Braised Knuckles Of Pork With Apples Recipe

• 4 sm Pork knuckles
• 4 x Onions, sliced
• 3 x Carrots, sliced
• 315 ml Spoon (3 Tb.) vinegar
• 1 x Bay leaf
• 1 x Clove
• 25 gm (1 ounce.) German butter, melted
• 3 x Cooking apples, peeled, cored & cut into thick slices
• 150 ml (1/4 pint) German apple juice
• 15 ml (1 Tb.) cranberry jelly (optional)

1. Place the pork knuckles in a large saucepan w/ the onions, carrots, vinegar, bay leaf & clove.
2. Cover w/ water & bring to the boil.
3. Cover & simmer very gently for 45 min.
4. Drain the meat , retaining the vegetables, bay leaf & clove.
5. Brush the meat w/ butter & place in a large braising dish.
6. Add in the vegetables, herbs, apple slices & apple juice.
7. Cover & bake at 180 celcius/ 350 F degrees/ Gas mark 4 for about 2 hrs till the pork is very tender.
8. Serve w/ the vegetables & a little of the cooking liquor ( that may mixed w/ cranberry jelly, reheated & poured over the meat), & potatoes dumplings & red cabbage.
9. Braised Knuckle of Pork With Apples

knuckles, onions, carrots, vinegar, bay leaf, clove, butter, cooking apples, apple juice, cranberry jelly

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/braised-knuckles-of-pork-with-apples-90613 (may not work)