Italia Squisita: Beer-braised Pork Knuckle by Baladin Craft Brewery with Christian Meloni Delrio

Sep 15, 2023 | To discover the Beer-braised Pork Knuckle, a great dish of the Central European tradition, now a must in all Italian breweries, we went to the Baladin in Piozzo. Together with Teo Musso and chef Christian Meloni Delrio we filmed the recipe served for more than 25 years by the historic Piedmontese craft brewery. Long cooking times, quality ingredients, delicious condiments and side dishes, and of course a great stout beer as in the original Schweinshaxe.

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Traditional Pork Knuckles - A Typical Oktoberfest Dish from Germany

Pork knuckle is a traditional Bavarian delicacy. Served with potato dumplings, it's a beloved and well-known dish that's synonymous with Bavarian culture around the world. There are, of course, many different recipes. Wolfgang Reithmeier, the head chef at Munich's Hofbräuhaus, shows us how to prepare an authentic Bavarian pork knuckle--and he reveals the secret to making it nice and crispy.