Roast pork belly with apple sauce

Recipes / Meat

There is no better way to celebrate Sunday with family and friends than to enjoy a roast dinner.

Recipe «Roast pork belly with apple sauce» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 2:00 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1/2 cup sea salt, 1 tbsp fennel seeds, 1 tsp five-spice powder, 1 cinnamon quill, 1.2 - 1.5kg pork belly, skin scored , 2/3 cup caster sugar, 100ml cider vinegar, 6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped , 1/2 lemon, juiced, Salad leaves, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup sea salt 
  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds 
  • 1 tsp five-spice powder 
  • 1 cinnamon quill 
  • 1.2 - 1.5kg pork belly, skin scored 
  • 2/3 cup caster sugar 
  • 100ml cider vinegar 
  • 6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped 
  • 1/2 lemon, juiced 
  • Salad leaves, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200C.
  2. Place salt, fennel seeds, fivespice powder and cinnamon in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle and grind to a powder. Rub all over the pork and refrigerate overnight.
  3. Place pork on a roasting rack over a roasting pan. Pour boiling water in the tin and roast for 45 minutes, then reduce heat to 180C and cook for a further hour.
  4. Remove pork from oven, cover loosely with foil and rest.
  5. To make the apple sauce: Heat sugar and vinegar in a saucepan over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Add apple and cook, stirring, until softened.
  6. Stir in the lemon juice and serve warm with the roast pork and salad leaves.