Handle

my recipes handle

Ingredients

• The handle - 1-1,5 kg,
• Beer - 1 liter. (dark),
• Water - 1 liter,
• Apple - 1 pc. (green, sour),
• Carrots - 1 amount,
• Onions - 1 amount
• Celery root - 1/4 piece,
• Bay leaf - 2 amount,
• Dill - 1/2 tsp (dried),
• Garlic - 1/2 head,
• Black pepper - 8 pieces (peas),
• Black pepper - 1/2 tsp. (milled),
• Carnation - 5 amount,
• Salt - to taste.
• Honey - 1 tbsp.
• Garlic - 1 tsp. ground
• Grain mustard - 1/2 tbsp.
• Broth - 35 ml.

Directions

1. The pork leg should be thoroughly washed and scraped with a knife. Pour the knuckle with beer and leave in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, extend the leg, add water to the beer and bring to a boil. Immediately put in the broth spices (black pepper peas, bay leaf, cloves, dill).
2. Dry the meat. Now cut the skin in a circle with a narrow very sharp knife, the distance between the incisions is about 2 centimeters. The knuckle prepared in this way is well rubbed with salt and pepper.
3. Next, you need to coarsely chop fresh vegetables (in this case - apples, carrots, onions and celery), crush garlic and put in a saucepan. These are natural enhancers of the taste of the broth, in which the foot will be bored, imbued with aromas. Vegetables and fruits can be taken in various combinations. It is better to take fruit with a pronounced sour taste, apples and quinces are perfect.
4. Put the pork leg in a very boiling broth. If you cook more than one handle, then lay them in turn, each time waiting for the broth to boil. This will help "close" the meat juices inside, rather than digest in the process. The meat will eventually turn out the softest. It is necessary to languish the handle under the closed cover not less than 2 hours. The time will depend on the size of the piece. The smaller the leg, the less time it takes to boil, so control the process so that the handle does not fall apart in your pan. Once the meat is tender, remove it from the broth.
5. It is desirable to place the pork leg vertically on a baking sheet. Make a glaze of broth, honey, garlic and mustard.
6. Send the knuckle in a preheated oven to 200 degrees for half an hour, and do not forget to lubricate it with icing. Bake until a beautiful blush.