German Eisbein: How Berlin-style pork knuckle is prepared

[@DWFood]

Would you give Eisbein a try?

[@willydihar2418]

Thanks for hearting my comment (one of the comments in the comments section). I absolutely would, it looks delicious 🙂

[@mgithaiga1]

maybe

[@state5497]

YES! But since I am nowhere near Germany (for now), I will have to find a recipe so I can make one myself.

[@muschikatze]

Das leckerste Eisbein mit Sauerkraut und Kartoffeln habe 1983 in der Hamburger Innenstadt gegessen. In der nähe vom Rathaus gab es eine alter Schlachterei wo ich als junger Handwerker mein Essen geholt habe. Leider gibt es den Laden nicht mehr und die heutigen Schlachter bieten so was leckeres nicht mehr an. MfG

[@hoilst265]

Did you change the thumbnail on this?

[@GrizzAxxemann]

Pork hocks were a staple growing up as a kid. Pork hocks were cheap as dirt here when I was a kid. But mom did a variation between Eisbein and Schweinhaxe. So it was braised with sauerkraut for hours so all the flavors melded, then mom would pull the hocks out and broil them for a few minutes to render some fat and make the skin crispy. Drippings would go back into the sauerkraut or into some mashed potatoes. We ate it with mustard. Mom & dad drank beer, my sister and I got apple juice.

[@YiroYiro]

i started salivating just thinking about it

[@kenfern2259]

the best of both world

[@talamt]

I think your mom did it on purpose to make it tender and easier for you as a kid to eat. But you get the best of both worlds with the crispy fat. She's smart!

[@GrizzAxxemann]

@@talamt I think it was just an evolution of the family recipe and technique. Mom's family was from northeastern Germany and what has been Poland for the last 100ish years, while dad's family traces its history from the Rhineland, Westphalia and Bavaria. My mom's parents immigrated to Canada in the early 1950s, met and got married here and my mom was born here, while my dad and his parents immigrated in the mid 1960s.

[@nielsenn7012]

This is my dads favorite dish. He is always telling how he went to Germany once and they were served this and beer on a cold day. I will have to take the trip from Denmark and try it one day 🇩🇪🇩🇰

[@backlash8776]

Don't order it if you dislike fat on your meat. It's not crispy but slimy and wobbly, the rest is really delicious but the wobbly fat kills the entire dish for me

[@knochengier]

@@backlash8776 Use some english mustard to.

[@cecagna]

After having both, I have to say the Schweinshaxe looks better with the crispy, salty exterior but the Eisbein is the one that tastes better. Although where I had it (Frankfurt), people called it Haspel. The curing makes such a big difference. Tender, delicious meat all the way through.

[@remist]

how much does it cost ? i would guess in germany and that big portion of meat 30€?

[@cecagna]

@@remist Surprisingly no! I never spent more than 20€ for a pork knuckle dish (usually with bread or sauerkraut or dumplings) in Germany. Berlin may be even cheaper.

[@jeromedavid7944]

Fennischfucher Mainzer LandStrasse 95

[@luketargett2233]

@@remist It's quite affordable for such a great bit of meat. Usually is 16-23eur for the whole meal

[@claudiawoods4382]

Agreed. I have it when I visit Berlin. Very tasty!

[@peteradaniel]

I lived near Oranienplatz when I lived in Berlin and Max und Moritz was my Sunday hangover cure. I miss it so much. ❤❤❤❤

[@mightyfishman]

After I moved to Berlin 4 years ago, that's the place my friend showed me. Man, I love Eisbein. My father introduced me to this extraordinary, but simple dish. So much better than the bavarian one 😂

[@petergrandien1440]

I am Swedish and I cook this meal 4 times a year, 6h in the slow-cooker with mashed potatoes on the side

[@Garcwyn]

Light, healthy, and full of collagen and protein!

