Stilts are a specialty of Berlin, where they are available ready-pickled, as they are in Lower Saxony and Westphalia. Otherwise, you have to order cured knuckle of pork from the butcher.
The day before, rinse the knuckle, put it in a big pot, add 2 onions, garlic cloves, 1-2 bay leaves, a little bit of new spice and 1 tbsp lard, cover with water and simmer on low heat for 3-4 hours (seasoning with salt will probably not be necessary if the knuckle is thoroughly cured).
Also the day before, put on the sauerkraut with 1 chopped onion, 1 bay leaf spice and a little bit of new spice, rub in the peeled earth apple and make about 1 1/2 hours, adding a dash of white wine in between. Finally season with salt and pepper and a pinch of sugar. Chill for one night (in the refrigerator, or outside in case of frost).
Soak the peas for one night in just under 1 ltr. of cold water.
A day later, reheat the stilt in the broth, or in the saucepan with the sauerkraut. Put the peas on (be careful, they easily overcook) and cook at low temperature with the lid closed for 1 to 1 and a quarter hours, until they fall apart ~ add water if necessary, they slightly stick. Now add 2 tbsp lard, “stir” with pepper, salt, nutmeg nut and a dash of cognac until a coarse quantity is formed. The pea mixture with a “Flotten Lotte