Pork belly with bay, cider & pears - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1½kg pork belly, skin scored
• rapeseed oil, for drizzling
• 1 carrot, roughly chopped
• 1 celery stick, roughly chopped
• 1 white onion or 4 shallots, roughly chopped
• 1 star anise
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 pears, cored and quartered
• 200ml dry pear cider
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• roast potatoes and steamed greens, to serve (optional)
• 3 tsp sea salt flakes
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp white peppercorns