Season both sides of the cheeks with salt and pepper, heat a large pan over a high flame and brown the cheeks thoroughly both sides with a tbsp of oil this will take up to 10 minutes. Remove the cheeks then add all of the vegetables except the lemon and olives.

Lower the heat to medium, sweat the vegetables for a couple of minutes then add the cider and chicken stock.

Add the woody herbs and sit the cheeks back in and any resting juices accumulated.

Add the olives and I added the lemon quarters at this stage, this dish is usually made with chicken thighs and the cooking time is far longer for the cheeks and the sauce became quite bitter, I suggest only adding 1 quarter or just the zest and juice, not the white pith. place a lid on and simmer over a low flame for between 1 and 2 hours.

Simmer until the pork cheeks are tender, you can see the first photo I can pull it apart with very little force. Remove the cheeks then add the potato and cook for a further 20 minutes or until they are knife tender.

Place the cheeks back in to warm up taste and adjust seasoning add the parsley and serve in a bowl. This is somewhere between a broth and a stew so you'll need knife fork and spoon or some crusty bread to mop up the juice.

Last few images from my youtube video in the last one hopefully you can see how tender the pork cheeks are and the flavour is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXuAzZg55XU&t=202s