As part of our mission to find the world’s tastiest food we have arrived in Belgium to enjoy a country with culinary traditions that go back to the middle ages… For the main we have Pigs cheek stew with home-made chips & apple sauce – serves four people…

Pigs cheek stew with home-made chips & apple sauce recipe – serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 kg pig cheeks
• 1 Westmalle Double Trappist or Abbey beer
• 1 kg chip potatoes
• 1 large onion
• 2 slices of bread
• Butter
• Mustard
• Thyme
• Bay leaf
• Flour
• Seasoning
• 8 apples
• Sugar

Preparation time: 3-4 hours

Instructions:

1. Fry the meat in the butter until dark brown and season to taste.
2. Slice and cook the onion in the butter, add flour to bind.
3. Put everything into a large saucepan and add the beer until the meat is completely covered.
4. Add thyme and the bay leaf. Add the sliced bread which has been liberally covered in mustard.
5. Stew the pig cheeks for a few hours on a low heat until they are cooked.
6. Peel the apples, remove the core and cut into eight pieces.
7. Cook the apples on a low heat with a knob of butter, sugar and a bit of water.
8. Stew the apples and stir now and then until completely cooked.
9. Peel the potatoes and cut them into equal pieces.
10. Fry the chips for 5 minutes in oil which has been heated to 140°C.
11. Drain them and allow to cool.
12. Fry them again in oil which has been heated to 180°C until they are golden brown and crispy.

Tip: the best taste is obtained by preparing the stew the day before!

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