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Crispy pigs’ cheeks and deep-fried shallots with taramasalata and flatbread
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Crispy pigs’ cheeks and deep-fried shallots with taramasalata and flatbread

25 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

A great, if unusual, lunch or light meal. The pigs’ cheeks are braised slowly for extra taste, then shredded and fried to top fresh flatbreads with homemade taramasalata.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1377
Calories
79g
Protein
41g
Fat
172g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 2 celery
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ onion
  • 6 star anise
  • 1 tbsp white pepper
  • 4 pigs’ cheeks
  • 500ml/18fl oz chicken stock
  • 4 banana shallots
  • 250ml/9fl oz milk
  • for deep-frying vegetable oil
  • plain white flour
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 green chilli
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 medium slices of white bread
  • 200ml/7fl oz milk
  • 200g/7oz smoked cod
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 200ml/7fl oz mild olive oil or vegetable oil
  • ½ lemon
  • 250g/9oz strong white flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 100ml/3½fl oz warm water

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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