March 9th, 2018

Schweinshaxe – Bavarian Slow Cooked Pork Knuckle

Name: Schweinshaxe - Braised Slow Cooked Keto Pork Knuckle
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 260 min
Yield: 6 people
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; 100 g butter; 400 g brussel sprouts; 300 g cabbage; 4 bacon rashers; 1 pinch salt; 1 tsp cracked pepper

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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.

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Schweinshaxe - Braised Slow Cooked Keto Pork Knuckle

All kinds of goodness going on in this meal

3 from 1 vote

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: people

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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.

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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?
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- Megan says:
  June 21, 2018 at 9:09 am
  Yes, and you can just get one knuckle.
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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)
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- Trisha says:
  September 26, 2019 at 5:48 pm
  When you used caraway seeds, did you leave the juniper berries out?
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  - 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.
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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
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