Homemade pork scratchings

Name: Homemade pork scratchings
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: serves 6 as a snack
Ingredients: pork belly skin 200g piece, scored (ask your butcher); table salt; white wine vinegar 2 tsp; sea salt, paprika or celery salt to serve

1 hour 30 minutes + overnight
serves 6 as a snack

The ultimate bar snack is much easier to make than you think. Create your own super-crunchy pork scratchings then serve with a sprinkle of smoky paprika or celery salt for extra flavour.

July 15, 2015 at 4:20 pm

Ingredients

pork belly skin 200g piece, scored (ask your butcher)
table salt
white wine vinegar 2 tsp
sea salt, paprika or celery salt to serve

Method

Step 1

Lightly salt the skin then put it on a rack over a dish and leave uncovered in the fridge overnight.
Step 2

The next day, wipe the skin with kitchen paper and rub all over with vinegar. Cut into strips.
Step 3

Heat the oven to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1. Arrange the pork on a clean rack over a roasting tray. Cook for 1 hour, draining off the fat now and again. Turn the oven up to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and keep cooking until golden brown, crisp and starting to bubble. Toss with sea salt and any other seasonings before serving.