[@salguodrolyat2594]

You are right. I thought I would feel stuffed with the whole dish, but it sits quite light on the stomach. the sauerkraut is the key, I think.🤤

[@MNSTgrowth]

Now that’s literally a “meat and potatoes” meal. Looks delicious 🤤

[@paulson2008]

I always trust a chef who loves eating his own food. He looks like he eats his own food ;)

[@JT-yj3tr]

My Canadian husband fell in love with Eisbein and German food when we went to visit my home country (Brazil) for the first time many decades ago, so every time we go back, he insists on getting his picanha steaks, açai and going to a German restaurant.

[@dfonseka2120]

German restaurant in Brazil…lol they did not serve Jews I bet

[@cbalducc]

@@dfonseka2120 Why wouldn’t they?

[@danhobart4009]

@@dfonseka2120 South of brasil is very different from the rest of the country.

[@heathcliffheath5947]

i need to visit Blumenthal

[@papa_pt]

Hey if Schweinshaxe is made correctly it melts in your mouth too! Plus you get the crispy exterior 😍

[@delynndehardt1859]

Yea. Im kind of obsessed with Schwineshaxe right now, I want it falling apart tender inside & crispy skin on the outside. This Berlin style does not appeal to me.

[@papa_pt]

@@delynndehardt1859 100% agreed

[@luketargett2233]

@@delynndehardt1859 yeah I prefer it done the roasted way, they do it very good in poland

[@mightyfishman]

No, the tenderness is not even close...

[@papa_pt]

@@mightyfishman BS. you can just as well brine Schweinshaxe, like every other meat, before cooking it. Which is key

[@willydihar2418]

Danke fürs hochladen; Jetzt habe ich Lust auf eine Schweinshaxe 🙂

[@adrianamac5759]

We eat it too in the Philippines 🇵🇭 alot. Deepfried or on a soup 🍜

[@SS-yv9cq]

Naah, you guys love pag pag, I've heard

[@adrianamac5759]

@@SS-yv9cq keep ur hate on Filipinos hun 😘 karma on u 😘

[@adrianamac5759]

@@SS-yv9cq u eat pag pag 😢 because I can smell the foul smell lingering coming from ur mouth 😁🤣

[@marcusfreire7349]

Ofcourse I'd try this delicacy. In Scotland we're I'm from we use a similar cut of pork to make our traditional soup. We call it hauch, it is divine. Reminds me of my grandparents god rest their souls ❤

[@shyamdevadas6099]

On my many business trips to Germany over many years, the three best things I've eaten have been pork-based and the least sophisticated ones have been the most delectable. At #3 was Raumschnitzel - breaded pork cutlet with mushrooms and sauce. #2 was Schweinehaxe - the roasted pork knuckle. #1 was a rotisserie ham hock (sorry, I don't know the authentic name) that I bought from a vending truck outside a military base. It was so simple, yet so delicious. I can just close my eyes and imagine the rich, fatty, gelatinous goodness of that Eisbein! I wish that Germany was a more affordable place to retire. I'd plan on spending my sunset years there, in a heartbeat.

[@neburiveS]

Hey man! If thats still on your list maybe have a look at some more rural areas in germany. The cost of living can be quite affordable there!

[@shyamdevadas6099]

@@neburiveS Oh, I would LOVE to live in Deutschland! I even thought of living there, but it seemed a bit expensive for me. I'll look into the rural parts. Might be a possibility. Danke'!

[@containedhurricane]

It looks mouthwatering and makes me very hungry

[@freddymack2646]

I love succulent pork❤

[@izenkixiron5173]

Hmmm, I have this idea of dipping it in fish sauce. Definitely made my mouth water.

[@malcolmmutambanengwe3453]

Regularly cook these in Zimbabwe, Africa. Good stuff these, pork knuckles.

[@jbkhan1135]

Lecker! Also, I haven't seen Sauerkraut cooked that way, but will definitely try it!

[@MaxChipz]

Imma let you finish but Schweinshaxe is the best German pork hock recipe of all time. Of allllll tiiiiime!

