Roast Pork (my turn for a cooking thread)

[Perywinkle]

I'd never had a crack at roast pork before, so I thought I would chronicle my efforts

Boneless leg of pork (2.2gk) Half price at sainsbury \o/
Left to air for an hour or so.
Skin scored and dried off with kitchen roll.
Rubbed in a good table spoon of sea salt, woring it well into the scores.
Bit of ground pepper on top.
Bedded on halved red onions, white onions and shallots.

Poured in a good slug of this

It's quite a sweet ale, to impart a little more flavour to the pork.
I also added some beef dripping, but any fat or cooking oil could be used.

Popped in the top half of the oven at 220 for about half an hour to get the crackling started.

Heat was turned down to 170 and cooked for a further two and a half hours.

emoved the crackling, and left it to sit for 30 mins before carving.

Serve with roast tatties and choice of vegetables.

Crackling was 150% pure win by the way.
Uber crispy and tasted fantastic.

Still got half the porkin the fridge for sarnies this week at work \o/

 

[BlackDragon]

Very nice

 

[Glaucus]

Darn that looks good.
Done the same tonight but with belly pork. . Just waiting for it to rest.

 

[JBuk]

Pork & ale :/

 

[Rich]

Cider would have been a better fit Looks good though!

 

[Glaucus]

Might look like dogs dinner. But roast carrots, onions, parsnips, potato and butternut squash and yes mint sauce
Was meant to have broccoli, but since I got it on Friday it's gone off, what rubbish quality.

 

[6thElement]

Be right over Pez.

 

[Ma'am]

Yummeeeeeeeeeeee....

 

[Perywinkle]

Be right over Pez.

Too late Ted that was yesterdays dinner
Got my own place now though, so if you're ever back in the UK you can have your own room and pick of the local talent

Pork & ale :/

Cider would have been a better fit

The recipe called for cider, but as all I had was ale I went with that.
Glad I did tbh, pork and apple is the norm but this was outstandingly good.
The pork was tender as you like, and tasted fantastic for supermarket meat.

Also made for a fantastic gravy with the caramalised onions and ale that was blackened in the bottom of the roasting tin.

 

[AmDaMan]

I like these cooking threads, maybe we could collate them and have an ocuk recipe book

 

[BloomerzUK]

I did an amazing roast on Sunday with the exact same cut as the OP, from the same store.

Was lovely, cracking was uber nice. I always take it off the meat as it rests and I put it under the grill to get the residual 'wet' fat off. Lovely .

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Might look like dogs dinner. But roast carrots, onions, parsnips, potato and butternut squash and yes mint sauce
Was meant to have broccoli, but since I got it on Friday it's gone off, what rubbish quality.

Where is the meat?

 

[Tummy]

That looks really really lovely ! om nom nom !

god dammnit ! I want pork this Sunday ! ahh and I'm only cooking for one xD om nom nom !

 

[elroberto]

I think I'll do Pork next week, probably belly or shoulder. Om Nom Nom!

 

[BlackDragon]

I made an attempt at this today.

Before:

After:

I just picked up a bottle of cider at random to douse on it:

It is now cooling down in the kitchen. Doesn't look as nice as the OP but hopefully it will taste good

 

[Glaucus]

Where is the meat?

top half. crackling on top.

 

[D D Danneh]

WHY DO YOU TORTURE ME THIS WAY? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

I'm so hungry now...

 

[Spuderoony]

porkin the fridge

I hope it consented

 

[LukeTW]

Om nom nom !

Me want food now

Looks so tasty.. must.. resist !

 

[Richdog]

Given a choice of eating Angelina Jolie or this pork joint as seen in the OP... the pork would be in my slavering mouth quicker than a quick thing with go faster stripes and a nitrous injection.

Om. Nom.