Pork Cheek and Chorizo Stew
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Johnston's Pork Cheeks trimmed of fat and sinew
- ½ cup flour
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 chorizo sausages about 8-inch each, chopped in chunks
- 2 onions finely sliced
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 4 peeled red peppers use vegetable peeler to remove most of skin
- Juice from 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- 1 tablespoon hot paprika
- 1 cup sour cream
- Chopped chives or green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F
- Season flour with salt and pepper and dredge cheeks in it
- Heat olive oil over medium high heat in a dutch oven and add cheeks to brown. Remove browned cheeks to a plate
- Add chopped sausage to same dutch oven and brown; Remove to plate
- Turn down heat, add onions to soften
- Add sliced peppers and garlic to onions
- Once peppers have softened add paprika, caraway, wine and lemon juice
- Place browned cheeks and sausages back in pot and stir together
- Place lid on and put in oven
- Check pork after an hour and add water as needed. You need lots of sauce as it is tasty!
- Place back in oven for an hour or so and check for tenderness of cheeks
- Once cooked, place a heaping serving on a plate with a dollop of sour cream
- Best served with boiled buttered little nugget potatoes