Usually pork hoof is used for cooking jellied meat. Although a variety of pork leg dishes are very popular in almost all cuisines of the world. I suggest you learn how to deliciously cook baked pork hoof in the oven.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Coming to the supermarket for groceries, most housewives completely ignore pork hooves, believing that apart from jellied meat it is impossible to cook anything tasty and original from them. But this is absolutely in vain! Oven baked pork legs are one of the favorite Spanish dishes that are found at Spanish carnivals, in taverns and bars. Despite the fact that there is very little meat in them, they are quite soft, juicy and satisfying. And although pork hooves take longer to cook than pork ribs, it is quite possible to diversify the daily menu with them, and it is not even a shame to put them on the festive table.
The resulting baked pork hooves are very tasty, nutritious and high in calories. Cooking them is quite simple. And if you pre-marinate them in various tasty sauces, then the dish will turn out to be no less tasty, but also healthy. Serve it with vegetables, sauces, herbs or with a glass of frothy fresh beer.
Here are some tips on how to cook pork legs deliciously.
- Choose hooves that are clean, well washed, and free of stubble.
- The skin should be intact, even, with a color ranging from white to slightly pinkish or yellow.
- Dark spots, bluish or gray tinge on the skin - the legs are not fresh.
- Do not get hooves if the cut is windy or dry.
- Press your finger into the fleshy part of the hoof: the formed fossa will instantly straighten, the not fresh leg will remain for a long time.
- Fresh hooves with a sweetish aroma.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 216 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 1 Hoof
- Cooking time - 1.5 hours baking, 30 minutes preparatory work, plus time for soaking
Ingredients:
- Pork hoof - 1 pc.
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
- Garlic - 2-3 cloves
- Bay leaf - 2 leaves
- Allspice peas - 4 peas
- Soy sauce - 1 tsp
- Mayonnaise - 1 tablespoon
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
Cooking baked pork hoof step by step:
1. Rinse pork hoof under running water, scrape with a knife or wire brush and rinse again. Place the leg in a bowl of water and let it sit for a few hours, preferably overnight. Wash the soaked hooves and dry them with a paper towel. During this time, they will become limp well, and if dirt remains on them, then it will all come out.
Take a piece of cling foil and place your hoof on top of it. Stir in mayonnaise, soy sauce, salt and ground pepper. Also add chopped bay leaves and peppercorns to the sauce. This can be done with a kitchen grinder or mortar.
2. You can also season the hoof with any spices you like.
3. Wrap the foil tightly around the hoof so that there are no empty spots. Better to wrap it in several layers of paper. Then the juice and the melted fat will not flow out, but will additionally saturate the meat.
Serve the finished pork leg to the table immediately after cooking. Drink it hot. Then it will have a softer taste and delicate aroma.
See also the video recipe for how to make "zampone" stuffed pork hoof.
