German Eisbein: How Berlin-style pork knuckle is prepared

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Күн бұрын

There are traditional dishes that divide opinions. The Berliner Eisbein is one of them. Some say it's too fatty, with too much skin, while others find it wonderfully tender and juicy. What's certain is that anyone who eats a genuine Berliner Eisbein with sauerkraut and potatoes will be guaranteed to be full. But what exactly is an Eisbein, how is it prepared, and why is it called Eisbein? We have clarified these questions for you at a traditional Berlin restaurant and also visited the butcher.
#Eisbein #porkknuckle #Germany
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:51 The restaurant
01:34 The meat
02:54 Haxe vs. Eisbein
03:30 The cooking process
04:47 The final dish
CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcher
Camera: Ralph Meiling
Edit: Holger Radeke
Supervising editors: Hendrik Welling/Ruben Kalus
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@DWFood 2 ай бұрын

Would you give Eisbein a try?

@willydihar2418 2 ай бұрын

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

@mgithaiga1 2 ай бұрын

maybe

@state5497 2 ай бұрын

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

@muschikatze 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

Did you change the thumbnail on this?

@GrizzAxxemann 2 ай бұрын

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 4 күн бұрын

i started salivating just thinking about it

@nielsenn7012 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

@@backlash8776 Use some english mustard to.

@cecagna 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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

@cecagna 2 ай бұрын

@@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 2 ай бұрын

Fennischfucher Mainzer LandStrasse 95

@luketargett2233 2 ай бұрын

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

@claudiawoods4382 2 ай бұрын

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

@paulson2008 Ай бұрын

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

@petergrandien1440 2 ай бұрын

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

@Deeveedends 2 ай бұрын

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

@peteradaniel 2 ай бұрын

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

@mightyfishman 2 ай бұрын

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 😂

@cmoran9103 2 ай бұрын

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.

@JT-yj3tr 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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

@cbalducc Ай бұрын

@@dfonseka2120 Why wouldn’t they?

@danhobart4009 15 күн бұрын

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

@heathcliffheath5947 4 күн бұрын

i need to visit Blumenthal

@dancostello6465 2 ай бұрын

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

@papa_pt 2 ай бұрын

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

@delynndehardt1859 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

@@delynndehardt1859 100% agreed

@luketargett2233 2 ай бұрын

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

@mightyfishman 2 ай бұрын

No, the tenderness is not even close...

@papa_pt 2 ай бұрын

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

@adrianamac5759 2 ай бұрын

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

@SS-yv9cq Ай бұрын

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

@adrianamac5759 Ай бұрын

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

@adrianamac5759 Ай бұрын

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

@shyamdevadas6099 2 ай бұрын

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.

@jbkhan1135 2 ай бұрын

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

@willydihar2418 2 ай бұрын

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

@Garcwyn 2 ай бұрын

Light, healthy, and full of collagen and protein!

@salguodrolyat2594 2 ай бұрын

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.🤤

@atabac 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

Sounds way tastier than having boiled fat.

@hirolla74 2 ай бұрын

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

@jodawgsup 2 ай бұрын

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

@atabac 9 күн бұрын

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

@agbottan 2 ай бұрын

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.

@izenkixiron5173 2 ай бұрын

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

@containedhurricane 2 ай бұрын

It looks mouthwatering and makes me very hungry

@gustavgnoettgen 4 күн бұрын

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

@MaxChipz 2 ай бұрын

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

@colinmayes9446 2 ай бұрын

It looks like a good meal to me, and I would certainly have it. Best wishes to you from England.

@cheem-creem3622 Ай бұрын

Well that checks out

@MariaMartinez-researcher Күн бұрын

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.

@pauloamw 2 ай бұрын

The knuckle is the tastiest part. I will definitely try Eisbein when in Berlin.

@freddymack2646 2 ай бұрын

I love succulent pork❤

@gerryhouska2859 2 ай бұрын

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

@rickvanheerden788 2 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@tacit557 2 ай бұрын

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

@Nttmf 2 ай бұрын

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. 😋👍

@jmorello123 2 ай бұрын

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

@marcusfreire7349 2 ай бұрын

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 ❤

@leviturner3265 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Threshk 2 ай бұрын

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

@salguodrolyat2594 2 ай бұрын

The fat is the tastiest bit.🤤

@AlanSmith88888 2 ай бұрын

Looks delicious

@brandocalifornia3024 2 ай бұрын

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

@zebrashark23 2 ай бұрын

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

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@Quaker521 2 ай бұрын

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

@RhysoTV 2 ай бұрын

Thanks I'm hungry now

@richardnunziata3221 2 ай бұрын

yum

@sunilpatel217 2 ай бұрын

Yummy 😋

@malcolmmutambanengwe3453 2 ай бұрын

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

@pvoshefski 2 ай бұрын

Both look incredibly delicious.!

