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

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

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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  • 2007-12-07 13:29:45.330649

    christine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

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

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  • 2008-01-28 13:53:01.957919

    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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  • 2008-03-14 10:19:22.115658

    Joseph commented on this recipe

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

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  • 2008-03-14 10:19:59.978018

    Joseph rated this recipe

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  • 2008-08-04 12:01:20.298997

    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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  • Binder photo bob

    2008-08-19 17:11:38.818128

    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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  • 2009-07-15 13:10:13.737474

    consultant commented on this recipe

    Made this last Sunday, brilliant infusion of flavours. Only difference I made was the "confit" was not reduced enough from cooking the other over so reduced on the hob as outlined in the recipe but then sieved the sauce and poured over the pork. Very nice and will be cooking this again.

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  • 2009-08-03 08:39:41.430797

    sheilab rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    When my husband returned from the butchers with sliced pork belly instead of the leaner roasting joint I'd been expecting, I used the slices for this recipe. Easy to prepare and cook, and the flavours were delicious. Will definitely make this again, but will use a leaner cut of pork belly next time!

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  • 2009-10-11 19:31:58.78236

    SteveM commented on this recipe

    Excellent recipe but just done it with a twist as my partner isn't fond of fennel. So I've added whole chinese garlic, ginger and dates with a generous dusting of cayenne pepper! Also put root vegetables (carrots and parsnips) in for the last 30 mins and then finished the pork bellies off under the grill with some honey drizzled on them .... fantastic!

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  • 2011-03-27 08:44:53.737567

    Sue Pine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    delicious!

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  • 2011-06-22 19:15:34.357073

    Sunie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great easy recipe - done it twice now and love it.

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  • 2011-09-06 00:43:10.686836

    sharitags rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Saw a pork belly on sale, had never cooked one and didn't have three hours to spare - this only took an hour and a half and was ah-mazing! I replaced the red onion with lots of shallots and added carrots to the pan which I served with mash and peas (ultimate comfort food). The apples were cooked right down like an apple sauce, and I plated up two extras, which reheated perfectly in the microwave the following day with crispy crackling intact - wow!!!

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  • 2011-10-07 20:32:50.464972

    tami rated and commented on this recipe

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    loved this really easy to do too, i also did with a loin of pork.the left over wine was nice too

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  • 2012-01-15 15:55:19.612026

    C4NH4M commented on this recipe

    I love this dish! But I used red wine as Its my favourite!! :)

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  • 2012-03-14 08:44:47.835266

    gerryalec commented on this recipe

    Very tasty dish. Although the skin was already crisp I still put it under the grill for about 20 seconds and this gave it a lovely flavour. All the family asked for more.

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  • 2012-04-30 20:00:25.112148

    Lesley commented on this recipe

    This is a fantastic recipe. I used tarragon in place of the fennel seeds and added some cream to the apple confit. The whole family loved it!

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  • 2012-05-20 23:33:19.094322

    danicquinn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent - very easy with minimal mess; just follow the (short) recipe. We enjoyed it immensely, but I think it might have been even nicer if a stick blender was used to make a coarse puree with the onion and apple. I served it with sweet potato wedges. Mash would also have been nice.

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  • 2012-05-22 21:53:34.521134

    KarenCooks rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Massively altered the recipe so it was just for me but still worked perfectly so will cook for a crowd next time!!

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  • Binder photo Jo

    2012-07-11 19:27:12.554452

    Jo rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Pork was very nice but I had to throw the apple confit. Blooming awfl

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    2012-07-11 19:27:55.080883

    Jo commented on this recipe

    Pork was very nice but I had to throw the apple confit. Blooming awful

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 30 mins

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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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