LOW CARB CHEEKY STICKY PORK CHOPS
 
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Pig cheeks served with roasted butternut squash. Delicious, tender, moorish, inexpensive and easy to make. What more could anyone want?
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Recipe type: Main Course
Cuisine: Ketogenic. LCHF. Low Carb. Grain Free. Gluten Free.
Yield: 2
Ingredients
for the cheeky sticky chops
  • 450-500g pig cheeks
  • 100ml red wine
  • splash of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 garlic clove
  • fresh thyme
  • a few sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • a generous sprinkle of fine Himalayan pink salt
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • a generous sprinkle of paprika
  • a sprinkle of organic beef stock granules
  • water
for the roasted butternut squash
  • 1 small squash
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • fresh rosemary sprigs
  • fresh thyme
  • sprinkle of fine Himalayan pink salt
  • black pepper to taste
Instructions
cheeky sticky chops
  1. chop shallot and garlic and put them in a heavy bottom pan or wok with a splash of olive oil; fry for 1 minute to soften.
  2. add pig cheeks and sear all sides.
  3. add red wine and let it evaporate a little, then 60ml water and the rest of the ingredients.
  4. turn heat down to minimum, cover with lid and braise for about 1.5 hours.
  5. make sure you turn the cheeks regularly or they will stick; check for dryness after the first half hour and then more and more often as you get to the last half hour of cooking time; add 30-50ml water whenever the juices seem to run a bit dry.
roasted butternut squash
  1. pre heat oven to 180°C fan.
  2. cut the squash across its length and width and then cut each quarter in half.
  3. remove and discard the stringy core and seeds, as well as the hard outer layer.
  4. cut into rough 3cm chunks.
  5. pour a generous amount of olive oil into an oven tray, then add squash and all the other ingredients.
  6. roll the chunks around with your hand so each side is well coated.
  7. bake for 20 min or until the tip of a knife goes through the largest squash chunk with ease.
Nutrition
Serving: ½ recipe Calories: 335 Fat: 15g Net Carbs: 0g Protein: 50g
Recipe by at https://queenketo.com/low-carb-cheeky-sticky-pork-chops/