Recipe - Braised Knuckles Of Pork With Apples

4 small Pork knuckles
4 Onions, cut or sliced up
3 Carrots, cut or sliced up
315 ml Spoon (3 Tb.) vinegar
1 Bay leaf
1 Clove
25 g (1 oz.) German butter,
melted
3 Cooking apples, peeled,
cored & cut into thick
slices
150 ml (One fourth pint) German apple
juice
15 ml (1 Tb.) cranberry jelly
(optional)

Place the pork knuckles in a large saucepan w/ the onions, carrots,
vinegar, bay leaf & clove. Cover w/ water & bring to the boil. Cover &
simmer very gently for 45 minutes. Drain the meat , retaining the
vegetables, bay leaf & clove. Brush the meat w/ butter & place in a large
braising dish. Add the vegetables, herbs, apple slices & apple juice.
Cover & bake at 180 celcius/ 350 F degrees/ Gas mark 4 for about 2 hours
until the pork is very tender. Serve w/ the vegetables & a little of the
cooking liquor ( which may mixed w/ cranberry jelly, reheated & poured over
the meat), & potatoes dumplings & red cabbage. Braised Knuckle of Pork With
Apples

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