The Best Roast Pork Belly

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Roast Belly of Pork with Fennel Seeds

Ingredients:

Belly of Pork (you can get your butcher to score it for you)
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp coarse sea salt
2 tbsp fennel seeds
3 onions

Cooking time: 3-4 hours

Pre-heat your oven to 250 deg C, or as high as you can.

Make sure the skin of the pork is as dry as possible by leaving uncovered in the fridge overnight in a deep dish. Using a craft knife (a regular kitchen knife won't be sharp enough), score the skin. If you don't want to do this, ask your butcher to do it for you.

Using a pestle and mortar, crush the salt and fennel seeds together. Rub the garlic across the meat (not the skin or it will burn). Rub the salt and fennel mixture into the scored lines on the skin.

Place in a roasting tin on top of the halved onions. Add a splash of water underneath to stop the juices burning.

Place the pork in the oven.

After 10 minutes, turn the heat down to 190 deg C.

Cook for 3-4 hours, checking often until done.

We served it with spinach, rice and lentils, but it goes with pretty much anything.

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[chefkoo]

@dig6dog The belly starts from just after the front shoulder where the ribs are completely encased by belly. Towards the back, just before the belly reached the back leg you get the pig equivalent of the flank where the ribs end, but for the most part, a good amount of belly has ribs.

[chefkoo]

@dig6dog Didn't they always?

[BuoyzToyz]

that looks real good man but you gotta wrap that in foil and let it sit for 20 minutes before you carve... will keep alot of the juices in the meat. Well done - roasting some belly in the weber right now ;-)

[MeldMagic]

I was wondering if you could roast it for a shorter duration, say 40 mins with higher heat, or will that dry up the meat?

[xxxdids]

This is the goods.

[gypsyjake617]

Thanks !

Pork fat rules!

[shemp123456]

what did you do with the rendered fat/juices?

[JoanIsNotTheMaid]

You seem trained. Are you trained?

[marthanne1]

been there done that...... will do it again!!!! thanks for such a great recipe!!! xxxx family loved this.... usually make it with rosemary but this was a wonderful change - thanks again.........

[marthanne1]

I saw this right now - I have a piece of pork belly and was looking for a great way to make it.... I'm off to the kitchen to replicate this recipe and will report back with the result later.......