{"id":1031,"date":"2017-10-20T12:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.local\/recipe\/meatballs-pork-legs-stew-maudite-beer\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:02:08","slug":"meatballs-pork-legs-stew-maudite-beer","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/meatballs-pork-legs-stew-maudite-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pork Meatball and Hock Stew with Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\ud83c\udf72 <strong>One of the first recipes I ever put on the site<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This stew has been in my rotation for years. It went up in the very first batch of recipes on the site and it never left. At home it became one of those dishes nobody asks questions about, and judging by the messages that land in my inbox every December, plenty of other kitchens feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>If you have never made a meatball stew in your life, start here.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udc16 <strong>Meatballs and hocks in the same pot<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most people pick a side. Meatballs or hocks. I put both in the same pot, and that is exactly where this dish gets interesting. The shanks go in first and simmer for two hours, long enough for the meat to fall off the bone and for the broth to build some body. The meatballs come later, rolled in toasted flour, and they finish cooking right in there. One forkful of pulled pork, one bite of meatball.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udf84 <strong>A holiday table dish, through and through<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Cinnamon and clove fill the whole house for three hours straight. It takes time and it feeds a crowd. This is what I make when the family shows up, next to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/lac-saint-jean-meat-pie-tourtiere\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lac-Saint-Jean tourtiere<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/dumplings-in-maple-syrup\/\" target=\"_blank\">maple syrup dumplings<\/a> waiting for dessert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf72 One of the first recipes I ever put on the site This stew has been in my rotation for years. It went up in the very first batch of recipes on the site and it never left. At home it became one of those dishes nobody asks questions about, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Pork Meatball and Hock Stew with Beer","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Pork hocks and meatballs simmered for hours in strong Belgian beer. 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