Lemon Butter Eisbein

Aaaahh, Sundays... As always, Sunday feasts remain extra special and yesterday, I wanted to make something special. I chose smoked eisbein, and a lemon-butter-honey for the glaze. With roast potatoes... and whole green beans for the sides... It was absolutely heavenly... My mouth waters just by the thought of it! But wait, here is the recipe, so you can go and try it for yourself!

Preparation time: 5min
Cooking time: 5 hours
Difficulty: Very easy
Serves: 5 (depending on the size of your eisbein)

Ingredients

1x smoked eisbein (I chose an huge one, with a smaller bone, thus more meat)
4tbs honey
4tbs butter
2tbs lemon juice

Method

Place the eisbein in an oven dish. Add a little water to the dish, just to cover the bottom. Brush the eisbein thoroughly with the glaze.

 Cover with the lid and bake in oven at 140degrees C for 4 hours. Every half hour, open up, brush with the glaze and put back again. After 4 hours, take off the lid, brush with glaze, and put the oven on light-medium grill (my oven's setting was nr 4 out of 8), for another half hour, but check regularly. It will "caramalize" or burn a little, but check to make sure it doesn't burn completely! When the glaze is finished, use the sauce that formed in the oven dish.

After the 30min, turn over, brush again with glaze, another 30 min under the grill. 

And you're ready to serve!!

This eisben was so soft, you could cut it with a butter knife... the lemon glaze complimented the smokey flavour beautifully. A true Sunday afternoon feast...  

Yours in oil and veggies

Risch