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Braised pork cheeks with polenta recipe
22 ingredients
25 min + 1 hr 45 min
4 people
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Jun Tanaka cooks his pork cheeks in a spicy sweet white wine reduction, then serves with polenta and salsa verde.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1156
Calories
101g
Protein
61g
Fat
46g
Carbs
Counts 19 of 20 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 19 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Anchovy | 100g | 210 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Capers | 1 tbsp (9g) drained | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 12 pork cheeks fat and sinew removed
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 50 red wine vinegar
- ml white wine
- 200 honey
- ml ground ginger
- 2 mixed spice
- tbsp chicken stock
- 1 tomatoes, chopped
- tsp quick polenta
- 1 unsalted butter
- tsp grated parmesan
- 1 bunch parsley
- l bunch mint
- 2 bunch basil
- 175 capers
- g anchovy fillets
- 50 Dijon mustard
- g clove garlic
- 50 olive oil
- g lemon, juice only
Directions
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