Baked pork knuckle with potatoes in the oven

6 servings
3 hours

How to make a pork knuckle baked with potatoes in the oven? Prepare the products. Pre-wash the knuckle carefully. I removed the skin from mine, it was too rough. If the skin is soft and thin, then you can cook directly with it. From the spices, I took black pepper and paprika. You can use absolutely any combination, here it is a matter of taste and preference.

Use a knife to puncture the entire leg. Brush the knuckle with garlic, inserting the peeled cloves into the resulting incisions.

Combine salt and spices. If you have a knuckle with skin, then you can drip a little vegetable oil so that the resulting mixture stays well on your leg.

Apply the resulting mixture to the knuckle on all sides. if you have enough time, then leave the knuckle to start for several hours, it is better even to leave it in this form at night. But you can bake right away, everything will turn out great anyway.

Cut the peeled potatoes into halves or quarters, depending on their size. Young small potatoes can be left whole. Add the salt, mix.

Spread several layers of foil overlapping on a baking sheet. Put a knuckle in the center. Spread the potatoes around.

Wrap the knuckle and potatoes in a tight envelope, turning the edges well so that the juice does not pour out when baking. Additionally, wrap in another layer of foil, for reliability.

Bake the knuckle with potatoes for 2 hours at a temperature of 180 ° С. Then unwrap the foil, turn on the grill or convection mode and bake for a further 30 minutes until ruddy.