@vincelemaire 2 ай бұрын

I ❤️ it!

@alparslanesmer4251 2 ай бұрын

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.

@lukasvanenz2029 2 ай бұрын

I have no clue how this looks delicious..

@drjekelmrhyde 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Kamernosse 2 ай бұрын

Mmmm, Eisbein 🤤❤️

@franc9111 2 ай бұрын

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

@dr.quackenbacker5247 2 ай бұрын

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

@franktechmaniac7488 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Flandrasi 2 ай бұрын

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

@weberwiese37 2 ай бұрын

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.

@kedarpaul7904 2 ай бұрын

If that is called appetizing or visually appealing we are in trouble.

@cristosocorromedina580 Ай бұрын

😋😋😋

@NotTomS 2 ай бұрын

I love eisbein... but very hard to find where I live...

@sethsoderman5152 2 ай бұрын

Love show

@dannyhartwig7595 2 ай бұрын

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

@wanderfull5829 2 ай бұрын

Now i understand why they look the way they do.

@SwordGodLuBai99 2 ай бұрын

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

@frauleintrude6347 2 ай бұрын

Eisbein is a quite funny name. In English you could call ice bone/leg. In former medieval times people used the pork shin bone for ice skating, therefore ice bone/leg.

@maactinoco2038 2 ай бұрын

With tortillas and tomate verde salsa will be perfect

@kennethsatria6607 2 ай бұрын

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

@user-nf5xt5zu4b 2 ай бұрын

😊❤😊lecker 😋

@JC-fd8ho 15 күн бұрын

what is the music in the background ?

@xiaogu00fa 2 ай бұрын

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. 😂

@Flandrasi 2 ай бұрын

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

@drakemguard1407 2 ай бұрын

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

@richardnash9925 2 ай бұрын

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

@PaulSmith-ju3cv 2 ай бұрын

Good lean meat if you take the layer of fat off first. Getting a bit harder to find these days and some places don't cook it for long enough.

@TFSIChristmas 2 ай бұрын

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

@wayne2816wayne 2 ай бұрын

It looks delicious. sign me up.

@Rexini_Kobalt 2 ай бұрын

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

@lassiejr2115 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

I was going to mention paksiw na pata, actually!

@DandelionSchroder 2 ай бұрын

In Bavaria they fry it :)

@polypem2150 2 ай бұрын

Haben die gerade echt Königsberger Klopse als "meatballs with caperssauce" bezeichnet?

@RRaucina 2 ай бұрын

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

@edsalinas9996 2 ай бұрын

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

@picanha694 Күн бұрын

the fried version is so popular in indonesia

@ekspatriat 2 ай бұрын

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

@LiamT725 2 ай бұрын

0:35 Is that raw liver?

@spatulaman2753 2 ай бұрын

I never get excited about boiled meat.

@traphimawari7760 2 ай бұрын

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

@mukunimulundika5359 2 ай бұрын

The lack of seasoning is killing me😂😂😂😂😂

@MRLBRMNN 2 ай бұрын

The meat is such high quality that we do not need to put artificial, dried spices tobe able to eat it 😊

@mikebarton 2 ай бұрын

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

@Zly-Porucznik 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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

@Martin_Priesthood 2 ай бұрын

🍻🍻👍

@stell4you 6 күн бұрын

Also ich liebe Eisbein, aber gehört da ein bisschen Senf nicht dazu?

@michaelpierce3264 2 ай бұрын

I think if they smoked it it would be delicious!

@karelvvv 2 ай бұрын

Eisbein, also the color of German taxis

@Willi.Rehmer 2 ай бұрын

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

@pawel8365 2 ай бұрын

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

@r000ty 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Dahakra 2 ай бұрын

Golonko is the best !

@maily8388 2 ай бұрын

Knuckle from the South looks more interesting.

@gcvrsa 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Jim-zr4ej 2 ай бұрын

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

@carlitosleonidas3029 2 ай бұрын

0:30 I love how these 3 popular Berlin cuisines are Indian, Turkish and Swedish 😋

@papagen00 2 ай бұрын

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.