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Step-by-Step Guide to Make Award-winning Roast Pork Belly with Crackling

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Christine Simpson
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Roast Pork Belly with Crackling

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook roast pork belly with crackling using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Roast Pork Belly with Crackling:
  1. Take 1.5 kg Pork Belly with Skin
  2. Prepare 1 Tablespoon Coriander seeds
  3. Prepare 1 Tablespoon Fennel seeds
  4. Get 1 Tablespoon Black Peppercorns
  5. Make ready 1 Tablespoon Salt
  6. Make ready 1 Dried Bay Leaf
  7. Make ready 2 Tablespoons Oil
  8. Make ready 2 White Onions
  9. Take 1 Garlic Head

Roast pork belly with beautifully bubbled crunchy crackling is one of life's real delights. I love pork, however I really adore properly cooked pork crackling. Learn to roast pork belly - top tips: Score the pork belly using a very sharp knife. Lay the pork, skin-side up, on a rack in a roasting tin.

Instructions to make Roast Pork Belly with Crackling:
  1. Preheat your oven to 230°C
  2. Score the skin on the pork belly so it penetrates the fat a bit
  3. In a pestle and mortar/ spice grinder, pound together the coriander seeds, Fennel seeds, black peppercorns, salt and bay leaf.
  4. Mix the dry rub with the oil and lather onto the pork belly. Make sure to get some mixture into the cuts you made on the skin. Place into a dish and cover with cling film to marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes in the fridge.
  5. Chop 2 onions into quarters and 1 garlic head in half horizontally. Lay them on the base of the baking dish skin side facing up. You do not need to remove any skins.
  6. Place the pork on top of the onions and garlic and place the dish into your preheated oven for 45 minutes- 1 hour.
  7. Take out the pork belly when it is crispy and golden. Then turn the oven down to 150°C.
  8. Place the pork belly onto a rack suspended above a tray so that the pork fat will drip down through the meat and into the tray. Leave it in the oven for 2-3 hours and let it cook slowly until the meat is soft and tender.
  9. Enjoy with sides of your choice. The pan with the pork fat, onions and garlic can be used to make gravy.

Learn to roast pork belly - top tips: Score the pork belly using a very sharp knife. Lay the pork, skin-side up, on a rack in a roasting tin. Rub with oil and season with salt. This process helps the fat run out and skin to crisp. Check your recipe for times and temperatures.

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