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Pork With Almond Sauce (Cabezada con Salsa de Almendras)

Pork With Almond Sauce (Cabezada con Salsa de Almendras)

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    kohlercreated's Notes: This traditional Spanish recipe originally calls for an entire loaf of French baguette and a full two cups of wine. Not exactly Paleo friendly. I omitted the bread and cut the wine in half...

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Serves 4

  1. Place almonds in a frying pan with olive oil. Fry for some time until the almonds are nice and brown. Add the peeled garlic and fry for an additional minute or two.

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  2. Remove almonds and garlic from the pan and set aside on a plate, leaving oil in the pan.

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  3. Cut the pork into large cubes, salt and pepper it and fry from all sides so the meat gets a nice color.

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  4. Add the tomato, the peeled and quartered onion, bay leaves, paprika, white pepper and the wine. Cover and let it all cook on low heat for 30 minutes.

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  5. Take the onion and the tomato out of the pan and place in a food processor. Add the almonds and the garlic and add some of the cooking liquid from the pan (around 1/2 cup). Puree the ingredients until you have a really fine sauce. Return the sauce to the pan with the pork and let it simmer uncovered for an additional 30 minutes. Season with additional salt and pepper if desired.

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1 Comment on Pork With Almond Sauce (Cabezada con Salsa de Almendras)

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Can pork chops be subsituted for this reciepe?

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