Cider-Braised Pork Cheeks – Eating Amongst A Grin

Sometimes when I’m actually bored, I’ll sit down around trying to mean value upwardly mistaken Mark Twain nutrient quotations. For example, “The best beef stew I always had, was pork cheeks inwards San Francisco.” That was inspired yesteryear the fact these delicious, tardily to gear upwardly clumps of pork actually exercise gustation similar an extra-rich beef shoulder. 

You volition cause got to utter amongst an actual real, alive butcher, but they’re to a greater extent than oftentimes than non harmless, together with if they sell fresh pork, I’m pretty certain they’ll endure able to social club you lot some cheeks. While I’m real proud of this recipe, together with I mean value the difficult cider makes for a perfect cooking liquid, experience gratuitous to exactly accept your favorite stew, or braised beef recipe, together with swap inwards the pork cheeks instead.

Once everything’s inwards the pan, all you lot cause got to exercise is create this until the meat is fork tender, together with the sauce has thickened plenty to coat the meat. Be careful non to purpose a too-salty broth, otherwise it may endure equally good much i time reduced. I actually promise you lot grade this cider-braised pork cheeks recipe a endeavor soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for four portions:

* I used 6, but the amounts volition run amongst 8, together with grade you lot four portions)

8 large pork cheeks (about two pounds)

salt together with freshly dry reason dark pepper to gustation

flour equally needed

2 tablespoon clarified butter

2 tablespoons apple tree cider vinegar

2 cups difficult cider

2 cups homemade or low-sodium chicken broth

1 teaspoon finely chopped sage leaves

1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves

1 modest xanthous onion, diced

1 modest carrot, diced

1 rib celery, diced

Note: if you lot desire extra sauce, you lot tin add together an extra tablespoon of flour to the veggies when they are sautéing. Then add together an extra loving cup of cider together with broth, together with continue equally shown.