TF Recipe of the month by chef Estrella Ruiz Campos: Cordoba style pork cheeks

The TF recipe for the month of May had to be a local recipe from Cordoba, of course. Therefore, in the month of flowers and the month of the caliphal city, Estrella Ruiz Campos brings us a Cordoba style pork cheek piece on this original handmade ceramic tableware in the shape of a traditional Cordoba hat. Torres Ferreras has made it in different versions for different restaurants.

Do you want a taste of Cordoba with one of our most traditional recipes? Follow the next steps:

Ingredients

• 1 kg of Iberian pork cheeks
• 1 red pepper
• 1 large ripe tomato
• 1 onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 150 cl of EVOO
• 125 cl of local Montilla-Moriles wine
• Salt and pepper to taste

Elaboration:

1. Take out the grease from the pork cheeks and rinse them well, then drain.
2. Wash the vegetables, peel them and cut them into small pieces.
3. In a large pot, add the EVOO and sauté the chopped garlic, onion, pepper and tomato.
4. Once the sauce is ready, add the pork cheeks to the pot and sauté.
5. When they are golden, add the bay leaf, salt and pepper.
6. When the contents of the pot are boiling over high heat, add the wine and leave the pot open so that it evaporates.
7. When it has evaporated, add water until all the ingredients in the pot are covered, then cover the pot and leave it on low heat. If we are using a quick cooker, leave it for about 20 minutes. In a slow cooker, it will be approximately an hour.
8. When the pork cheeks are tender, turn to high heat and remove the lid to reduce the sauce.
9. When it is ready, serve it on this wonderful stoneware plate from Torres Ferreras with some potatoes to taste and sing “El Vito” (a traditional song from Cordoba).

Who said tradition was boring? In our workshop we love to go back to traditional techniques and use them to create contemporary designs with ceramic materials as resistant as stoneware. That is how we can help restaurants materialize their most innovative ideas on their tables. An example is this recipe in which we serve Cordoba style pork cheeks on a plate that looks like a Cordoba hat.

Enjoy your meal!