ROASTED BEEF CHEEK MEATS

 

ingredients: one kg. of clean cheek meats, two onions, three carrots, two ripe tomatoes, herbs (laurel, thyme, oregano,...), one glass of white dry wine, 250 gr. Of sweetbreads, three garlic cloves, 1 chilli pepper, 50 cc. of olive oil, 2 large boletus, 1 leek, 150 gr. of butter, 50 cc. of cream, 200 gr.of boiled rice.

preparation: Put the cheek meats in an earthenware tray, together with the rest of the ingredients. Cook at low temperature until tender (2 hours approx.). When they have cooled down, slice them into +/- 1 cm. slices and set aside. Crush the gravy and grind. Fry the sweetbreads with olive oil, the chilli pepper and the garlic. Once golden, add salt and pepper. In another pan, fry at low temperature the diced leek with salt and pepper in the butter, and add the diced boletus and its sauce. Add the rice and salt. Finally, present the cheek meat in the shape of a hand fan, add the gravy, the sweetbreads and finish the presentation with a ring of rice.