beef cheek
Cow face meat
Beef cheek is the facial muscle from a cow's cheek, prized in cooking for its rich, gelatinous texture when braised low and slow.
The cut requires long cooking times but rewards patience with tender, deeply flavored meat: The beef cheeks had been braising for six hours.
Popular in traditional dishes like Italian *guanciale* preparations and Mexican *barbacoa*.
- braisedBrowned and simmered slowly
- slow-cookedPrepared with prolonged heat
- low and slowCooking with patience
- tenderSoft or sore
- collagenStructural body protein
gelatinous · offal · nose to tail · stew · wine · barbacoa · rich · succulent · chewy · marbled · jowl · ox · butcher · braise · stock · hearty · rustic · French
beef cheekfilet mignon
Boneless cut from loin
beef tenderloin · ribeye · prime rib · New York strip · porterhouse
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Fowl's pectoral meat
fish fillet · tofu · seitan · tempeh · vegetables
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Raw meat, sliced thin
steak tartare · minute steak · filet mignon · beef tenderloin · flank steak
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