Ravioli on the Range.....PrOn sorta

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Started out with some meat that I was not even remotely familiar with. Kobe Beef Cheeks. I asked my butcher " What does this resemble?" " Short ribs" he replied. Hmmm, I thought, "can I smoke them?" I asked. He said " I don't care what you do with them, just don't bring them back around here!"

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So I started up the Supercollider after I figured out where the extension cord was ( I assumed it was solar powered, You know what happens when you assume)
selected my ingredients

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Made some pasta dough

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selected my spices

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Rolled out my pasta dough

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Prepped the cheeks for the smoker and let em rip!



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after 3 hours at 275* braised them in Red Eye Gravy left over from Sunday's Easter Ham/

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After 2 hours at low and slow 250+/- Pulled the cheeks and chopped them. Returned to the brasier and simmered with ****ake mushrooms until tender.

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Finished the cook, cooled the meat and cut my ravioli's, stuffed and sealed them with a fork and set aside.

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All done and ready for the pot

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Final plate with sauce. Mini ravioli pizzas
Please use this as my official entry shot

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West meets East " Ravioli on the range"

Thanks for lookin!
Jed
 
How were they, sounds like a Fusion for sure. Nice entry
 
How were they, sounds like a Fusion for sure. Nice entry
They were really beefy. More savory than short ribs, tons of deep tissue and fat flavor. As I would say....smokin! Thanks for askin.
Jed
 
Nice looking cook! Beef cheeks are realllly beefy, aren't they? Don't want to isolate that meat too much.
 
And for the record, I don't think they taste anything like short ribs. It is a fatty, hugely intense beef flavor. I think your butcher was just trying to get you out the door..... :)
 
And for the record, I don't think they taste anything like short ribs. It is a fatty, hugely intense beef flavor. I think your butcher was just trying to get you out the door..... :)
You are so right Marty. Fatty and immense beef flavor. Not the last time I wll do one of these. Most recommendations were only to braise them. OMG what a great cut to smoke. It took on so much smokey flavor and the I opted to braise it afterwards with some simple Asian spice and it was like BAM. Full on flavor, that will stand up to anything bold.
Thanks for your comments,
Jed
 
Sure looks great,nice Job
 
That it. You convinced me. One of the few cuts I have never cooked. Gonna go find some. Nice work. Ravioli looks great.
 
I've been called Beef Cheeks by Wilkat a few times, but I've never cooked beef cheeks!

That's a beautiful plate of food! Great job!
 
You spelled shiitake wrong.:p:wink:
Nice product!
 
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