ham hock and pig hock bargain food!

soozg

Hi Everyone, I get my Ham hock @ the 'Hot Food' counter in Tesco, its very tasty and handy as a snack/sandwich. Also great to add to soup veggies in the Crockpot...but when soup is ready, take out the ham and remove/discard skin and the meat will flake off and put back in the soup. And the dog gets a huge bone to chew on!

ariba10

Morrisons sell Hocks.

Surfbabe

I just rinse them, sprinkle with brown sugar or honey, wrap in tin foil and bake till cooked.

trying-very-trying

jo1972 wrote: »

This sounds amazing! Unfortunately where I live we don't have a butcher, just a Tesco, I presume they wouldn't do it as I've never seen it in there. Anyone bought ham hocks from Tescos before??

I've had them from the butcher counter in Tesco.
Soozg, if you're buying the cooked ham shank, you've already lost a lot of the stock, although they do taste delish. Better to cook your own then you get all the stock, and then pop it in the oven to finish it off.

Christmasshopper

Raspberry_Swirl wrote: »

my OH and I use one to make ham hock soup. simmer it for about an hour and then take it out of the stock. add chopped potato, leeks and carrot to the stock. strip all the meat off the bone and add back in with some black pepper. this does us about 4-5 big bowlfuls of soup.

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What she said, but I add butter beans and celery as well. It's delicious.
In fact I was wondering what to cook for tea...

Raspberry_Swirl

soozg wrote: »

Hi Everyone, I get my Ham hock @ the 'Hot Food' counter in Tesco, its very tasty and handy as a snack/sandwich. Also great to add to soup veggies in the Crockpot...but when soup is ready, take out the ham and remove/discard skin and the meat will flake off and put back in the soup. And the dog gets a huge bone to chew on!

I buy them in the evening when they're reduced to 99p. Great for sandwiches. But if I want to make soup/stock I buy a fresh one from Morrisons.

shopndrop

Surfbabe wrote: »

I just rinse them, sprinkle with brown sugar or honey, wrap in tin foil and bake till cooked.

Sounds delicious. How much sugar or honey do you use? Quite fancy cooking it this way next time.

davetaylor

I am looking to get a ham hock to make a huge pot of soup with. Will I find this in the likes of Asda or Sainsburys or do I need to go to my local butchers?

Dave

fizzyfeet_2

They sell them in Morrisons for £1.49, they're at the butchers counter. Haven't seen them in Tesco, and our local butchers doesn't sell them at all!

davetaylor

Thanks for that. Most of my butchers are halal butchers and don't serve any pork at all.