Charcoal snacks
These snacks are served at the table while still ‘smoking’, making them resemble little pieces of charcoal.
Ingredients
Garlic croutons
Bay leaf
Veal jus
Red wine
Shallots
pork or veal cheeks
black powder coloring
smoking wood chips
Preparation
- Make breadcrumb powder from garlic croutons and a little black powder coloring. (We first grind it in the food processor and then even finer in a small coffee grinder.) Sear pork or veal cheeks in butter and add shallot, thyme, and bay leaf. Deglaze with red wine and add a little veal jus. Let simmer gently for 3 hours.
- Shred the cooked cheeks and shape as desired.
- Coat them in the black powder and heat in the oven.
- Fill a stainless steel smoking box with coarse smoking chips and light (blowtorch) before serving, so it appears at the table still smoking.