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    Serenity Valley Farms

    Mangalitsa Uncured Hocks/Shank

    Mangalitsa Uncured Hocks/Shank

    $17.75 USD
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    MANGALITSA HOCKS
    Uncured, unsmoked, and full of collagen.
    The cut that turns water into stock.
    UNCURED
    NO NITRATES ADDED
    UNSMOKED
    NO SMOKE ADDED
    4+ HOURS
    WHAT THEY WANT
    What makes it different
    What a hock is
    The joint between the foot and the ham — almost all skin, bone and connective tissue, with a little meat. Not much to eat on its own, and that is not what it is for.
    What it does to a pot
    Collagen dissolves into gelatin over a long, low simmer. That is what gives a stock body, and it is why a broth made with hocks sets in the fridge and one made without never does.
    Uncured, so you control the salt
    Smoked and cured hocks bring their own salt and smoke to the pot, which is sometimes what you want and sometimes not. These bring neither. We sell the smoked version separately.
    Beans, greens, ramen, split pea, posole. Anywhere a pot cooks for hours, a hock makes it better and costs almost nothing to add.
    FROM THE FARM
    We raise Mangalitsa here in Monticello, Kentucky, and have every animal cut at a USDA-inspected plant down the road. They grow slower than a commodity hog and they put that time into fat rather than lean, which is the whole point of the breed.
    How to use them
    1
    Brown them first if you have the time. Color in the pan becomes color in the pot, and it takes ten minutes.
    2
    Cover with water or stock, bring it up, then drop it to the barest simmer. A rolling boil makes stock cloudy.
    3
    Four hours at least, six is better. They are done when the meat falls off the bone and the liquid feels slightly sticky on your lips.
    4
    Pull the meat off, throw out the bone and skin, and return the meat to the pot. Chill what is left and it should set like jelly.
    What you're getting
    Mangalitsa hocks, uncured and unsmoked.
    The smoked and cured version is sold separately.
    Mangalitsa raised on our farm in Monticello, Kentucky, and cut at a USDA-inspected plant.
    Weights are averages. Every package is cut by hand, so no two are exactly alike.
    Who vouches for us
    Homegrown By Heroes
    Homegrown By Heroes
    Farmer veteran certified
    Weston A. Price Foundation
    Weston A. Price
    Wise Traditions listed
    Kentucky Proud
    Kentucky Proud
    KY Dept. of Agriculture
    Appalachia Proud
    Appalachia Proud
    Mountains to Market
    USDA inspected · Processed at USDA-inspected facilities in Science Hill, Kentucky and Walling, Tennessee

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