Liz’s  Roast Belly of Pork with a Marmalade Glaze

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Written By Katherine Brown
 
 

Ingredients

For the Pork:

  • 2kg boned, organic pork belly, in one piece, skin removed (ask butcher to score the skin so you can roast it separately for crackling)

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

  • 2 teaspoons salt

For the glaze:

  • 2 garlic cloves

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh root ginger

  • 5 tablespoons marmalade

  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar or verjuice (sour juice from unripe grapes)

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Method

HEAT THE OVEN to 200C Gas 6

Place the pork in a roasting tin and rub oil, pepper and salt evenly all over the top, bottom and sides. 

Make the glaze. Crush the garlic with salt to make a thick paste, combine with the ginger, marmalade and ginger or verjuice. Pour the glaze over the pork and leave to marinade for 20 minutes.

Roast for 20 minutes then turn the oven down to 120C (gas1/2). Roast until the meat is meltingly tender within and shiny with glaze without, 3 hours minimum but you can leave this in the over for 5 hours without it spoiling.

Remove from oven and let it rest for 15 minutes before carving. 

Cut into long slices about 2 cm thick. 

Delicious served hot with buttery greens and mash or cold with coleslaw.

Serves 8

 
Katherine Brown

I’m a Canadian living in the United Kingdom - London to be exact. I’m a business person with an eye for modern design. I’m a customer marketer who thinks like a customer. I’m a design thinker who also happens to be a designer.

I’ve worked at senior marketing levels in large corporations like American Express and Sky TV. I’ve worked agency side, leading digital client accounts. I’ve been part of several start-ups, sat on Angel Investing teams and run my own design and print studio.

In 2021, I started Ascender Creative to help small businesses with big plans build their online credibility and create better customer connections. I do this by taping into my 20+ years of business experience mixing it with a strong customer focus and a big dose of creativity.

https://www.ascendercreative.com
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