Apple glazed braised Pork belly with fricasse of sweetcorn, lardons and fregola pasta
Apple glazed braised Pork belly with fricasse of sweetcorn, lardons and fregola pasta

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, apple glazed braised pork belly with fricasse of sweetcorn, lardons and fregola pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Pork Belly is the cut that bacon and made of, and is therefore, a gift from the God. A super flavorful cut, that when prepared right, is tender, juicy.. This Chinese-style pork belly is sweet, salty, and perfectly tender.

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The ingredients needed to make Apple glazed braised Pork belly with fricasse of sweetcorn, lardons and fregola pasta:
  1. Prepare 1/2 slab pork belly
  2. Prepare Mirepoix (carrot, celery onions)–optional
  3. Prepare Handful ofHerbs (thyme bay leaves)—-essential
  4. Make ready 250 g Fregola pasta (can also use Israeli couscous, orzo pasta or mini macaroni)
  5. Get 2 big sized corn on cob (or a can or bag or sweet corn)
  6. Take Butter
  7. Take 1 Diced Apple (1cm cubes)
  8. Take Kale (or spinach)
  9. Make ready 2 ltrs Apple juice
  10. Take 1 stick cinnamon (optional)
  11. Prepare 3 star anise (optional)
  12. Get 2 tablespoon honey
  13. Get Pork jus/sauce (red wine jus or gravy) Making jus is a long process
  14. Prepare 250 g Bacon lardon/pancetta
  15. Take Chopped Parsley
  16. Make ready salt
  17. Get black pepper
  18. Take oil

The spiced apple sauce is the perfect accompaniment, too. Place the scored pork belly, skin-side up, on a wire rack in a roasting tray. Squeeze the lemon juice over the skin. Sprinkle a generous amount of salt over evenly.

Instructions to make Apple glazed braised Pork belly with fricasse of sweetcorn, lardons and fregola pasta:
  1. PORK BELLY In a big pan enough to fit the belly, add enough water to cover the belly like three times Add your mirepoix, herbs and season (carrot, onions, celery, thyme, bay leaves etc) Braise pork belly for a minimum of 7hrs on low-med heat to get tender When ready place the belly gently between two-parchment paper and press with weight, Leave to cool in the fridge, should set and harden in few hours. When set portion into about 5cm squares.
  2. FREGOLA PASTA Cook the pasta in salted water with a drizzle of (olive) oil. When al dente drain and set aside
  3. SWEET CORN In a pan with salted water, cook the corn also adding a knob of butter, some thyme and bay leave. When ready cool down one corn and then shave the corn off the husk and set aside. You can avoid this step by using canned or bagged sweet corn.
  4. SWEETCORN PUREE Shave the other corn whilst hot into a blender with about 50g butter, a pinch of cumin(optional) and a dash of cream(optional). Blend into a wet puree almost like a soup but thicker. If too thick add some water from the boiled corn pan.
  5. KALE, Blanch a handful of kale in salted water until tender not overcooked
  6. APPLE CARAMEL GLAZE In a pan, add the 2 litres of apple juice, two table spoons of honey, a cinnamon stick and three star anise. Let it boil and reduce until it comes to 118 degrees celcius or just when its got a nice creamy consistency
  7. THE FRICASSE, in a pan with a drizzle of oil, toss the lardons until cooked, then add the cooked pasta and sweetcorn, season with salt and black pepper then add chopped parsley to finish.
  8. THE GLAZED PORK, in another pan with a drizzle of oil, brown off the pork belly on all side and the put the oven for about 5 mins at 180 degrees. once out put in another pan with about 2 spoons of the caramel and coat the pork.
  9. THE PLATING in a bowl spread about 2 tablespoons of the sweetcorn puree. then serve about 2 tablspoons of the fricasse on the puree. The galzed pork belly goes straight on the fricassse with about 4-5 pieces of kale around the pork. place your dice apples on the pork or around it, sauce and serve

Place the pork into a roasting pan fitted with a rack or onto a baking sheet, fat side up, and season with salt and pepper. A little sweet, a little sticky, a little salty & a little spicy. That silky texture is exactly what I do enjoy! It's one of the richest meats there is and although it is not an everyday thing, it is a real favourite indulgence for mine. Pork belly is a fancy cut of meat and should be left to the pros.

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