[@Zly-Porucznik]

I’m not sure if boiling process can render the fat properly, I mean the way I like? Is that fat taste like after low & slow bbq style, I mean melts in your mouth? 🤔

[@davidryan7613]

It doesn't, this defies all cooking practices, it's medieval tbh and just shows how poor German cuisine is.

[@Quaker521]

Definitely had Schweinshaxe more times than Eisbein but will happily eat either of them. Love German food. Lecker, lecker!

[@Nttmf]

This is simple food at it’s best. I love the preparation of the spices that will infuse into the meat. I must try this recipe at home. 😋👍

[@gerryhouska2859]

Used to love it in (long gone) Club Germania, Port Moresby, PNG.

[@agbottan]

When I saw the thing just cooked and not roasted, I thought it was wrong. But after seeing the video I respect the recipe and would like to eat it.

[@brandocalifornia3024]

We do it a little different here in Canada. We call ours the traditional moose knuckle.

[@zebrashark23]

I thought that is what is in Tom Green's pants.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

In Chile that's called "pernil con papas cocidas." Same thing minus the curing and the sauerkraut - plus a tasty red hot chili pepper sauce.

[@tacit557]

It would be great ot know full receipe of this chef saurcraut, it looks delicious!

[@atabac]

You can deep fry them after boiling so that the skin becomes crispy. We call that crispy pata in the Philippines minus the curing.

[@jodawgsup]

Sounds way tastier than having boiled fat.

[@hirolla74]

@@jodawgsup Yeah but the meat is way too dry.

[@jodawgsup]

@@hirolla74Interesting! I haven't had either. Which do you prefer?

[@atabac]

if the oil is hot enough to pop the skin, will be just few seconds and wont dry the meat

[@leviturner3265]

I have been wondering what an Eisbein was I know it was cut of pork that translates literally as ice-leg. I heard of it through learning the language. I was familiar with Schweinehaxe, although I have yet to try it. Seeing what Eisbein and the difference between it and Schweinehaxe makes me want to try both. If I ever make it to Berlin, I would definitely like to visit the traditional restaurant featured here. I was actually avoiding going to Berlin because in contrast to Munich it is very much a modern and international city, at least as far as I am led to believe. Whereas Munich is more so traditional and German albeit Bavarian German. In truth I would love to visit most all of Germany. Unfortunately, there is not given me a great amount of money, or free time. So, currently I will visit the south such as Bavaria and Franconia. Later I would like to explore Cologne, Bonn, Essen, and Dusseldorf and the surrounding areas. At some point I would like to visit the east and central and thereby possibly visit Berlin.

[@nepiahemopo1702]

Had it in New Zealand. Fabulous!

[@jmorello123]

I like pork knuckles or ham hocks and the food presented looks good. 👍😉

[@nepiahemopo1702]

Ham hocks are great.

[@Threshk]

1:32 "Personally, I even like the fat most of all" Yes, I can see that...

[@salguodrolyat2594]

The fat is the tastiest bit.🤤

[@pvoshefski]

Both look incredibly delicious.!

[@Zubataa]

Meine Kindheit. In Slowakei. Ich mag das immer noch. Ab 50 j.a. ein Muss für Knochen. Kolagen.

[@drjekelmrhyde]

It's a unsmoked ham hock. You can put the smoked ones in greens, beans and soups. When I was little, me and my brother would go for them instead of the greens or bean our mother cooked.

[@indianfood9672]

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[@gustavgnoettgen]

"A gReAsY aFfAiR" yeah like so many dishes. What an outstanding quality you chose lol.

[@alparslanesmer4251]

Next time, if I visit Berlin again (I wish), it is going to be a big challenge for me :)) I am not avoiding pork, but rather boiled meat of any kind.

[@dancostello6465]

More pork recipes please. Don't be shy. Teach us to eat German pork dishes. Grunz, grunz!

[@davidhenryandthemysterons3220]

Ham Shank here in the UK, and yes we eat it with peas# pea and ham soap

[@AlanSmith88888]

Looks delicious

[@sunilpatel217]

Yummy 😋

[@wanderfull5829]

Now i understand why they look the way they do.

