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Roasted pork belly with Chinese five spice and spiced apple sauce

From Jamie Oliver

  • Serves 4
  • Cooking Time 120 mins

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Recipe ingredients

About 900g (2lb) Piece of belly pork – boneless or bone in
15ml (1tbsp) Chinese five spice
Oil
Salt

Apple Sauce:
2 Cooking apples, cored, peeled and sliced
1 Eating apple, cored and sliced
30ml (2tbsp) Brown sugar
Splash apple juice or ginger beer
Pinch Chinese five spice

Preparation

Preheat oven to Gas 4-5, 180°C, 350°F.

Take the flat piece of belly, dry the rind and score deeply with a sharp knife.

Rub the rind all over with Chinese five spice, oil and salt.

Line a shallow roasting pan with foil.

Place the belly onto the foil and tuck the foil around the joint.

Open roast for about 2 hours.

When cooked allow the belly to rest for 10 minutes before serving.

For the apple sauce: Place all ingredients into a small pan with lid. Simmer with lid on for about 10 minutes until cooking apples are fluffy. Mix well together and put to one side.

Serve cut into thick chunks with apple sauce, roasted vegetables and creamy mash potato.

Serving suggestion

Top tip: Make use of the oven while it is on and roast your root vegetables at the same time – they will need about 45 minutes.