The Cheek!

[Rhona]

My next door neighbour just shouted that he has half a pig for me - one of his rugby playing mates keeps rare breeds and has just slaughtered some. How kind of him! He also offered the pig's cheeks - I seem to recall that they are a delicacy, cooked properly, and I can probably find a HFW recipe somewhere. But, anyone here have any ideas for the pig's cheeks?

[vicky]

It would be quite interesting to invite someone round for dinner you weren't that keen on and lift the lid of a giant saucepan to reveal a simmering pigs head....

From my book 'Bath Chap' receipe name! Cook cheeks till tender, coat in egg and breadcrumbs and fry.

[Hilary B]

I always made brawn from head and trotters, well spiced, and leaving out the gooey bits (those went to the dogs) it was pretty darn good! Maybe I'll see what sort of price pig's heads are locally......

[jogette]

I remember eating Bath Chap cooked like Vicky suggested. It's lovely, sadly not the sort of thing readily available anymore.

[sewer rat]

My next door neighbour just shouted that he has half a pig for me - one of his rugby playing mates keeps rare breeds and has just slaughtered some. How kind of him! He also offered the pig's cheeks - I seem to recall that they are a delicacy, cooked properly, and I can probably find a HFW recipe somewhere. But, anyone here have any ideas for the pig's cheeks?

I always made brawn from head and trotters, well spiced, and leaving out the gooey bits (those went to the dogs) it was pretty darn good! Maybe I'll see what sort of price pig's heads are locally......

If you watched Masterchef, the final week, then you may remember seeing one of the chefs that the contestants had to cook for was one of the youngest chefs to be awarded a Michelin Star - his name is Tom Kitchin - and his speciality dish in his restaurant in Edinburgh is rolled pigs head. I've seen him make this dish and although I can't remember all the ins and outs, he removed the cheeks and the sliced and scraped the meat from them -very very tender meat apparently.

[Jay Bee]

Remembered the picture on the DM site but the article took some finding for some reason:

Cheap and utterly delicious - but we bet you've never eaten pork cheeks | Mail Online

[kiwirach]

theres a recipe for pigs cheeks in the april Good Food.....from a feature on Gordon Ramseys new cookbook.