Roast Pork with Apple Sauce Recipe
Roast Pork was one my favourite meats before we became mostly plant based and crispy crackling was just the best...
Ingredients
| 1.4 kg | free range pork with thick covering of skin & fat |
| 6 | decent sized cooking apples |
| 1 tbsp | orange juice |
| 2 | Fairtrade cinnamon sticks |
| 1tsp | organic ground nutmeg |
| 3 – 5tbsp | organic caster sugar, to taste |
Method
- To prepare the pork joint, score through the skin but not all the way through the fat, say about 0.5cm.
- Then repeat this every 0.5cm across the skin. Next rub 2 teaspoons of sunflower oil over the surface and liberally sprinkling it with sea salt; massage the sea salt into the skin and set aside.
- Cook at 180oC for 30 minutes per 500g plus an extra 20-30 minutes at the end for safety. This should cook the joint perfectly and give you a good crunchy crackling; it certainly works for us, but the key is the skin & fat on the outside and how you prep
- As for the apple sauce, peel, slice and dice these and put all of the ingredients into a heavy pan with a lid on. Cooked this at a low-medium heat for 20 minutes. Remove the cinnamon quills, then pulsed the apples to a fine sauce and served this cold.
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