Twice-cooked spiced pork belly with cherry sauce
Ingredients • 1.5kg piece pork belly, rind scored • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 2 teaspoons groun…
Ingredients
• 1.5kg piece pork belly, rind scored
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• Cherry sauce
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 eschalot, halved, thinly sliced
• 415g can stoneless black cherries
• Pinch of ground cloves
• Pinch of ground cinnamon
Method
1. Preheat oven to 160C/140C fan-forced. Line a baking tray with foil (see note).
2. Place pork on prepared tray. Combine cinnamon, ginger, cumin and oil in a bowl. Rub all over pork. Sprinkle with sea salt. Season with pepper.
3. Bake for 3 hours (cover loosely with foil if over-browning during cooking). Cool pork completely. Transfer to a plate. Cover, refrigerate overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan-forced. Place pork on a baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through and rind crackles.
5. Meanwhile, make Cherry sauce: Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add eschalot. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until softened. Add undrained cherries, 1/3 cup cold water, cloves and cinnamon. Season. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until sauce has thickened, gently breaking up cherries with a wooden spoon during cooking process.
6. Cut pork into thick slices. Serve with cherry sauce.
