Pork Belly and Apple Bake
Preparation time:
Cooking time:
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 1 kg pork belly, rolled
- Salt to taste
- 2 red onions, quartered
- 1 bulb garlic, halved
- 250 ml chicken stock
- 60 ml SAFARI Cape Apple Balsamic or White Wine Vinegar
- 60 ml brown sugar
- SAFARI Cape Apple Balsamic Glaze
- 4 red apples
- 6 sage leaves
To serve:
- SAFARI Cape Apple Balsamic Glaze
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180◦ C.
- Sprinkle salt over the pork belly and rub in. Place in a casserole dish.
- Arrange the onions and garlic around the pork.
- Mix the chicken stock, balsamic and brown sugar together.
- Pour over the pork. Drizzle balsamic glaze over.
- Roast for 1 hour.
- Cut a cross in the bottoms the apples and arrange in the casserole.
- Add the sage leaves. Roast for another hour.
- Remove meat, onions and apples from the casserole and place on a serving platter. Keep warm.
- Reduce the sauce in the casserole until thick. Spoon over the pork.
- Drizzle with balsamic glaze and serve sliced with steamed vegetables and boiled baby potatoes.