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Ingredients

• ✓ pork shank
• olive oil
• flour
• black pepper
• salt
• mustard powder
• ginger
• clove
• cinnamon
• parsley
• onion
• ground pork
• celery
• onion
• water
• olive oil
• garlic salt
• nutmeg
• black pepper
• clove
• cinnamon
• sea salt

Instructions

1. 1 Mix sea salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon cloves, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, nutmeg, and garlic salt together in a bowl. Rub salt mixture all over pork shanks.
2. 2 Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan. Cook pork shanks in hot oil until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Pour in enough water to cover shanks. Stir in coarsely chopped onion and celery. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until pork can be easily removed from the bones, 2 to 3 hours.
3. 3 Transfer pork shanks to a cutting board; shred pork.
4. 4 Strain cooking liquid, discarding bones, onion, and celery. Pour strained liquid back into the saucepan. Stir in shredded pork.
5. 5 Mix ground pork, finely chopped onion, parsley, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon cloves, ginger, mustard powder, salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl. Shape into balls.
6. 6 Pour toasted flour into a shallow dish. Roll meatballs in toasted flour.
7. 7 Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook meatballs in batches until browned, about 1 minute per side.
8. 8 Stir browned meatballs into shredded pork stew. Simmer, stirring in leftover toasted flour, until meatballs are no longer pink in the center and stew is thick, about 30 minutes.

By Paloma

Ingredients

• ✓ pork shank
• water
• ham hock
• bacon drippings
• cabbage
• salt
• black pepper
• chicken broth

Instructions

1. 1 Combine water, ham hock, and pork shank in a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until meat is cooked through, about 2 hours. Drain and set meat aside to cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
2. 2 Remove meat from pork shank, chop into bite-sized pieces, and place in a bowl. Remove skin and meat from ham hock, chop into very small pieces, and add to the bowl, omitting skin if you prefer.
3. 3 Heat bacon drippings in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot, but not smoking. Add 1/4 of the cabbage to the hot skillet and saute until slightly wilted, about 3 minutes. Add 1/4 of the meat mixture. Add another 1/4 of the cabbage, cooking until slightly wilted, about 3 minutes, followed by another 1/4 of the meat mixture. Repeat until all cabbage and meat has been added. Season with salt and pepper. If mixture sticks to the skillet, add 1 to 2 tablespoons chicken broth.
4. 4 Slowly add remaining chicken broth to the cabbage-meat mixture in the skillet, give it a good stir, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until cabbage is tender, 30 to 45 minutes.

By Sandra Garth

Ingredients

• ✓ pork shank
• olive oil
• marjoram
• basil
• thyme
• rosemary
• sea salt
• paprika
• black pepper
• vegetable bouillon powder

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Whisk olive oil, marjoram, basil, rosemary, thyme, sea salt, paprika, black pepper, and vegetable bouillon powder together in a bowl. Rub pork shanks with herb rub and arrange on a large baking pan.
3. 3 Roast in preheated oven until shanks are tender and outer skin is crispy, about 3 hours.

By Kevin Edwards

Ingredients

• ✓ pork shank
• pork shoulder
• pork foot
• yellow onion
• carrot
• celery
• kosher salt
• black pepper
• cumin
• bay leaf
• water
• oregano
• garlic
• guajillo chile
• ancho chile
• white hominy

Instructions

1. 1 Place pork shoulder in the refrigerator. Transfer pork shanks and feet into a large pot on the stove. Add onion, carrot, and celery, salt, pepper, cumin, and bay leaves. Pour in 3 quarts water. Turn heat to high and bring to a simmer.
2. 2 Skim foam from the surface and add Mexican oregano, rubbing it between your hands as you drop it into the pot. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently until pork is tender and will easily come off the bone, about 3 ½ hours.
3. 3 While the pork is simmering, place unpeeled garlic cloves in a dry pan over medium heat. Roast the cloves, shaking the pan occasionally over the heat, until slightly charred on the outside and just starting to get soft on the inside. Remove from the heat and transfer into a bowl to cool.
4. 4 Place guajillo and ancho chile peppers into a 4-cup liquid measuring cup and set a strainer over the top. Ladle some simmering broth from the pot into the strainer until chiles are covered. Let soak until the pork is finished simmering.
5. 5 When pork is finished cooking, set a strainer over a large bowl. Remove pork and vegetables with a slotted spoon and place in the strainer.
6. 6 Meanwhile, peel the cooled garlic cloves and add them to the chile pepper and broth mixture. Puree chile mixture with an immersion blender until smooth.
7. 7 Pass pureed chiles through a strainer into the pot of broth. Add a spoonful or two of the broth to the pureed chiles to help it pass through the strainer if needed. Pour the remaining 1 quart of water through the strainer, then add the pork shoulder to the pot. Simmer over medium-low heat.
8. 8 While the pork shoulder simmers, remove bones from pork shanks, then cut shanks and feet into smaller pieces.
9. 9 Once the pork shoulder has simmered for 1 ½ hours, add diced shanks and feet to the pot. Stir in hominy and continue to simmer until pork is very tender, about 1 more hour. Skim any fat from the surface as it cooks and season with more salt if needed.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ pork shank
• salt
• black pepper
• olive oil
• butter
• yellow onion
• celery
• carrot
• salt
• tomato paste
• all-purpose flour
• white wine
• bay leaf
• thyme
• rosemary
• clove
• chicken broth
• parsley
• lemon zest

Instructions

1. 1 Season pork shank with salt and pepper.
2. 2 Heat olive oil and butter in a heavy pot over high heat. Sear pork shanks in hot butter-oil mixture until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
3. 3 Cook and stir onion, celery, carrot, and salt in the same pot over medium heat until onion turns translucent. Add tomato paste; cook and stir until tomato starts to caramelize, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle in flour; stir for 2 minutes. Pour in wine, increase heat to medium-high, and simmer until sauce reduces slightly.
4. 4 Add bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, and cloves. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Return pork shanks to the pot along with any accumulated juices on the plate. Cover and cook at a very low simmer until meat is fork tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
5. 5 Serve pork shanks with plenty of sauce, garnished with parsley and lemon zest.

By John Mitzewich