Pork Shank with Rovagnati Gran Biscotto Beer – Gluten Free

A tender beer-braised shank, without spending the afternoon at the stove

A beer-braised shank normally takes hours of slow cooking. This one arrives already cooked: you reheat it, the meat falls off the bone and the scent of malty beer fills the kitchen. It is gluten-free, so the whole table can enjoy it.

What you will taste

• Texture: tender meat that comes away with a fork, slightly gelatinous skin.
• Aromas: malty beer and confit meat.
• Taste: meaty and round, with a lightly caramelised surface.

How to use it

• On a bed of creamy polenta, with the juices poured over.
• With celeriac purée or a light sauerkraut.
• With a glass of Barbera, whose freshness balances the richness of the meat.

Where it comes from

Rovagnati has been a family company from Biassono, in Brianza (Lombardy), since the 1940s. In the 1980s it created the Gran Biscotto, a cooked ham whose brand is burned into the rind.