[@franktechmaniac7488]

Even the pork knuckle used for Haxe is cooked before it is grilled. Otherwise the meat becomes too dry. We use a pressure cooker to boil the knuckle and grill it afterward in the oven.

[@franc9111]

It would be very useful if we could have a transcription available of the German spoken here as well as the English translation.

[@xiaogu00fa]

Aldi in my country sells a combined version of two. The pork knuckle was parboiled then grilled. It has neither tender meat nor crispy exterior. Make it worse than both. 😂

[@Zubataa]

Yes. And u have to cook them home for 30 min only. I like

[@dr.quackenbacker5247]

The German restaurant by us has a baked eisbein. It tates like eating the best cut of ham. Spatzel and kraut on the side...

[@RhysoTV]

Thanks I'm hungry now

[@dannyhartwig7595]

my mom did the best! for her and my dad she made the eisbein for us kids she added some rips or sausseges

[@vincelemaire]

I ❤️ it!

[@LiamT725]

0:35 Is that raw liver?

[@user-ve7hn2dh8h]

Looks like red beet salad

[@weberwiese37]

To get the best out of both recipes: Cook the pork knockle first (reduced time) and then put it into the stove for another hour to get the crispy skin.

[@Okane-wa-arimusuka]

It looks yummy! But I think it would taste better with Thai " Nam Jim Sea Food " 😊

[@mikebarton]

How do the pigs manage with that part of their legs removed?

[@drakemguard1407]

In Philippines that's a delicacy almost every part of the pork is edible from meat to blood

[@kennethsatria6607]

Interesting, every pork knuckle I've eaten was the crispy kind which is oily too but usually boiled stuff don't taste as oily so im curious

[@Rexini_Kobalt]

as someone with crohns, i think more people need to hear what that chef has to say on nitrites

[@TFSIChristmas]

Similar to what is here in the Philippines they have this called “crispy pata”

[@lassiejr2115]

After he Boils it just put in a Deep Fryer and comes out Crispy and Better I think in Philippines its called Pata Crispy .

[@MrQwertypoiuyty]

Simple and very delicious. But as an Asian, I'll be reaching for 4 or 5 bottles of sacred spices from the spice cabinet for a bit of flavor (well, other than the flavor of natural pork, obviously).

[@katyagrad3704]

Filipinos would deep fry that and call it crispy pata to be dipped in spiced vinegar and with a side dish of achara (pickled green papaya)

[@ragingchaosgod]

I was going to mention paksiw na pata, actually!

[@DandelionSchroder]

In Bavaria they fry it :)

[@spookyargument7537]

Is that Halal?

[@kayvan671]

No

[@maactinoco2038]

With tortillas and tomate verde salsa will be perfect

[@JC-fd8ho]

what is the music in the background ?

[@richardnash9925]

Had it in Berlin , a great dish , prefer the swinehaxe for the crunch tho

[@lukasvanenz2029]

I have no clue how this looks delicious..

[@theforeskinsnatcher373]

it doesnt. Get the grilled ones, they are awesome

[@RRaucina]

Chef might stay off the pork for a few months so he stays alive to make this beautiful dish. True comfort food.

[@edsalinas9996]

I would try Pork knuckle at any level, by any Chef who knows what they are doing.

[@spatulaman2753]

I never get excited about boiled meat.

[@picanha694]

the fried version is so popular in indonesia

[@ekspatriat]

One word...'Bland'. The grilled one looks good maybe with apple sauce and mustard.

[@traphimawari7760]

People would eat einsbein more if you deep fried it like Filipino crispy Pata.

[@Kamernosse]

Mmmm, Eisbein 🤤❤️

[@wayne2816wayne]

It looks delicious. sign me up.

[@michaelpierce3264]

I think if they smoked it it would be delicious!

[@r000ty]

We combine the cooking methods in the center of Germany: First cure and cook it, then crisp it up in the oven. Also: Mushy peas are a crime against vegetables.

