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Pork knuckle

Pork knuckle substitutes

What to use when you can't find Pork knuckle at your butcher

Pork knuckle is the traditional name in United Kingdom. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable pork cuts under different names — sometimes the same anatomical piece, sometimes a close cousin. The alternatives below are grouped by country so you can match what your local butcher actually carries.

France

Jambonneauclose substitute

Same anatomical primal — jambonneau is the cured/cooked French version of the pork knuckle/hock. Different from German Schweinshaxe (roasted with crackling skin) and from fresh-jarret stew preparations.

Germany

Schweinshaxeclose substitute

Same anatomical cut (the lower-leg/hock joint). Schweinshaxe is specifically the Bavarian roasted preparation with crackling skin; the generic 'pork knuckle' covers boiled, cured, smoked, and pickled preparations across other traditions.

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