# Guancia di manzo senza grassi

This is a recipe for beef cheek cooked in red wine without using oil or butter.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cipolla
- 1 guancia
- sale
- pepe
- po' alloro
- rosmarino
- vino rosso
- amido di mais
- pure

## Instructions

1. Peel and thinly slice the onion.
2. Transfer the sliced onion into a baking tray.
3. Clean the beef cheek, removing the external connective tissue.
4. Add salt and pepper and massage the beef cheek from both sides.
5. Transfer the beef cheek into the baking tray with the sliced onions and the scraps of meat.
6. Add bay leaf and rosemary.
7. Add the red wine until the meat is completely covered.
8. Cook in a ventilated oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.
9. Turn the beef cheek, cover it with aluminum foil, and continue cooking for about 2 hours at 160 degrees.
10. Strain the cooking sauce, crushing the onions well.
11. Reduce the sauce in a saucepan, thickening it with cornstarch.
12. Finally, put the beef cheek directly in the sauce, continuing to degrease it for a couple of minutes.
13. Plate the puree on the base.
14. Add the beef cheek and sauce.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- baking sheet
- oven
- tongs
- aluminum foil
- colander
- saucepan
- whisk
- spoon

## Tips

- The scraps from the beef cheek will be used to help the cooking base.
- Cooked beef cheek should be very soft.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSpmYpR/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c22e0b96-90fa-4569-88c1-7b4f502e2907
- Extracted: 2025-06-08

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