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Roast pork belly, fondant potatoes & pickled onions served in a roasting tin

Roast pork belly, fondant potatoes & pickled onions

Name: Roast pork belly, fondant potatoes & pickled onions
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 25 min
Total time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: 8-10
Ingredients: ½ tsp dried thyme; ½ tsp mace; 1 star anise ground to a powder using a pestle and mortar; 1 tbsp sea salt flakes; 2 ½kg bone-in pork belly skin scored; 50g butter softened, for the tin; 12 medium Maris Piper potatoes; 1 bunch of thyme; 454g jar pickled onions drained; 125ml chicken stock

Tom Kerridge

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8-10

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 2 hrs and 25 mins

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Treat yourself and others to roast pork belly served with soft fondant potatoes and caramelised pickled onions. Sunday lunch just got better

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Ingredients

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½ tsp dried thyme
½ tsp mace
1 star anise

ground to a powder using a pestle and mortar
1 tbsp sea salt flakes
2 ½kg bone-in pork belly

skin scored
50g butter

softened, for the tin
12 medium Maris Piper potatoes
1 bunch of thyme
454g jar pickled onions

drained
125ml chicken stock

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Nutrition: Per serving (10)

kcal609
fat42g
saturates15g
carbs15g
sugars1g
fibre2g
protein42g
salt2.3g

Method

step 1

Mix the thyme, mace, star anise and sea salt flakes together in a small bowl. Rub all over the pork belly. If you have time, transfer the pork to a tray and marinate in the fridge for up to 24 hrs, but this is not essential.
step 2

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 and butter a large roasting tin. Cut a thin slice lengthways from both sides of each potato, then sit them flat in the prepared tin in one even layer. Scatter over the thyme and onions, then pour over the chicken stock.
step 3

Sit the pork on top of the potatoes, skin-side up and roast for 30 mins. Reduce the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 for 1 hr 30 mins, until the skin is crisp. Transfer the pork to a board, then cover loosely with foil and leave to rest for 20 mins.
step 4

Return the tin with the potatoes to the oven and increase the oven temperature to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 25-30 mins until crisp. Carve the pork into generous squares (you can use a bread knife to do this more easily) and serve alongside the fondant potatoes and caramelised pickled onions.

RECIPE TIPS

POTATO LATKES

Coarsely grate the potato offcuts and squeeze out any water. Mix with a beaten egg and enough plain flour to bind the mixture to a thick batter. Fry flat spoonfuls of the mix until golden and cooked through. Serve with leftover soured cream.

PORK BELLY HOTPOT

Cut any leftover roast pork belly into bite-sized squares and reheat gently in a broth made from chicken stock, soy sauce, Chinese five spice and a sprinkling of brown sugar. Serve with rice or noodles.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2020

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