BBQ pork cheek stew

The cook, step by step.

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   In this recipe, we begin by exfoliating the pig's cheeks. Take these out of the pack and pat dry well around it. After this we go well around with a nice sharp knife to remove the water. Make sure you take as little meat as possible during this process, that would of course be a shame. The pork cheeks then appear to look about as on the picture below.

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   Then we sprinkle the pig cheeks around with the SPG rub and put this back in the refrigerator to marinate.

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   Then light up the barbecue to a dome temperature of 100 degrees Celsius and prepare the barbecues in an indirect setup. As soon as this temperature is reached you put a chunk cherry smoke wood by the coals and may the pig cheeks on the grill. Then close the lid and let it smoke for 2 hours. Make sure the temperature stays at 100 degrees this period.

   BBQ temperature: 100°C2h
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   Now you got time to cut the carrot into cubes, cut the onion in half rings and leave the garlic free from the peel. For convenience we also remove the smoked breakfast bacon from the packaging and do all this in similar trays for overview.

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   After 2 hours of smoking, remove the pork cheeks from the barbecue and put them aside on a plate. It's not a problem that they cool something off. We are now going to change the indirect position to a direct setup and place our Dutch oven on the grid directly above the coals. The temperature may be increased to 160 degrees Celsius in the dome. Bake as the Dutch oven at temperature is first briefly on the bacon strips.

   BBQ temperature: 160°C
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   When the bacon is baked we add the onion and fry it briefly until they are glazed / almost transparent. After this we add the carrot and also press the 2 garlic cloves. We'll bake this whole thing for 2-3 minutes.

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   Now we add the smoked pork cheeks, 3 bottles of dark beer, and put 2 brown sandwiches with mustard and add these sandwiches with the mustard side down as shown in the picture below. Finally, add the bay leaf and clove. Now you can put the lid on and let it simmer for about 1.5 hours. Don't forget to stir and see if this process goes to satisfaction.

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   After the period of 1.5 hours, the whole looks like this and the meat is nicely soft. Now it's time to serve the whole thing.

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   Then bake some fries according to the method of preparation on the package, put the stew in a nice bowl and add a dot Zaanse mayonnaise. Et voilá the enjoyment can begin!