Roast pork belly with star anise plum sauce

Name: Roast pork belly with star anise plum sauce
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: serves 10
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tbsp soy sauce; oil; 2.5kg pork belly off the bone; 1 tbsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp coriander seeds; 2 whole star anise; 1 tsp root ginger grated; 3 ripe plums quartered and stoned; 1 cinnamon stick small; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 4 tbsp soft brown sugar

Published: December 19, 2014 at 2:29 PM

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serves 10

Easy

Total time: 2 hrs and 30 mins

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Pork belly is a brilliant budget cut for feeding the family. Try it roasted with Asian spices like star anise, coriander seed and ginger and served up with a sticky sauce made from fresh sweet plums, cinnamon and brown sugar.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 tbsp soy sauce
oil
2.5kg pork belly

off the bone
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
2 whole star anise
1 tsp root ginger

grated
3 ripe plums

quartered and stoned
1 cinnamon stick

small
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
4 tbsp soft brown sugar

Nutrition: per serving

kcal555
fat38.5g
saturates14.5g
carbs8.7g
sugars0g
fibre0.3g
protein43.9g
salt0.95g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 240c/fan 220c/gas 9. score a cross-hatch pattern into the skin of the meat with a sharp knife. Rub the soy and a little oil all over the meat. Lightly crush the fennel and coriander seeds and 1 star anise. Keep 1 tsp of this mix for the plum sauce and rub the rest into the skin of the pork. season. put on a rack in a tin and roast for 30 minutes. Turn the heat down to 160c/fan 140c/gas 3, add a cup of water to the tin and cook for 2 more hours. you may need to top the water up during cooking. The meat will easily tear apart once cooked.
step 2

While the meat is cooking, heat a little oil in a pan. add the ginger and cook until golden, about 1-2 minutes. Pour in the chopped plums, remaining spice mix, the other star anise, cinnamon stick, vinegar and sugar. Cook for 15 minutes until the mixture is thick and syrupy. Cut the cooked pork into thick slices and serve with the plum sauce.

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