Pork knuckle in beer baked in the oven

4 servings
20 hour

How do I cook a knuckle in beer? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Since in this dish the skin is also suitable for eating, choose the knuckle with a soft skin. She should easily pierce with a knife. Soy sauce and beer take good quality so as not to spoil the taste of meat. Use natural fermentation soy sauce. Beer - light or dark - take at your discretion. Take the lemon juicy.

Start by preparing your knuckle. It should be fresh. If you are using a frozen knuckle, defrost it correctly. To do this, leave for 8-10 hours in the refrigerator, and then 2-3 hours at room temperature. Defrosting in water or microwave will make the meat dry and the taste will be spoiled. Wash the knuckle well, soak it in room temperature water for about 30 minutes.

How to marinate a knuckle in beer? Prepare the marinade. To do this, take a deep bowl of about a liter. Peel and rinse the garlic. Finely grind 2 cloves with a knife or in any other way convenient for you. Leave the rest for now, they will come in handy later.

Add the mustard, soy sauce, salt and pepper to the garlic. Stir until smooth.

Squeeze the juice of half the lemon into the marinade, add the beer there, mix everything.

After soaking, wipe the knuckle with a towel and a wide knife gently scrape the top layer off the entire surface. Pay special attention to the skin.

Cover the knuckle with marinade and keep in it at room temperature for at least 6 hours. I usually put a knuckle in the evening and leave it for the night. Turn over periodically to soak the meat well.

Take the remaining garlic, cut each tooth lengthwise into 2-3 pieces. With such cutting, it will be convenient to lash a knuckle with them. Scoop a knuckle with garlic so that it is evenly soaked in the flavor of garlic. If you don't have a special spy knife, you can use a knife with a long sharp blade. Pierce the knuckle on the side of a wide slice along the bone and, along the blade, push the garlic pieces deep into.

Place the knuckle in the roasting sleeve and place on a baking sheet. To prevent an emergency from happening when baking, pierce the sleeve with a needle in several places. This is done so that the steam formed in the first minutes of baking comes out and does not tear the sleeve. Put the knuckle in an oven preheated to 150 degrees so that the baking process does not turn into cooking. Bake on a shelf below the average 1. 5-2 hour.