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Pork cut: where it is, price, recipes

Hock

Front or back, Americans do not tell them apart. Almost always sold smoked, the ham hock seasons pots of beans, collard greens and split pea soup.

  • Smoked
  • Stewed
  • Boiled
Gaston in profile, with the Hock outlined$4/ lb
Gaston · Hocks and feet
In French
Hock (jarret américain)
French cuts
Jarret avant, Jarret arrière (jambonneau)
Where it sits
Hocks and feet. The rear hock carries more meat than the front, and it is almost always sold cured or smoked.
Tenderness
1/5
Flavor
5/5
Marbling
3/5
Price
$4 / lb ·
Actual size
~20 cm

Recipes that name the Hock

Traditional collard greens simmered with smoked ham hockTraditional Hoppin' John with smoked ham hock