Crispy Pork Belly, Apples and Mustard Mash – Andy Cooks

Crispy Pork Belly, Apples and Mustard Mash – Andy Cooks

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My crispy pork belly with Calvados apples, seeded mustard mash, and apple cider gravy. Overnight dry-brined, slow-roasted, then finished in rendered pork fat for proper puffed crackling.

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Ingredients

  • 1.25kg pork belly
  • sea salt, to season
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped sage leaves
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 fennel bulb, finely shaved
  • 1 green apple, peeled, julienned
  • ½ cup flat leaf parsley leaves
  • juice of 2 lemons
  • 1kg brushed potatoes, peeled and halved (or any mashing potatoes)
  • 85g butter, diced and chilled
  • 80-125ml (⅓ - ½ cup) milk
  • 2 tbsp seeded mustard
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 shallots, finely sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 7 sprigs thyme
  • 375ml dry apple cider
  • 300ml chicken stock
  • 1 bunch flat leaf parsley, leaves picked
  • 160ml (⅔ cup) extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 green apples, peeled and cored
  • 20g butter
  • 3 sprigs sage
  • 2 tbsp Calvados

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