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Pork knuckle with Puy green lentils and goose fat


Ingredients:4 people
  • half-salted pork shanks
    2
  • salted bacon
    100 g
  • green lentils from Le Puy
    200 g
  • onions, 1 studded with 2 cloves
    2
  • white leek
    1
  • carrots
    2
  • cabbage
    1 heart
  • thyme, bay leaf, pepper
  • broth
    75 cl
  • goose fat
    50 g


Preparation:
  • Preparation time:20 minutes


Difficulty:[usr 1]

Desalinate the shanks for 1 hour in cold water. Drain them, put them in a saucepan, cover with cold water. Add the leek, 1 peeled carrot, 1 sprig of thyme and 1 bay leaf. Cook for 1 hour 30 minutes at a low simmer.

Strip the cabbage heart. Immerse it in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drain it. Put the lentils in another pot, cover with cold water, blanch them for 10 minutes. Cut the salted bacon into cubes, brown them in a casserole dish with the goose fat, 1 carrot and an onion peeled and cut into rings. add the drained lentils, cabbage and chopped onion. Wet with the broth. Pepper.

Bake 30 minutes. Add the drained shanks. Bake another 5 to 10 minutes.