Roasted Pork Belly

Roasted Pork Belly

Serves : 2-4 people

Prep Time : 30 minutes

Cook Time : 2 hours

Ingredients:

1 pound Pork Belly, skin on

1 teaspoon Black Peppercorn

1/2 teaspoon Fennel Seed

1/2 each Cinnamon stick

2 each Clove Whole

4 each Allspice Whole

2 each Garlic clove

1 1/2 Tablespoons Sea Salt

2 teaspoons Brown Sugar

1 sprig sage

1 Apple, quartered

1 Lemon

1 Onion and Fennel Bulb chopped in large pieces

1 large bottle of hard cider

Instructions :

1. Preheat oven to 450 F

2. Toast spices on a sheet tray in the oven for a couple minutes until fragrant

3. Put in a grinder or mortar with garlic clove and sage and blend/smash until fine, add to the sugar and half the salt

4. Pat belly dry and rub with half of lemon and sprinkle spice mix on the meat none on the skin

5. Sprinkle the skin with salt. Place in roasting pan that fits the belly with a little room on each side

6. Add Onion and Fennel around sides

7. Roast for 1 hour or until skin starts crisping up

8. Pour in bottle of hard cider over veg avoiding the pork skin

9. Cider should come up close to the top of the Belly

10. Reduce heat to 375 F and roast another hour

11. Reduce heat again to 250 F and cook until you can pull the belly meat apart. approx. another hour

12. Rub salt off the skin

13. Let slightly cook on a cutting board

14. Put roasting veggies in a blender and slowly puree smooth adding roasting juices to get desired consistency

15. On a platter spread roasting veggies on a platter and slice pork belly with serrated knife

16. Place on puree and drizzle sauce around

Recipes from Five Marys Farms - pastured, all-natural meats from our family to yours

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Enjoy! - from all of us at Five Marys Farms