Chinese five spice pork with sticky star anise plums

Recipes / Meat

With crispy cracking and juicy plums, this pork will have everyone reaching for seconds.

Recipe «Chinese five spice pork with sticky star anise plums» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1.8kg pork rack, 1 tbsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder, 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 3/4 cup brown sugar , 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar, 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes, 2 star anise , 1 cinnamon stick, 8 plums, halved, stones removed.

Ingredients:

  • 1.8kg pork rack 
  • 1 tbsp sea salt 
  • 1/2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder 
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar 
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar 
  • 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes 
  • 2 star anise 
  • 1 cinnamon stick 
  • 8 plums, halved, stones removed 

Instructions

  1. Pat pork dry with paper towel. Place in a ceramic dish. Refrigerate overnight, if time permits (see notes).
  2. Preheat oven to 240C/220C fan-forced. Combine salt and five-spice powder in a bowl. Drizzle pork with oil. Rub salt mixture all over pork rind. Place pork in a roasting pan. Roast for 30 minutes.
  3. Reduce oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Roast for a further 40 minutes or until juices run clear when a skewer is inserted into centre of pork. Cover loosely with foil. Stand for 10 minutes to rest.
  4. Meanwhile, place sugar, vinegar, chilli flakes, star anise and cinnamon in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes or until sugar has dissolved. Increase heat to medium‑high. Bring to a simmer.
  5. Add plum. Cook, turning occasionally, for 10 minutes or until sauce has thickened slightly and plum has softened, but still holding its shape (see notes).
  6. Serve pork with plum mixture.