Recipe Manitas de cochino a la Madrileña (Trotters, Madrid style)

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Ingredients:
2 pig's trotters
2 Spanish chorizos (sausages)
1 (Spanish, preferably) ham hock
2 morcilla (blood sausage, black pudding)
2 large onions, diced
1 leek, cut into rounds
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 bay leaves
1 tsp Spanish paprika
3 medium tomatoes, diced
Handful of parsley
200 mls white wine
1-2 tsps flour or cornflour (corn starch)
Olive oil as needed
Salt and pepper

Method:

• Place the trotters, ham hock,half the onion and garlic, bay leaves, paprika and tomatoes in a large pan and cover with water. (alternately, use a pressure cooker and halve the cooking time). Add salt and pepper and cook for 35-40 minutes.
• Remove the meat from the pan and set aside until cooled. Strain the stock and discard the vegetables.
• In the same pan, heat 3-4 tbsps olive oil and fry the onion, leek and garlic until soft. Season with s&p and paprika. Add the wine and reduce for 5 minutes.
• Remove the meat from the bottom part of the trotter, leaving the knuckle intact.
• Add the meat, knuckle, ham hock, chorizo, blood sausage andstock to the pan and slow cook until the meat is tender.