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The Flying Cook

Chantel Manning|Published

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Pork belly is certainly one of my winter favourites. Sharing time with family and friends, this is such an easy dish to pop into the oven early, allowing the slowly cooked flavours to enhance the meat.

Pork Belly

Serves 4

1 kg pork belly

3 tbsp wholegrain mustard

5 dried apricots

4 tbsp apricot jam

1 cup white wine

2 tbsp Nomu sweet rub

1 tbsp Nomu one-for-all rub

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C.

Remove the crackling with a sharp knife.

Apply a generous layer of mustard and apricot jam, coat with Nomu sweet rub and one-for-all rub.

Arrange the dried apricots evenly spaced on the bottom of your baking tray.

Pour wine over the apricots, place pork belly onto the apricots.

Place into the oven cook for 2 hours and 15 minutes, turn up the heat to 200°C for another 35 minutes.

Check the temperature is 85°C with a meat thermometer.

Allow to rest for 15 minutes before serving.

Serve with mashed potatoes and peas.