Hot Smoked Cider Glazed Ham Hock Recipe - River Cottage

Ingredients

• 2 uncured hocks of pork.
• For the brine:
• 600g fine sea salt
• 4lt cold water
• 1tsp black peppercorns
• 1tsp pink peppercorns
• 1tsp coriander seeds
• 4 cloves
• 1 star anise
• 4 cloves of garlic crushed
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 sprigs of thyme and/or sage
• Zest of half an orange
• For the poaching liquor:
• 1 medium onion
• 1 small carrot
• 1 stick of celery
• 1/2 head of fennel
• All the retained spices from the brine or half of the recipe above
• For the glaze:
• 1 ltr dry apple cider
• 100g good quality honey
• 1/4 tsp black peppercorns
• !/4 tsp pink peppercorns
• 3 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 3-4 garlic cloves crushed
• Zest of half and orange.
• Juice of one orange