Spiced pork belly with roasted root vegetable salad
Pork belly crackled up nicely, with a salad of roasted root veg.
Ingredients
- 800 g organic pork belly
- 2 cloves
- 0.25 tsp cinnamon
- 0.25 tsp nutmeg
- 3 juniper berries
- 40 g sea salt
- 1 medium organic sweet potato
- 2 organic parsnips
- 4 small organic beetroot
- 1 organic red onion
- 2 organic garlic cloves, halved
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 20 ml rapeseed oil
- 10 ml white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp chopped sage
Details
- Cuisine: British
- Recipe Type: Main
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 150 mins
- Cooking Time: 90 mins
- Serves: 6
Step-by-step
- Score the skin of the pork with a sharp knife then turn and repeat in opposite direction. Crush cloves, juniper and mix with the salt and other spices and rub into the skin. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight
- Heat oven to 230C.
- Rub off the salt with kitchen paper and place in roasting tray skin side up and cook for 35 mins then lower the temperature to 130 degrees Celsius and cook for a further 50 mins.
- To make the salad, peel and cut the veg into bite size pieces. Heat a medium size roasting tray over medium heat and drizzle with a little oil. Add the veg and colour all over for about 4-5 mins.
- Season with salt and pepper and place in the oven for about 20-25 minutes. Mix the dressing ingredients together and mix through the veg while warm and serve.
- Serve with some apple sauce on the side.
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