Barbecued Pork Hock (Schweinshaxe) | What Dad Cooked

Ingredients

• For the pork
• 2 pork hocks
• 2 trotters from the hocks if available and split – or 8 chicken wings or other bones (optional)
• 500ml chicken stock
• 2 large carrots cut in half lengthwise
• 2 large celery sticks cut in half to
• 1 large onion sliced
• 4 cloves of garlic unpeeled
• For the marinade
• 2 litres of standard cider
• 2 bay leaves
• 10 juniper berries
• 10 peppercorns
• German frankfurters or wurst to suit tastes (optional)
• For the sauerkraut
• 1 pack or jar of sauerkraut to suit tastes
• 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
• 1 small onion
• 1 eating apple, peeled and chopped
• For the potatoes
• 1.2 kg potatoes
• 200g dry cured unsmoked bacon (optional)