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Eisbein


  • Author: Caroline Hastings-Brown

Ingredients

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  • 2 cured and smoked shanks of pork
  • 1 onion, cut into quarters
  • 1 carrot, chopped roughly
  • 1 bay leaf
  • water

Instructions

  1. Add all the ingredients into a large saucepan.
  2. Fill the saucepan with water, enough to cover the ingredients.
  3. Bring the saucepan to the boil.
  4. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for 1 ½ hours or until tender and the skin is soft.
  5. Once cooked, remove the shanks from the saucepan and pat them to dry.
  6. Score the skin diagonally across.
  7. Salt the skin well.
  8. Place the shanks under a hot grill and let the skin crisp up to form crackling.