Pork Belly with Caviar

Ingredients

• 3 1⁄2 cups fine salt
• 1⁄4 cup freshly ground black pepper
• 1 small red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and diced
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed and peeled
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 lb. fresh pork belly, with rind attached
• 1 carrot, peeled, trimmed, and diced
• 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 1 celery leaf
• 2 tsp. black peppercorns, cracked
• 10 oz. fingerling potatoes, peeled
• 1⁄2 cup milk, hot
• 3 tbsp. butter, melted
• 1⁄2 tsp. olive oil
• 1⁄2 medium shallot, peeled and finely minced
• 2 tbsp. white wine
• 1⁄4 cup vegetable stock
• 8 tbsp. butter, cut into small pieces
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 3 oz. osetra caviar