Ingredients
- 2 pig’s cheeks
- 1 onion, sliced
- 6 – 8 sprigs of thyme
- 50ml white wine
- 500ml stock
- 2 cooked pig’s cheeks (as above)
- 400g mashed potato
- 2 tbs chives chopped
- 1 egg yolk
- Salt and pepper
- 100g plain flour
- 100g panko breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs
- 25g butter
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbs Dijon mustard
- 1 tbs grainy mustard
- 300ml veal jus
- 400g leeks sliced
- 25g butter
- 50ml double cream
- few chives chopped
- salt and pepper
Method
Place the pigs’ cheeks into a pan with the onion, thyme, wine, stock and seasoning. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Allow the pigs’ cheeks to cool, remove from the pan and shred the meat.
Combine the pork, potato, chives and egg yolk.Season and roll into 6 balls, then pane them by dipping them in flour, egg and breadcrumbs.
Deep fry for 3-4 minutes, then drain onto kitchen paper.
To make the sauce heat a large non-stick pan until hot, add both of the mustards and the veal jus then reduce by half.
Place the leeks and butter in a pan over a medium heat and sweat for 3 to 4 minutes. Finish with the cream and the chives then season.
To serve your Pork Balls with Buttered Leeks and Mustard Sauce place a pile of the leeks in the centre of a serving plate with a pork ball on top then drizzle the sauce around the edge of the plate.
Ingredients
- 2 pig’s cheeks
- 1 onion, sliced
- 6 – 8 sprigs of thyme
- 50ml white wine
- 500ml stock
- 2 cooked pig’s cheeks (as above)
- 400g mashed potato
- 2 tbs chives chopped
- 1 egg yolk
- Salt and pepper
- 100g plain flour
- 100g panko breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs
- 25g butter
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbs Dijon mustard
- 1 tbs grainy mustard
- 300ml veal jus
- 400g leeks sliced
- 25g butter
- 50ml double cream
- few chives chopped
- salt and pepper
Method
Place the pigs’ cheeks into a pan with the onion, thyme, wine, stock and seasoning. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Allow the pigs’ cheeks to cool, remove from the pan and shred the meat.
Combine the pork, potato, chives and egg yolk.Season and roll into 6 balls, then pane them by dipping them in flour, egg and breadcrumbs.
Deep fry for 3-4 minutes, then drain onto kitchen paper.
To make the sauce heat a large non-stick pan until hot, add both of the mustards and the veal jus then reduce by half.
Place the leeks and butter in a pan over a medium heat and sweat for 3 to 4 minutes. Finish with the cream and the chives then season.
To serve your Pork Balls with Buttered Leeks and Mustard Sauce place a pile of the leeks in the centre of a serving plate with a pork ball on top then drizzle the sauce around the edge of the plate.