Pork cheek with garlic

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Pork cheek with garlic and black pepper. The best appetizer. Gentle fat with a meat layer, is very well suited to soup. The recipe is simple and cheap.

Ingredients for Pork cheek with garlic

Step by step instruction of cooking Pork cheek with garlic

Шаг 1

Pork Cheek, wash under cold water. Cut into equal pieces of medium size.

Шаг 2

In a saucepan, pour 1.5 liters of warm water. Rubbing salt in the ratio of 250 grams of glass per liter of water as we poured 1.5 liters so pour 375г half Cup. All depends on the amount of pork cheeks, in our case 1 kg of the Cheeks to 1.5 liters of water.

Шаг 3

Washed onion peels in a colander under warm water, put in a pan, then put the jowl. Peel a large onion, cut it into 2 parts as well put in a pot, followed by 2 cloves of garlic, peppercorns and Bay leaf.

Шаг 4

Put on the fire. Wait until boil, watching to cheek was completely immersed in water. Since boiling takes 30 minutes. THE MAIN THING IS NOT TO DIGEST! Cook 30 minutes then remove from the oven, without pulling his jowl left to cool and steep in the brine for approximately 12 hours, so it is better soaked and will be tastier. Better to cook in the evening, that would jowl stood off night.

Шаг 5

12 hours later. If prepared in the evening, in the morning... Remove the jowl from the pot. If there is much cheek fat, the fat hardens, you can heat up a little bit before ka fat has melted, remove it from the pan to dry paper or towel and allow to cool. Well, if jowl in the morning floating in the broth that just takes it and just dry with a towel and put in a deep bowl.

Шаг 6

Peel a head of garlic. Davim. Take pepper and add to taste. Mix well and RUB Jowl.

Шаг 7

Then take a plastic container, the bottom pour is not a lot of pepper and put a few leaves of Bay leaf. Put the grated jowl layer on top of another and roll without a lot of pepper and also put a few leaves of Bay leaf. Cover the top with baking sheet in order that she would have collected the excess moisture, if no paper is not that terrible. Close the lid and put in refrigerator for 2-3 hours that would jowl is well soaked with garlic and pepper.

Шаг 8

After a couple of hours to get the cheek and cut a thin layer or as you like, just cut into slices of black bread. And all enjoy your meal. Well suited for borscht and soups, as well as a snack to vodka. ALL A PLEASANT APPETITE!
P. S "Recipe proven over the years"