SMOKED PORK SHANK WITH WHITE BEANS

Smoked Pork Shank with White Beans image

Beautiful smoked pork shank delicious with white beans.

Provided by Chef John

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Pork Soup Recipes Ham Soup

Time 18h45m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 pound dry cannellini beans
2 tablespoons butter, or to taste
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 (1 1/2) pound smoked pork shank
1 quart water
2 cups chicken stock
2 bay leaves
2 sprigs fresh oregano
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
1 tomato, diced
1 recipe homemade gremolata (see footnote)
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Place cannellini beans in a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
Melt butter in a heavy pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot butter until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Stir pork shank, water, chicken stock, and bay leaves into onion mixture; bring to simmer, reduce heat to low, cover the pot with a lid, and simmer until flavors blend, about 45 minutes.
Turn shank over and stir oregano, rosemary, and red pepper flakes into chicken stock mixture; add beans and stir. Return mixture to a simmer, cover the pot with a lid, and simmer until beans are almost tender, about 1 hour. Simmer uncovered until beans are tender, about 30 minutes more. Cool to room temperature, cover the pot, and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
Spoon accumulated fat from the top of the chilled bean mixture and discard fat. Remove pork shank; cut meat into slices and discard bone.
Stir sliced pork shank, tomato, gremolata, salt, and black pepper into bean mixture over medium heat; cook and stir until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 458.4 calories, Carbohydrate 51.5 g, Cholesterol 73.7 mg, Fat 11.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 38.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 1189.3 mg, Sugar 2.4 g