Uses: An average leg of pork cut like this will be about 2 kilos or 3 1/2 pounds and yeild about half that amount of useable meat.
This can be pretty sorry looking until the meat is sauced. So don´t be turned off by the color of the meat after it is simmered. |
To the right is the finished dish and I have to say that it is really a terrific cut of meat, it is inexpensive, tastes great. The fat content keeps the meat soft, tender and moist. One of these legs should give you 6-8 very generous meals.
This cut of meat comes from the back or hind legs, it is what is left after the thigh part is used to make hams.
Don't cut off any of the fat or skin before cooking and buy fresh pork and not pork that has been brined (rimmad).
The sauce for this is so easy that you will wind up making and using it on your spareribs and chicken, I promise.
The whole thing will cost under 150 kr and I can't think of very many cuts of meat that will give you 6-8 meals for that money. |
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Fill a very large pot with cold water and place the leg into it. Bring it slowly up to a simmer and try and remove any coagulated fats and blood that will rise to the surface. This is the only real work there is in this recipe and you don't have to be fanatical about it.
Once the meat has come to the boil, turn it down and simmer very gently for 2 and one half hours.
While the meat is cooking make the sauce by simply putting all the ingredients into a small bowl and mixing it together well to dissolve the sugar.
When done, pour off the water and move the leg to a cutting board or a large dish. Let cool a little so you can handle it. Using a knife but your fingers will be better at this pull of the skin and any extra fat that is under it. Then while still warm pull off the meat from the bone pulling away any bits of fat that will be in between the meat. Break it up as you go (see the last image above). I do this using my fingers and a fork.
Take some of the sauce and pour it over the meat and mix it together on a nice serving dish and its done. |
It is very important that you buy your meat from a decent butcher and not buy this cut from the supermarket. I don't think you will find it in a supermarket "fresh" they usually only have the one that is in brine (rimmad). You can use that but after making it myself I find it has a funny after taste from the brining liquid which is not very appetizing. At least to me, perhaps growing up here you could be used to that taste but I don't like it. Try it yourself, it's certainly cheap enough to experiment with.
The sauce is simplicity itself. The only important thing here is that it is made with equal parts of each ingredient. Which means that you can make as much of this as you like by simply using a larger measurement.
I would not have thought that it would be as good as it is. Soya and catsup - sounds awful but it works really well here and I have used it on spare ribs with good results with the addition of a little crushed garlic but you don't need that here.
You can serve this with a Warm Potato Salad recipe which I have up here or with some kind of gratin of potatoes or mashed potatoes. |
