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Braised pork belly
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Braised pork belly

18 ingredients 40 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Braised pork belly

Transform a humble cut of pork into the star of your dinner party, Gordon Ramsay-style

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

939
Calories
67g
Protein
44g
Fat
68g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 18 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Savoy Cabbage 1 cup shredded (89g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Sage 1 tsp ground (0.7g) 2
Flower 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

  • a piece pork belly about 30 x 30cm, boned (ask your butcher to do this for you) , rind removed and fat scored
  • thyme with flowers if available, (or sage or rosemary)
  • oil
  • Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 leek , chopped
  • 2 carrots , chopped
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • 2 sticks celery , chopped
  • 6 peppercorns
  • 1 star anise
  • 3 cardamom pods
  • 400ml red wine
  • 500ml chicken stock
  • 12 waxy potatoes (Charlotte or something similar)
  • butter
  • 1 celeriac , cut into rustic dice (toss in some lemon juice to prevent browning)
  • a small bunch thyme , with flowers if available
  • 1 Savoy cabbage , cut into quarters and then shredded

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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