will give our jelly to be strong.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Arrange the meat in bowls or molds for jelly.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Add grated garlic to taste.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Pour in the broth, gently stir until the meat part is evenly distributed in the broth. Put it in the cold until it cools down completely.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    If suddenly your jelly is frozen (on the balcony, for example), when it melts, it will become liquid - it needs to be brought to a boil again and cooled, it will return its consistency.

Pork leg and knuckle jelly is a wonderful Russian snack, an indispensable attribute of the New Year holidays. After all, the jelly can be cooked in advance - it is perfectly stored for several days. The jelly is served on the snack table along with meat cuts, garnished with berries, herbs, lemon. Jelly is also cooked on weekdays - it is a hearty product that is appropriate on the dining table with boiled potatoes and mustard.

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

  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313   kcal/100g
  • Black pepper peas - 255   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Pork leg - 234   kcal/100g
  • Pork knuckle - 294   kcal/100g
  • Celery root - 32   kcal/100g

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