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grilled pork hocks on sauerkraut with moonshine, beer & honey glaze

Preptime: 33.3 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Feeds: 4-6 people 

Pork Hocks or Pork Knuckle is one of the most misunderstood cuts of meat. It is from the leg of the pork and is actually a very flavourful meat. For this recipe we started with one 3-4 lb hammock from the Hanson Homestead pig farm in South River. To help breakdown the tough texture of the meat we use the age old secret of finishing the grilling on top a bead of moonshine and beer sauerkraut. The results are amazing and you can catch our reaction in the full episode.

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grilled pork hocks on moonshine and craft beer sauerkraut

STEP ONE

  • bring the ham hock to room tempature (about 1 hr)

  • unwrap the ham hock from the butcher paper

  • cut the ham hock into two equal sized portions (count your fingers and make sure they’all there

  • grab a cocktail and take a break

STEP TWO

  • vigorously rub both parts of ham hacks with a generous layer of Gilling with Shine Secret Butt Rub

  • let rest for 30 minutes

  • grab another cocktail and wait

STEP THREE

  • time to make the glaze

  • pour 1/2 a Beau’s Lugtread craft beer into a large foil pan

  • pour in 250 ml of Copperhead Distilleries Magnetawan Rye Moonshine

  • remember to sample the products 

  • pour in 150 ml of pure honey and mix

STEP FOUR

  • bring grill up to 350 F

  • place pork hocks on side burner

  • turn and bast with glaze every 15 minutes

  • grill and char for 60 -90 minutes 

STEP FIVE

  • Core and cut red pepper into 1/2” chunks

  • Slice onion into 1/2 chunks

  • Remember you’ve been drining so be careful…

  • knives are sharp…

  • when you watch the whole episode you’ll understand…

STEP SIX

  • in a large foil tray add two jars of fine sauerkraut with the vinegar 

  • mix in chopped vegetables

  • try the moonshine

STEP SEVEN

  • pace foil tray on grill

  • move shared pork hops on top of the sauerkraut to the beer and moonshine mixture

  • cose lid and let cook at medium (250F) for 60-90 minutes

STEP EIGHT

  • Remove from grill

  • Tent with foil and let site for 10 minutes

  • Carve pork hocks and serve with heaping scoop sauerkraut to the beer and moonshine mixture

  • Add back potatoes toped with sour cream and chive

  • Pair with a nice merlot and moonshine chaser

  • Enjoy

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 3-4 lb fresh from the farm pork hock

  • ‘Grilling with Shine Secret Butt Rub’ (coming soon)

  • 1 large onion

  • 1 large red pepper

  • 2 1L jars of Bick’s Wine Sauerkraut

  • salt & pepper

Glaze

  • 4-12 oz of Copperhead Distillery Magnetawan Rye Moonshine 

  • 337 ml of Beau’s Lug Tread lagered ale.

  • 250 ml of pure honey

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