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Pork belly with fennel salt, potato and celeriac purée and an apple and fennel sauce
Photo: Sam Loyd

Pork belly with fennel salt, potato and celeriac purée and an apple and fennel sauce

30 ingredients 30 min Serves 4-6 openrecipes

Fennel and pork belly are a match made in heaven, but this recipe raises the ante by slow roasting the meat for four hours.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1273
Calories
76g
Protein
57g
Fat
121g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 20 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Savoy Cabbage 1 cup shredded (89g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Celeriac 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

  • 2kg/4lb 8oz piece pork belly
  • 2 tbsp sea salt
  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds
  • 85g/3oz butter
  • 3 garlic
  • 3 Bramley apples
  • 1 head fennel
  • 4 tbsp chicken stock
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • pinch sugar
  • , for frying olive oil
  • 200g/7oz pork
  • 1 fennel
  • 1 leek
  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 star anise
  • 500ml/18fl oz pork stockstock
  • 25g/1oz cold unsalted butter
  • 1 small head celeriac
  • 500ml/18fl oz full-fat milk
  • 2 large potatoes
  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 200ml/7oz double cream
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • dash olive oil
  • 25g/1oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz cubed pancetta
  • 1 savoy cabbage
  • 150ml/5fl oz pork stockstock

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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