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slow roasted pork belly with apple, ginger and Glenmorangie

25 November 2010 by Dominic Franks

… it’s snowing…!

… apparently some weather boffin type person has worked out that this is the first significant early winter snowfall for 17 years… there are parts of the UK under more than 1 inches of snow…! woo hoo!

The Viking has left me alone in the kitchen, travelling down to London for a couple of days and what this means for me is ‘meat Thursday’… it’s not that he doesn’t allow me to eat meat during his presence in the house, it’s just that due to his committed vegetarianism I tend to err on the side of chicken and ham and save the blood or fat till he’s out of the way… which isn’t all that often… so this is a cause for celebration!…

… and so I turn to Pork Belly… the most fatty and succulent of all bellies… a much maligned and misunderstood dish… and to those who don’t eat the fat… I yell at the top of my voice “it’s supposed to be eaten… it contains all the flavour and if you only eat it on special occasions it wont do you any harm you carrot munching stick-insect!’

… pork belly has actually had a bit of a revival recently in gastropubs up and down the country and I salute that… and I suppose I also have to salute his nibs Jamie Oliver for boosting its popularity… but its neither of these reasons why I love it so much… for that passion I have to thank Alejandro who trained with El Bulli and is one of the worlds leading ‘scientific’ chefs… I was lucky enough to dine in his beautiful mountain top restaurant a few years ago and eat the most incredible, unctuous, crispy, heady scented pork belly i’ve ever eaten…

… we were working closely with Glenmorangie whisky, designing event guidelines for them as they had recently been acquired by the LVMH group.  The guidelines were a lead for the international markets on how to promote the newly rebranded whisky… how to put on a launch party, what venues to use, what the staff should wear, what food to serve at the parties…etc etc… we also designed a set of menu’s for the guidelines and employed the fabulously talented Alejandro to work with the whisky and create food to compliment the tasting….

…and one of the dishes he designed was this roasted pork belly with apple, ginger and Quinta Ruban Glenmorangie…

… it’s the slow roasting, combined with the ginger and orange scents in the whisky that make this dish so rich and succulent.

Recipe


1 cut of pork belly (I bought mine ready cut into fingers but you could use a whole slab)
2 cox’s apples – cut into wedges
1 medium onion – cut into wedges
fresh ginger – grated
salt and pepper
fresh thyme
a glug of Glenmorangie whisky – Quinta Ruban if you can get it.

– score the pork belly skin and rub with the salt and grated ginger

– place the apples and onions into an oven proof dish, sprinkle with thyme and a little olive oil

– place the pork belly on top of the apples and onions and then slam it into a really hot (200) oven for 30 mins, then turn down the heat (160) for a further 2 hours.

– 30 mins before the end of cooking splash on a generous glug of Glenmorangie… the smell in the house will be unbelievably good!

– serve with something green

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Victoria says

    25 November 2010 at 1:46 pm

    i am drooling…i love love love pork belly….actually…to be honest, I love pork FAT! hahaha this looks so good, I wish I were there, snow and all!! 🙂

  2. Рафаэлла says

    25 November 2010 at 1:59 pm

    And I like it! 😉

  3. o cozinheiro este algarve says

    25 November 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Love the sound of this. We eat loads of belly pork here as it is so readily available.I always boil it first to get rid of the fat.It really adds something to the finished dish.
    I also do a similar recipe to this one of yours but with Loin of pork.I am thinking of trying it this weekend substituting quince for the apples.
    Will blog it if succeesful

  4. Sam at Pistachio and Rose says

    25 November 2010 at 2:44 pm

    Dear Lord that looks amazing, I love pork belly and of course eat the fat, what's the loody point otherwise!

  5. Chele says

    25 November 2010 at 2:52 pm

    No fair!!! You get spalshed all over the TV screen two days on teh bounce AND you get snow!!! The toys will come out of the pram lol.
    But you can keep the pork belly all for yourself, although I will admit it does like tasty ;0)

  6. My Kitchen in the Rockies says

    25 November 2010 at 3:02 pm

    Pork Belly, how delicious!! I like the flavor combo, too.
    Enjoy the snow.

  7. Jeannie says

    25 November 2010 at 3:11 pm

    How nice to have snow! And the pork looks delicious!

  8. Mr. P says

    25 November 2010 at 4:15 pm

    You mean you love Neneh Cherry as much as making cookies too? Well then, here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsRz3TJDEY

    Just for you.

  9. Liz says

    25 November 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Great to have another pork moment! I love belly pork with fennel seeds – and this is another recipe for the file and indeed to do. The Glenmorangie would have a hard time getting near the pork though – have to test it first. Great post Dom.

  10. Mary says

    25 November 2010 at 7:21 pm

    What a feast. Those gathered at your table are in for a real treat. I hope you have a wonderful day. Blessings…Mary

  11. Northern Snippet says

    25 November 2010 at 8:44 pm

    Pork belly. Yum and yes fat is flavour,perfect for this snowy weather.

  12. Helena Lee says

    25 November 2010 at 11:34 pm

    Sigh. I wish I'd had this for dinner! I like the slug of glenmorangie. Does the ginger burn at all? Hx

  13. Charlene says

    26 November 2010 at 10:49 am

    Mmm, I love pork belly.

  14. Brownieville Girl says

    27 November 2010 at 4:25 pm

    Wow Dom – looks like restaurant food!

  15. Dom at Belleau Kitchen says

    28 November 2010 at 6:00 pm

    thanks all for the kind words…

    @ Helena… the ginger did burn a little but the fat helped it stay moist

    @ BVG… belleaukitchen is a restaurant for two!… plus the dog… x

  16. Kath says

    29 November 2010 at 1:01 pm

    Oh this looks so good. Pork belly is one of my favourites ( well, actually I have a lot of favourites but honestly pork belly is up there) and I like the idea of the glug of whisky.

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