Twice-cooked pork belly with lentils - Cookidoo® – the official Thermomix® recipe platform

Ingredients

• 3 garlic cloves
• 4 cm piece fresh ginger
• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 1 star anise
• 50 g Chinese cooking wine
• 1 tbsp tamarind paste
• 2 tsp Chinese five spice
• ½ tsp sesame oil
• 700 g water
• 800 - 1100 g boneless pork belly, rind on
• 1 - 2 pinches salt
• 2 pears
• 2 tsp white sugar
• 120 g red onion
• 1 tbsp oil
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 beetroot
• 800 g canned lentils
• 3 tsp red wine vinegar
• 5 - 6 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 - 2 pinches ground black pepper