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October 2010 Slow Roasted Belly Pork

Slow Roasted Belly Pork

 

Serves 4

“Appely Dappely Mash & Rocquette Cider Sauce “

  • Ingredients:
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  • 900g     Belly Pork
  • 250ml  Chicken or Pork Stock
  • 50oml   Rocquette Cider
  • 100g      Onion
  • 100g      Leek
  • 100g      Celery
  • 100g      Carrot
  • 2 small / 1 medium Bramley Apple
  • 750g      Maris Piper Potatoes
  • 200g      Guernsey Dairy Unsalted Butter
  • 200ml   Guernsey Dairy Milk
  • 200ml   Water
  • Olive Oil
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Whole Clove
  • Lemon Grass
  • Chilli Peppers
  • Lemon Pepper
  • Sea Salt and freshly ground Black Peppercorns
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Method:

Score the Belly Pork skin with a sharp knife and remove any bones.
Peel and chop the vegetables.
Place the vegetables into a large hot saucepan with a little olive oil and allow the vegetables to caramelize slightly
Allow the vegetables to cool.

Marinade the Pork with with the light spices, chopped vegetables and Rocquette Cider in a large earthenware container overnight in the refrigerator.
Next day add the stock to the marinade and gently heat the large container of Pork and vegetables. Bring to a simmer and cover with a tight fitting lid or foil before placing into a moderately hot oven to slow roast.
Boil the potatoes with the milk and water, remove from heat when cooked and drain well, return to gentle heat and add Unsalted Guernsey Butter and set aside.
Cook the Apples to purée consistancy and pass through a fine sieve.
Mix the apple purée into the creamed potato and season to taste.

Remove the Pork Belly from the oven when tendy, set aside and allow to rest before carving into desired portions, crisp each portion by placing skin side up under a salamander. Serve with sauce prepared using sticky residue from the roasting tin.

Serve with Braised Red Cabbage.