Individual roast pork belly with apple confit

Individual roast pork belly with apple confit

Get the gastropub experience in the comfort of your own home with this classic British dish

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 1 hour 30 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Cut the pork belly into 6 pieces, rub the skin of each piece with seasoning. Scatter the onion and apple in a shallow roasting tin and pour over 1 tbsp olive oil. Season. Lay the pork on top, sprinkle the skin with fennel seeds and put in the oven for 30 minutes to start off the crackling.
  2. Pour the wine around the pork and turn the oven down to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cook for a further 40 minutes or until the pork is tender. The apple should have broken down by now and the wine reduced. Lift the pork out, if it hasn't crackled as much as you would like, put it under a hot grill to crisp up but don't let it burn. Rest for 10 minutes. If the apple and onion mixture is still quite liquid, put it into a saucepan and reduce it, add any juices that have run out of the pork as it rests. Taste and season. Serve the pork with the apple confit.

Per serving

731 kcalories, protein 48.8g, carbohydrate 13.8g, fat 50.9 g, saturated fat 19.7g, fibre 1.7g, salt 0.79 g

Recipe from olive magazine, September 2006.

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  • 07 December 2007

    christine rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really easy and generous serving for 6 - a good winter supper for friends. I served with greens sauted in garlic.

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  • 28 January 2008

    Amanda rated and commented on this recipe

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    I tried a version of this with loin of pork and it was delicious, served with roast potatoes and roasted veggies. Would definitely cook again!

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  • 14 March 2008

    Joseph commented on this recipe

    This was Fantastic,real tasty and leftovers equally good cold,will definitly make again

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    Joseph rated this recipe

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  • 04 August 2008

    Mike R commented on this recipe

    Great recipe - I substituted cider for the wine as my wife wouldn't let me use the last of the wine and it was fantastic.

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    19 August 2008

    bob commented on this recipe

    I am no cook by any stretch of the imagination, but found this easy to make any is now my speciality

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 1 hour 30 mins

Ingredients

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Per serving

731 kcalories, protein 48.8g, carbohydrate 13.8g, fat 50.9 g, saturated fat 19.7g, fibre 1.7g, salt 0.79 g

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