Roast Rolled Pork Belly With Salsa Verde Recipes

ROAST PORK BUTT WITH SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200 degrees. Season the pork with 3 1/2 tablespoons of salt and 1/4 cup black pepper, rubbing it in well on all sides. Roast the pork, covered, until the internal temperature reaches 195 degrees, 9 to 10 hours. While the pork is roasting, prepare the salsa verde.
• In a blender or food processor, working in batches if necessary, combine the olive oil, 6 tablespoons of the vinegar, parsley, oregano, garlic and pepper flakes. Process to a purée, and transfer to a mixing bowl. Season with salt, ground black pepper and more vinegar to taste.
• To serve, pull the pork apart with tongs or forks or slice it. Serve with the salsa and a salad of bitter greens.

ROAST PORK LOIN WITH SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Season pork with 3/4 teaspoon salt. Place it, fat-side down, in a large roasting pan or cast-iron skillet. Cook over low heat until the fat layer is brown and crisp, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Using tongs, turn the pork over. Transfer the pan to the oven. Roast until the internal temperature reaches 145°, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer the pork to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine chervil, cilantro, parsley, 1/2 cup oil, ice cube, lemon zest, lemon juice and garlic in a blender or food processor. Pulse until smooth. Transfer to a small bowl and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Thinly slice the pork and serve with any pan drippings and the salsa verde.

ROAST ROLLED PORK BELLY WITH SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to gas 6, 220C, fan 200°C With a sharp knife, score the fat side of the meat in a criss-cross pattern. Mix most of the fennel seeds with the lemon zest, garlic, parsley and season. Spread over the non-fat side of the meat, roll tightly and tie.
• Put the meat on a rack in a roasting tin and sprinkle with plenty of salt. Cook for 30 minutes, then turn the heat down to gas 4, 180C, fan 160°C Pour 250ml (8 fl oz) of water into the bottom of the pan (this steams the meat and keeps it moist). Sprinkle the top with the rest of the fennel seeds and cook for a further 2 hours. It should be tender at this point, but if not, cook for another 20 minutes.
• Mix all of the ingredients for the salsa in a small bowl. Slice the pork thickly and erve with the salsa and gratin.

ROASTED COD WITH SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Warm 2 skillets over medium high heat.
• Add 2 TBS of the oil to each.
• Salt and pepper the fish fillets and place three, skin side down in each pan.
• Pan-roast the fish until the skin is crisp and the flesh opague about a fourth of the way up each fillet, about 7 minutes.
• Turn the fillets over and reduce the heat to medium.
• Add half the butter and thyme to each skillet and cook, basting the fish with the melting butter.
• Cook about 5 minutes more.
• Serve with salsa verde if desired.
• For salsa verde;combine the parsley, capers, anchovies, and mustard in a bowl.
• Gradually mix in just enough olive oil so the sauce holds together.
• Shortly before serving add the lemon juice and adjust the seasoning if necessary with salt and pepper.
• Using two spoons, form the salsa verde into quenelles on each plate with the fish.

SLOW-ROAST ROLLED PORK BELLY

Steps:

• Toast the spices in a dry frying pan for a couple of mins. Pound them together in a pestle and mortar with some flaked sea salt, the garlic and half the thyme to make a paste, then mix with 2 tbsp olive oil.
• Lay the pork on a board skin-side down. Rub the herb mix all over the flesh then scatter with the remaining whole thyme leaves. Neatly roll the meat into a joint surrounded by the skin then use butchers' string to tie the joint tightly at regular intervals to hold the joint together. Cover and chill, leaving to marinate for a few hours or overnight.
• When ready to cook, rub the skin of the joint with plenty of salt and 1 tbsp remaining olive oil. Put it on a wire rack and roast at 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 30 mins. After this time, squeeze the lemons over the skin and turn the heat down to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Roast for a further 2 hrs. Finally turn the heat back up to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 and give it a final blast for another 30 mins or so, to finish the crisping of the skin. Allow to rest somewhere warm for 20 mins. Carve up into thick slices and serve with your favourite roast dinner accompaniments.

PORK BELLY ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to full whack, it needs to be at least 220°C/425°F/gas mark 7.
• Place your pork on a clean work surface, skin-side upwards. Get yourself a small sharp knife and make scores about a centimeter apart through the skin into the fat, but not so deep that you cut into the meat.
• Rub salt right into all the scores you've just made, pulling the skin apart a little if you have to. Brush any excess salt off the surface of the skin and turn it over. Season the underside of the meat with a little more salt and a little black pepper. Place your pork, skin side-up, in a roasting tray big enough to hold the pork and the vegetables, and place in the hot oven.
• Roast for about half an hour until the skin of the pork has started to puff up and you can see it turning into crackling. Turn the heat down to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 and roast for another hour. Take out of the oven and baste with the fat in the bottom of the tray.
• Carefully lift the pork up and transfer to a chopping board. Add all the veg, garlic and thyme to the tray and stir them into the fat. Place the pork on top of everything and pop the tray back in the oven. Roast for another hour. By this time the meat should be meltingly soft and tender. Carefully move the meat to a serving dish, cover with tin foil and leave to rest while you make your gravy.
• Spoon away any fat in the tray, then add the water or stock and place the tray on the hob. Bring to the boil and simmer for a few minutes, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon to scrape up all those lovely sticky tasty bits on the bottom of the tray. When you've got a nice, dark gravy, pour it through a sieve into a bowl or gravy boat, using your spoon to really push all the goodness of the veg through the sieve. Add a little more salt and pepper if it needs it.
• Serve the pork with the crackling, gravy, some creamy mashed potato, nice fresh greens and a dollop of English mustard.