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Perfect roast pork belly with cabbage and bacon
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Perfect roast pork belly with cabbage and bacon

21 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Perfect roast pork belly with cabbage and bacon

James Martin’s twice-cooked pork belly comes with bacon-flecked greens and a fluffy apple sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

991
Calories
64g
Protein
45g
Fat
81g
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
Beef 100g cooked 250
Pork 100g cooked 242
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Brussels Sprout 1 cup (156g) 56
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Green Cabbage 1 cup shredded (89g) 22
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Chervil 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 4oz boneless pork belly
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 celery
  • 4 sprigs flatleaf parsley
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 3 star anise
  • 1 cinnamon
  • 110g/4oz butter
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 110ml/4fl oz red wine
  • 250ml/9fl oz beef stock
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 50g/2oz butter
  • 4 slices smoked streaky bacon
  • 1 green cabbage
  • 150g/5oz Brussels sprouts
  • 75ml/3fl oz water
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh chervil
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 1 large Bramley apple

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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