Pork rillettes - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 4 bay leaf
• 4 thyme sprig
• 1kg rindless, boneless pork belly (it pays to use the best-quality pork you can find for this dish), cut into roughly walnut-sized cubes
• 5 garlic clove, roughly chopped
• 10 juniper berry, roughly crushed, plush extra to decorate (optional)
• ¼ tsp Chinese five-spice powder
• large splash of brandy or Calvados
• 4 tbsp duck or goose fat (optional)
• sourdough toast
• cornichons or sliced gherkins
• dressed bitter leaves