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Slow-braised pork belly with wilted greens, olives, capers and feta polenta
Photo: Sam Loyd

Slow-braised pork belly with wilted greens, olives, capers and feta polenta

25 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Beautifully tender, juicy pork cooked in a flavoursome casserole with healthy greens and served with buttery polenta. Add the beans if you want to bulk it out to serve more people.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1079
Calories
81g
Protein
62g
Fat
49g
Carbs

Counts 18 of 22 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Feta Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Olive 1 large (4g) 4
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Chard not in our table 0
Dandelion not in our table 0
Black-Eyed Pea not in our table 0
Bean 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

  • 1.5kg/3lb 5oz piece pork belly
  • and freshly ground sea saltblack pepper
  • olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 1 leek
  • 1 small fennel
  • 4 garlic
  • 6 salted anchovies
  • 350ml/12fl oz white wine
  • 500ml/18fl oz chicken stock
  • 500-600g/1lb 4oz-1lb 5oz mixed leafy greens, such as a mix of spinach, chard (red or green), kale, dandelion, or similar, torn into rough pieces
  • 200g/7oz broccoli
  • 50g/1¾oz capers
  • 100g/3½oz pitted green olives
  • or black-eyed peas (optional), to taste butter beans
  • ½ lemon
  • 30g/1oz finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 500ml/18fl oz milk
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 garlic
  • 150g/5½oz instant polenta
  • 20g/¾oz butter
  • 50g/1¾oz feta
  • and freshly ground sea saltblack pepper
  • extra virgin olive oil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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