[@cristosocorromedina580]

😋😋😋

[@TheRealGnolti]

What struck me was that Eisbein is boiled. Boiling is one of the worst things you can do to a piece of meat, in my opinion, because it dries it out--unless the cut has some kind of protection, preferably in the form of fat, which the knuckle has a good deal of. The things you learn.

[@heikoffm9097]

Believe me. Eisbein is not dry at all.

[@karelvvv]

Eisbein, also the color of German taxis

[@TessiTessendorf]

😊❤😊lecker 😋

[@rf5210]

I prefer crispy skin, Bavarian style.

[@Zubataa]

Well, After 55 my teeth are not good enough. Eisbein is my choice

[@didierduplantier8359]

Definitely, the skin tastes much better when crispy

[@leopardtiger1022]

I like eisebein with kartoffelpuree and Sauerkraut. Excellent dinner in winter months on Duesseldorf. I don't eat that gelly transparent fat. I eat only the red meat.

[@鄧運霖]

嗯~! 清燉豬蹄膀呀!

[@Willi.Rehmer]

Für mich gehört immer Erbspüree zum Eisbein. Ohne ist es nicht komplett.

[@scott-gaming.8834]

Is it bland

[@gcvrsa]

Pork knuckle is of course very fatty and contains a lot of connective tissue, so the key to good pork knuckle is long cooking to render out the fat and tenderize the rest. Cuts like this are the most flavorful, but it takes time to do them justice, and unfortunately, some cooks try to get away with not cooking them long enough.

[@pawel8365]

My dad likes it, sometimes my mom used to cook it and the house stank of pork for a week.

[@Jim-zr4ej]

absolutely wild to me curing salt isnt pink there, that seems hella dangerous lol

[@cmoran9103]

I live in Berlin and... still won't be getting this. The oven baked version looks immediately better. Boiled, too fatty pork isn't appealing. This is coming from a man who ate jellied eels in London last week.

[@Sleepyirishcoffee]

@ralphmacchiato3761why

[@christopherisherwood4967]

Man!!! He's presumably male?

[@cmoran9103]

This is a very silly conversation to have under my comment.

[@Mariobrownio1989]

The baked one is actually way worse 😞 it looks good but the skin becomes hard like rubber

[@papagen00]

it needs to be stewed in soy sauce, five spice powder, ginger and scallion for 2 hours until the meat falls off the bone and all the fat is rendered out.

[@maily8388]

Knuckle from the South looks more interesting.

[@genosho5574]

See, Eisbein is one thing, a proper Haxe is another.

[@AgentAO7]

Boiled Pork 😂

[@stoveguy2133]

I assume restaurant was destroyed in WW2?

[@thepatriotsrage661]

Schweinhaxe is by miles better. Crispy fat/skin and beautifully cooked meat! In South Africa, an Eisbein is a Schweinhaxe, and not what is shown here.

[@kochkanal]

...and still 10x healthier than conventional American cuisine. 😁

[@alenja34]

I made a mistake of ordering this when i visited berlin. But i had to say, this is the most boring and flavorless meat dish which i have ever had. It was really disgusting.

[@ronnenfelt5438]

To each their own. I'm not from Germany but my región has the same hype of dish. I'd rather eat that than fastfood. It's much less disgusting than the american pizza or burgers dripped in cheese and grease, if you ask me

[@lordnat1968]

German food is very similar to the British - horrible!

[@stuart207]

​@@lordnat1968 😂. You are wrong. Food in the UK is fecking awesome!

[@_9maggot]

​@@stuart207 alright rowan 😩

[@wolves853]

I did the same, had the crispy one a week before and was delicious then ordered it again and turned out like this, was horrible

[@martinwinther6013]

Your schweinsaxe MUST be cooked, or at least finished in the oven. The berlin version is just too greasy - The ovenmade obviously have same amount of fat on it, but its been "grilled". And we all know how good fried skin taste(Think cracklings, peking duck, fried chicken etc) Boiled fat is blubber, its disgusting- Grilled fat is a delicasse