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Pork belly with apple sauce with cinnamon

Gordon Ramsay's Roast Pork Belly with Apple-Cinnamon Sauce

Quick, tasty, and easy! This is Gordon Ramsay's incredible roast pork recipe with a homemade apple sauce. It's a restaurant-quality dish you can pull off at home, perfect for feeding a crowd. Tested and approved by Old Sam.

Old Sam

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Pork belly with apple sauce with cinnamon

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pork belly

Sea salt

Lemon juice

Garlic

Vegetable oil

Apples (Sweet-tart)

Cinnamon

Water

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 62 % 16 g

Fats 31 % 8 g

Carbohydrates 8 % 2 g

150 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:
1. The most labor-intensive part is scoring the skin. Cut the slits deep enough to go through the skin, but stop short of the meat, or it will burn. Score the skin in parallel lines about a half-inch (1 cm) apart.
Step 2:
1. Transfer the pork to a roasting pan. Rub the skin generously with sea salt, then top with grated garlic and lemon juice. Drizzle the skin with vegetable oil and rub it all over the surface with your hands.
Step 3:
1. Roast the pork belly in a convection oven at 425°F (220°C) for 25-30 minutes.
Step 4:
1. After 25 minutes, the skin will have started to crisp up nicely. Now lower the heat: roast for another 1.5 hours at 285°F (140°C) on convection.
Step 5:
1. Meanwhile, make the sauce! Cut the apples into medium wedges, then peel and core them. Put them in a saucepan, add water (3-4 tablespoons), cover, and simmer for 10-15 minutes. The apples should turn soft (they're done when they start sticking to the bottom of the pan).
Step 6:
1. Now for the final stage of roasting the meat. Turn the heat back up to 425°F (220°C) for 15 minutes to give the crackling its finishing crisp.
Step 7:
1. The apples are ready. Stir in 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. In the meantime, your pork is ready to come out of the oven!
Step 8:
1. Enjoy, friends! Serve with the apple sauce on the side. Recipe by Old Sam.

Oven-roasted pork is a simple recipe I picked up from Gordon Ramsay! Pork belly with apple-cinnamon sauce is a straightforward, back-to-basics dish, yet the meat comes out absolutely delicious. If you know how I feel about pork, you'll understand why I never would have guessed I'd love pork belly this much. Just about any roast is something anyone can pull off. But beyond the main dish, you'll also want to make a sauce or side. In our case, that's apple and cinnamon. This apple side comes together just as easily as the roast itself, and it's fast too. I have to say, it's a fantastic side for meat in general, but it pairs unbelievably well with pork. Enjoy! Yours, Old Sam.