Schwenkbraten (Saarland swing-grilled pork steaks)

Name: Schwenkbraten (Saarland swing-grilled pork steaks)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 piece pork neck steaks (about 200 g each); 3 piece onions; 2 clove garlic; 4 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 tbsp sweet paprika; 1 tsp caraway seeds; 1 tsp dried marjoram; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 2 piece bay leaves; 1 tbsp lemon juice; pepper to taste; 1 tsp salt

A German classic from the Saarland: the Schwenkbraten is cooked on a Schwenkgrill, whose grate hangs from three chains and swings to and fro over glowing beech wood. The neck steaks marinate overnight in a robust mixture of onions, garlic, paprika and caraway and take on a savoury, deeply browned crust over the fire. The onions that marinate with them are braised soft in a pan and served alongside.

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Cook time

50 min

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Servings

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Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

545 kcal

Calories

35 g

Protein

41 g

Fat

5 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 4 servings

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Instructions

1
Peel the onions and cut them into thin rings. Peel the garlic and chop it finely.
2
Stir the rapeseed oil, garlic, paprika, caraway, marjoram, mustard seeds, the crumbled bay leaves, the lemon juice and pepper into a marinade.
3
Layer the neck steaks with the onion rings and the marinade in a bowl, cover well and leave them to take on flavour overnight in the fridge.
4
Take the meat out of the marinade, strip off the onions and set them aside with the remaining marinade. Let the steaks drain and only now salt them.
5
Bring the Schwenkgrill over glowing beech wood, or a charcoal grill, up to medium to high heat and grill the steaks for about seven minutes per side, until they are deeply browned.
6
Cook the meat through to a core temperature of 70 °C; no pink juices should run out when you pierce it. Then let it rest briefly at the edge of the grate.
7
Braise the stripped onions with the remaining marinade in a pan over medium heat until soft, stirring occasionally.
8
Arrange the steaks with the braised onions and serve at once.