Traditional Eisbein with a honey and mustard sauce

Traditional Eisbine with a honey and mustard sauce is a winner during the winter months, and for some it's a restaurant favorite all year round. This recipe will show you how to make the perfect eisbine from home, every time.

Ingredients:

4 smoked pork hocks 6 bay leaves freshly grounded black pepper 60 ml Dijon mustard 60 ml honey 60 ml melted butter

Method:

1. Put the pork in a large pot of boiling water.

2. Add bay leaves, worcester sauce and black pepper.

3. Once the pork has boiled for 10 min, you may reduce the the heat and let it simmer for 90 to 120 minutes or until the meat is very soft.

4. Pre-heat the oven to 220°C.

5. Remove the pork from the pot and place onto a roasting tin.

6. Mix the mustard, honey and melted butter and brush over the pork.

7. Roast in the pre-heated oven until the skin is crisp.

TIPS: You could replace the honey, mustard butter sauce with your favorite BBQ sauce. To insure the sauce absorbs all the way, once the pork has simmered in the pot of water and the meat is soft, simply transfer the meat to a skillet with your favorite BBQ sauce and let the pork simmer on both sides for about 10 minuets each side, this will insure the meat absorbs the BBQ flavor to the bone.

You will then only brush over BBQ sauce in the last 10 minuets when the eisbine is nice and crispy, this prevents the sauce from burning in the oven and allows the eisbine to crisp up nicely, some BBQ sauces could prevent the skin from going crackling, so adding it at the end is a nice trick to insure it comes out perfect.

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