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How to cook pork belly
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How to cook pork belly

11 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

This juicy roast pork belly recipe has crisp, crunchy crackling infused with rosemary and fennel. A luxurious and economical dinner party classic.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

320
Calories
29g
Protein
15g
Fat
14g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1.3kg/3lb piece belly pork
  • 4 sprigs rosemary
  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 unwaxed lemon
  • 1½ tbsp flaked sea salt
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 large fennel
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 250ml white wine
  • squeeze lemon juice

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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