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  • Serves 8
  • 2.5 hours
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 11 Ingredients

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This crispy crackly pork belly is delicious and my son’s favourite.


Ingredients (serves 8)

  • 2 kg pork belly
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 3 tsp tablesalt
  • 2kg Sebago potatoes (or any mashing potatoes), peeled and chopped
  • 100g butter
  • ¾ cup (185ml) milk
  • ¼ cup horseradish
  • 1 Tbsp (20mls) olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 400g baby spinach
  • to taste salt and ground white pepper

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 230C fan-forced/250C conventional. Dry the skin of the pork belly, then using a sharp knife, score the skin at 1–2cm intervals (or ask the butcher to do this). Pour the oil and salt onto the scored skin and rub in well.
  2. Lay the pork skin side up onto a wire rack in a baking dish and place into the oven. Cook for 45 mins, then reduce the temperature to 140C fan-forced/160C conventional and roast for 1 hr 15 mins until the pork is tender. Rest for 15 mins.
  3. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes in a large pot of salted boiling water until tender. Drain and place back into the pot over a low heat. Add the butter and milk and mash until smooth. Add the horseradish and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  4. To make the spinach, heat the olive oil with the garlic in a large pan over medium high heat for 1 min. Add the spinach and toss for a few minutes until just wilted. Season to taste. To serve, cut the pork belly into portions and serve with the horseradish mash and sautéed spinach.

Notes

Tip: All ovens differ, so if you find the crackling isn’t crunchy enough, simply place under a hot grill for 1–2 mins until blistered and crisp.

  • Love crackle im about to attempt to do this.

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  • Omg hubby is going to love this one! Yummy

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  • Really like the simplicity here, but nothing bland. The mash sounds fantastic. Thanks.

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  • So yummmmmmmmmmm best ever

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  • This is the best pork belly I HAVE EVER SEEN!

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  • I am definitely trying this tomorrow – Love crispy pork belly and have done it many ways – but this sounds really yummy

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  • The whole meal sounds amazing, but I love the combination of the pork and horseradish mash

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  • Yum yum

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  • Oh yummy who doesn’t love a good crackling

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  • Delicious looking crackling!!!

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  • yummo! LOVE this thanks for sharing ♥

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  • A really nice looking recipe! Thanks for sharing this! Just great!

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  • This looks great must try for the family

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  • Yummie looks delish.

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  • I’m trying this tomorrow – sounds delicious and easier to do than my recipe.

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  • Am trying this one tomorrow as I have some pork belly in the freezer.

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  • I could never get the perfect crackling, yours looks so good. I will have to try this recipe. Thanks for the recipe and the picture! I can’t stop looking at it!

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  • i love your horseradish in the potato idea.

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  • My daughter loves it too! 🙂

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  • I want to eat the computer screen after seeing that crackly pork!


    • Lol! This comment about the computer is so funny! 🙂

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