Schweinshaxe – Bavarian Slow Cooked Pork Knuckle

Share This Recipe

Schweinshaxe – Bavarian Slow Cooked Pork Knuckle is my pork porn coming to life!

When you have a craving and it fills a keto lifestyle I say embrace it!  I was in the mood for some kind of roasted huge piece of pork and I decided to take on the Schweinshaxe!

Can I just say that the beer gravy in this recipe I would have a go at drowning in!  I know I wouldn’t because I would most certainly drink my way out.  It is that good.

The pork is super succulent and tastes amazing and the juniper berries take it to a whole other level.

When purchasing your pork hocks ask for the rear as they are the meatiest part.

I hope you love the recipe and share your results.  This is one of my new favourite recipes and it will be cooked a few times yet until I move onto a new favourite.

Have you connected with us yet?

CONNECT WITH MAD CREATIONS

Don’t forget to link up with Mad Creations on social media so you never miss a recipe.

Instagram | Pinterest | Facebook | 365 |

Schweinshaxe - Braised Slow Cooked Keto Pork Knuckle

All kinds of goodness going on in this meal

3.5 from 4 votes

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 4 hrs

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins

Course: Breakfast Lunch or Dinner

Cuisine: Bavarian, Keto

Keyword: Schweinshaxe

Recipe Category: Low Carb

Calories: 375kcal

Author: Megan

Servings: 6 people

MetricUS Customary

Tap or hover over number to scale ingredients

Print Pin Rate

Ingredients

• 2 medium onions sliced into batons
• 2 Big Head beer
• 850 ml water
• 2 tsp juniper berries optional
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 whole lemon cut in half
• 1 whole bulb garlic halved
• 2 pork knuckles these are the hocks of the pig. Not smoked but raw and rear hocks preferred for meaty deliciousness
• olive oil
• salt
• 1/2 tsp xanthan

Sprouts and Bacon Cooked Kraut

• 100 g butter
• 400 g brussel sprouts
• 300 g cabbage
• 4 bacon rashers
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tsp cracked pepper

Beer Gravy

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Add all the knuckle ingredients to a Dutch oven or slow cooker. Top with knuckles and cook until tender. I cooked for 3 hours at 150℃. Remove from oven if using oven.
• Turn oven up to 220℃
• Score pork skin (without going all the way through) drizzle with oil and rub in a generous amount of salt.
• Remove knuckles very gently from gravy and place on a baking paper lined baking tray and return to oven. Cook 10-15 minutes or longer until you have crispy skin. Do not leave unattended. Mine took 16 minutes.
• Remove juniper berries and lemon and discard. Remove garlic from Dutch oven. Squeeze garlic into small bowl and reserve.
• Into the gravy add brussel sprouts, cabbage, bacon. Cover with lid and return to oven for 10 minutes, add 50g butter and cook further 5 minutes. Remove cabbage, Brussel sprouts and bacon. Add xanthan gum to gravy over medium to low heat and whisk until you have a gravy consistency. (add more xanthan by half tsps if needed)
• Serve all together with kraut and garlic puree. Ours would serve 4-6 serves per 2 hocks.

Notes

Schweinshaxe is suitable for slow cooking, baking in a low oven or pressure cooking.

One knuckle can serve two people.

Order the pork knuckle through your local butcher. It is often a very cheap cut of pork, but often has to be ordered.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serve | Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 301mg | Potassium: 426mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 970IU | Vitamin C: 77.7mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 1.7mg | Net Carbs: 5g

Tried this recipe?Mention @meganellam or tag #madcreations!

Share This Recipe

Other Recipes You May Love

August 4th, 2020

The BEST Keto Curried Sausages

August 4th, 2020

Creamy Cauliflower Mash | Keto |Low Carb

July 23rd, 2020

Keto Pork Dumplings | Only 2g Net Carbs

Check out our recipe Cookbooks

See all cookbooks

7 Comments

• Suzanne M says:

  June 21, 2018 at 5:47 am

  Looks delicious. If the recipe would feed 4 -6 is this something that can can be frozen for another couple of meals if there are only two of you?

  Reply
  • Megan says:

    June 21, 2018 at 9:09 am

    Yes, and you can just get one knuckle.

    Reply
• Steve says:

  November 30, 2018 at 7:36 am

  
  I ended up with a nice tasting piece of pork but without the crispy skin I associate with Schweinhaxe.

  I didn’t bother with gravy as the liquid was too full of fat.

  I added caraway as a seasoning (based on memories)

  Reply
  • Trisha says:

    September 26, 2019 at 5:48 pm

    When you used caraway seeds, did you leave the juniper berries out?

    Reply
    • Megan says:

      September 26, 2019 at 6:11 pm

      Hi Trisha, if you use caraway seeds you can omit the juniper berries but to me the juniper berries help make this dish amazing!

  • Megan says:

    November 30, 2018 at 11:41 am

    Caraway would be fabulous with this. I need to try that next time too.

    Reply
• Michelle Buckland says:

  December 24, 2018 at 11:23 am

  I am wanting to make this today but I have a 2kg bone in pork leg, would that work and would I need to adjust the time? Thanks

  Reply