Crispy pork belly with apple sauce is the British roast-dinner plate when you want sticky belly slices with crackling edges and sharp apple sauce. Roast Pork Belly Slices 700g hot until the fat crisps, then serve with mash. Shop Pork Belly and Pork for butcher pork belly.
Ingredients
- 700g pork belly slices
- 1 tbsp oil; salt; 1 tsp fennel seeds or sage (optional)
- Apple sauce: 2 cooking apples, peeled and diced; 1 tsp sugar; splash of water
- Mash or roast potatoes and greens to serve
Method
- Heat oven to 200°C fan. Pat belly dry; score the fat if needed. Rub with oil and salt (and fennel if using).
- Roast on a rack or tray 35–45 minutes, turning once, until fat is crisp and meat is cooked through.
- Meanwhile simmer apples with sugar and water until soft; mash for a quick apple sauce.
- Rest belly 5 minutes. Serve with mash, greens and apple sauce.
- Plate crispy pork belly with apple sauce — sweet, salty and properly British.
Want sticky BBQ flavour? BBQ Pork Belly Slices 700g roast the same way. Browse Pork for more pork cuts.