How to bake a knuckle in the oven: a recipe

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

The baked boar's knee is a traditional Czech dish that has long become a real symbol of the country - along with dark beer and Witt's Cathedral. At the same time, this recipe has become very popular in other countries, but it will always be associated with the Czech Republic and its old traditions.

However, the Czech baked shank in its original form has already become boring to many. Therefore, the famous chef Zdenek Poglreich decided to modify it a little, and present the result to the public.

Required Ingredients

To prepare this dish you will need:

• knuckle - 4pcs;
• carrots - 2pcs;
• garlic head - 1 pc.;
• onion - 2pcs;
• parsley root - 1 pc.;
• celery root - 1/2pc;
• tomatoes – 3pcs;
• dark beer;
• butter;
• vegetable oil;
• rosemary;
• thyme;
• s alt;
• pepper.

Selecting and preparing meat

Before you bake the shank in the oven, you need to choose it correctly andprepare. For this recipe, a small part of the knee will do, and it is better to use young pork, which is much softer and more tender. Each knuckle should be thoroughly washed and processed over an open fire. Then, with a knife, small cuts are made throughout the piece. This is necessary in order to bake the knuckle in the oven along with vegetables and a special sauce that will have to be absorbed into the meat, and the skin will interfere with this.

Preparing the sauce!

Fry garlic cloves in a small amount of vegetable oil. Then they need to stuff the meat by inserting the teeth into the cuts made. Next, coarsely chopped carrots, celery, parsley roots and onion rings are fried. To bake the knuckle in the oven and at the same time convey the whole taste of the products to it, unpeeled garlic and diced tomatoes without skins are added to the roast. The whole mixture is fried for a few more minutes and poured onto a baking sheet, which can be pre-lined with parchment or foil to prevent sticking.

Baking

Now you need to put the meat on the gravy in a baking sheet and put the dish in the oven, where it will be cooked at a temperature of 180 degrees. All cooks know how much to bake a shank in the oven, but this knowledge is mostly intuitive. Therefore, no one can give an exact and unambiguous answer in time parameters. The fact is that it is cooked until the meat begins to lag behind the bone. You can check this with a regular fork. After that, the shank is left in the oven for another 10-15minutes to let it reach full readiness due to the temperature gained. It is also worth noting that during heat treatment it is necessary to constantly pour dark beer on the dish, although some prefer to pour it on a baking sheet before starting cooking. However, the second method is more convenient, besides, it allows the meat to acquire a beautiful color.

Feed

Before you bake the shank in the oven, you need to decide on a side dish. Braised cabbage and seasoning in the form of grated horseradish are traditionally used. However, this recipe recommends simply pouring gravy over the meat with a little butter and serving with fresh bread. No other garnish is required as this is the only way to experience the true taste of this dish.